Jim Webb presidential campaign, 2016/Budgets
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Jim Webb |
U.S. Senator (2007-2013) |
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- In 2011, Jim Webb voted against S.Amdt.115 to S.23, which proposed "a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution."[1][2]
- Webb voted for S.365 - the Budget Control Act of 2011, which "Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to revise sequestration requirements for enforcement of discretionary spending limits (spending caps)." It became law on August 2, 2011, and ended the debt ceiling crisis.[3]
- In 2010, Webb voted for S.Amdt.4676 to S.Amdt.4674, which proposed reducing "spending other than national security spending by 5 percent."[4][5]
- In 2008, Webb voted against S.Amdt.4347 to S.Con.Res.70, which proposed establishing "an earmark moratorium for fiscal year 2009."[6][7]
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- ↑ Congress.gov, "S.Amdt.115 to S.23," accessed April 6, 2015
- ↑ Senate.gov, "S.Amdt. 115 to S. 23 (Patent Reform Act of 2011)," accessed April 6, 2015
- ↑ Congress.gov, "S.365," accessed April 6, 2015
- ↑ Congress.gov, "S.Amdt.4676 to S.Amdt.4674," accessed April 6, 2015
- ↑ Senate.gov, "S.Amdt. 4676 to S.Amdt. 4674 to H.R. 3081 (Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010)," accessed April 6, 2015
- ↑ Congress.gov, "S.Amdt.4347 to S.Con.Res.70," accessed April 6, 2015
- ↑ Senate.gov, " S.Amdt. 4347 to S.Con.Res. 70," accessed April 6, 2015