Contrary to his protestations that “judges are different than legislation,” as a U.S. senator, Allen:

• Voted in favor of a 2001 amendment to the fiscal year 2002 budget resolution that allowed for the consideration of Bush's 2001 tax cuts -- the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 -- through the reconciliation process.
• Subsequently voted for the 2001 tax cut bill itself.
• In 2003, voted for the Senate version of the fiscal 2004 budget resolution that called for additional tax cuts to be considered under reconciliation.
• Voted for the final version of the 2004 budget resolution.
• Voted against an amendment to the Senate version of the budget resolution, proposed by Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV), that would have stripped reconciliation instructions from the 2004 resolution.
• Voted for the 2003 tax cut bill passed under reconciliation.
• In 2005, voted for the final version of the fiscal 2006 budget resolution, which also called for tax cuts through reconciliation.
• Subsequently voted for the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 itself.