Sherrod Brown on Defense & War Powers
DemocratOH
1,002 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 464 of them counted toward the score above: 229 toward “Military expansion” and 235 toward “Military restraint”.
The other 538 did not count: 526 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-05-25 | AUTHORIZING U.S. FORCES IN SOMALIA — (HOUSE PASSED S.J.RES. 45, AUTHORIZING THE USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN SOMALIA.)S.J.Res. 45 · 103rd Congress · On Passage | Yea | Military expansion |
| 1993-05-25 | S.J.R.45 BY MITCHELL, GEORGE (D-ME) -- AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN SOMALIA (HOUSE REJECTED THE GILMAN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO PROVIDE A GENERAL AUTHORIZATION, BUT WOULD REDUCE THE DEADLINE FOR, UNITED STATES TROOP PARTICIPATION FROM ONE YEAR TO SIX MONTHS; DELETE THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION LANGUAGE; AND COMMEND UNITED STATES FORCES FOR SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THEIR MISSION IN SOMALIA.)S.J.Res. 45 · 103rd Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | 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.