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Former presidential candidate
Jim Webb

Political offices:
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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