Edward Patrick Boland on Defense & War Powers
DemocratMA
803 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 457 of them counted toward the score above: 259 toward “Military expansion” and 198 toward “Military restraint”.
The other 346 did not count: 316 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 30 were ones they did not cast a yea or nay on. They are listed below anyway, marked as not scored, because a filtered list of votes is not a voting record.
| Date | What was voted on | Voted | Counted as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-05-09 | TO PASS H.R. 7445, A BILL TO AMEND THE RENEGOTIATION ACT OF 1951 SO AS TO EXTEND IT FOR TWO YEARS.H.R. 7445 · 93rd Congress | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 1973-05-07 | TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 2828, A BILL TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM WITHIN THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION.H.R. 2828 · 93rd Congress | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 1973-05-07 | TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 6574, A BILL TO ENCOURAGE PERSONS TO JOIN AND REMAIN IN THE RESERVES AND NATIONAL GUARD BY PROVIDING FULL-TIME COVERAGE UNDER SERVICEMEN'S GROUP LIFE INSURANCE FOR SUCH MEMBERS AND CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE RETIRED RESERVE.H.R. 6574 · 93rd Congress | Yea | Military expansion |
Sorted newest first. “Counted as” is which end of the Military restraint / Military expansion axis the vote moved this member toward, using the direction recorded for this issue on that roll call. Open any row to see the full measure, the tally, and the reason that direction was assigned.