Scoring category · rules v0.11.1 · data as of 2026-11-14
Spending and debt
This category covers: Budgets, CRs, omnibus; Debt ceiling; Rescissions and cuts; Earmarks; Waste and fraud. It is scored from 8 House and 4 Senate roll calls. A member earns a vote's weight for voting the America First side, and a missed vote is not counted for or against.
Senate · 99 members with votes in this category
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House · 431 members with votes in this category
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Party is never an input. Shown for reference only:
- Senate: the top quarter on this category alone is 24 members: 24 Republicans.
- House: the top quarter on this category alone is 107 members: 107 Republicans.
Members with no votes in this category, for example because they were not yet in office, are left out of these lists.
The votes in this category · 15
- Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036House · H CON RES 113 · 2026-07-22 · Budgets, CRs, omnibus · America First side: Yes, weight 1 · contested
- No Funds for Repeat Child Care Violations ActHouse · H R 7726 · 2026-06-03 · Waste and fraud · America First side: Yes, weight 1
- Paul Amdt. No. 5378; To reduce new budget authority for functions 150, 250, 500, and 600 in order to offset $70,000,000,000 of new spending by cutting $45,000,000,000 of foreign aid, eliminating $5,000,000,000 in refugee spending, cutting $16,000,000,000 from the Department of Education, and cutting $4,000,000,000 of National Science Foundation funding.Senate · S.Con.Res. 33 · 2026-04-23 · Rescissions and cuts · America First side: Yes, weight 1
- Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget for the Federal GovernmentHouse · H J RES 139 · 2026-03-18 · Budgets, CRs, omnibus · America First side: Yes, weight 2
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026House · H R 7148 · 2026-02-03 · Budgets, CRs, omnibus · America First side: No, weight 2 · contested
- H.R. 7148, as Amended; A bill making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.Senate · H.R. 7148 · 2026-01-30 · Budgets, CRs, omnibus · America First side: No, weight 2 · contested
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026House · H R 7148 · 2026-01-22 · Budgets, CRs, omnibus · America First side: No, weight 2 · contested
- Continuing resolution that ended the 2025 shutdownHouse · H.R. 5371 · 2025-11-12 · Budgets, CRs, omnibus · tracked, not scored
- Continuing resolution that ended the 2025 shutdownSenate · H.R. 5371 · 2025-11-10 · Budgets, CRs, omnibus · tracked, not scored
- Rescissions Act of 2025, final House approval (adopted through the rule, H.Res. 590)House · H.R. 4 · 2025-07-18 · Rescissions and cuts · America First side: Yes, weight 2
- Rescissions Act of 2025 (foreign aid and public media cuts)Senate · H.R. 4 · 2025-07-17 · Rescissions and cuts · America First side: Yes, weight 2
- One Big Beautiful Bill Act (final House vote)House · H.R. 1 · 2025-07-03 · Budgets, CRs, omnibus · America First side: Yes, weight 2 · contested
- One Big Beautiful Bill ActSenate · H.R. 1 · 2025-07-01 · Budgets, CRs, omnibus · America First side: Yes, weight 2 · contested
- Full-year continuing resolution (March 2025)House · H.R. 1968 · 2025-03-11 · Budgets, CRs, omnibus · tracked, not scored
- Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement ActHouse · H R 1156 · 2025-03-11 · Waste and fraud · America First side: Yes, weight 1
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