Richard Burr on Defense & War Powers

RepublicanNC

Defense & War Powers409 votes · 76.7/100 consistent

Military restraintMilitary expansion

883 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 409 of them counted toward the score above: 334 toward “Military expansion” and 75 toward “Military restraint”.

The other 474 did not count: 460 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 14 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
2005-11-10	To modify the multiyear procurement authority for C-17 aircraft.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-11-10	To establish a special committee of the Senate to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2005-11-09	To provide for eligibility for retired pay for non-regular service.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Military restraint
2005-11-09	To reduce the eligibility age for receipt of non-regular military service retired pay for members of the Ready Reserve in active federal status or on active duty for significant periods.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military expansion
2005-11-09	To restate United States policy on the use of riot control agents by members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-11-09	To ensure by law the ability of the military service academies to include the offering of a voluntary, nondenominational prayer as an element of their activities.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-11-08	To make available, with an offset, an additional $50,000,000 for Operation and Maintenance for Cooperative Threat Reduction.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Military expansion
2005-11-08	To provide for a report on the establishment of a Deputy Secretary of Defense for Management.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-11-08	To establish a national commission on policies and practices on the treatment of detainees since September 11, 2001.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Military expansion
2005-11-08	To require the Secretary of Defense, subject to a national security exception, to offer to transfer to local redevelopment authorities for no consideration real property and personal property located at military installations that are closed or realigned as part of the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment, and to clarify that the requirement does not affect certain property interests.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Military expansion
2005-11-08	To repeal the requirement for the reduction of certain Survivor Benefit Plan annuities by the amount of dependency and indemnity compensation and to modify the effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military expansion
2005-11-08	Relating to the American Forces Network.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2005-11-08	Relating to the American Forces Network.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-11-07	To authorize a program to provide health, medical, and life insurance benefits to workers at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado, who would otherwise fail to qualify for such benefits because of an early physical completion date.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2005-10-07	A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.H.R. 2863 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Military expansion
2005-10-06	To curtail waste under the Department of Defense web-based travel system.H.R. 2863 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Military restraint
2005-10-05	A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.H.R. 2863 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Military expansion
2005-10-05	To ensure that future funding for health care for former members of the Armed Forces takes into account changes in population and inflation.H.R. 2863 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2005-10-05	To provide for appropriations for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.H.R. 2863 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Direction not readable
2005-10-05	Relating to persons under the detention, custody, or control of the United States Government.H.R. 2863 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military restraint
2005-10-05	To increase by $360,800,000 amounts appropriated by title IX for Other Procurement, Army, for the procurement of armored Tactical Wheeled Vehicles for units deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to increase by $5,000,000 amounts appropriated by title IX for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, for industrial preparedness for the implementation of a ballistics engineering research center.H.R. 2863 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Military restraint
2005-10-05	To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.H.R. 2863 · 109th Congress · Whether the Amendment is Germane	Nay	Direction not readable
2005-09-14	To establish a special committee of the Senate to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism.H.R. 2862 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Military expansion
2005-07-26	An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Military expansion
2005-07-26	To support certain youth organizations, including the Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of America, and for other purposes.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-07-26	To stop corporations from financing terrorism.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2005-07-26	To ensure that certain persons do not evade or avoid the prohibitions imposed under the International Emergency Powers Act, and for other purposes.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military expansion
2005-07-21	To improve authorities to address urgent nonproliferation crises and United States nonproliferation operations.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Military restraint
2005-07-21	To increase, with an offset, amounts available for the procurement of wheeled vehicles for the Army and the Marine Corps and for armor for such vehicles.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military expansion
2005-04-18	To express the sense of the Senate on future requests for funding for military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.H.R. 1268 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2005-04-13	To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should not delay enactment of critical appropriations necessary to ensure the well-being of the men and women of the United States Armed Forces fighting in Iraq and elsewhere around the world, by attempting to conduct a debate about immigration reform while the supplemental appropriations bill is pending on the floor of the United States Senate.H.R. 1268 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-04-13	To increase the military death gratuity to $100,000, effective with respect to any deaths of members of the Armed Forces on active duty after October 7, 2001.H.R. 1268 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Military expansion
2005-03-01	To clarify the safe harbor with respect to debtors who have serious medical conditions or who have been called or ordered to active duty in the Armed Forces and low income veterans.S. 256 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-12-07	Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention ActS. 2845 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Conference Report	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2004-10-09	Making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposesH.R. 4837 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Conference Report	Yea	Military expansion
2004-10-09	DOD Authorization, Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4200 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Conference Report	Yea	Military expansion
2004-10-08	To reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposesS. 2845 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-10-08	Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 4200, National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2005H.Res. 843 · 108th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-10-08	9/11 Recommendations Implementation ActH.R. 10 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Military expansion
2004-10-08	9/11 Recommendations Implementation ActH.R. 10 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-10-08	9/11 Recommendations Implementation ActH.R. 10 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-10-08	9/11 Recommendations Implementation ActH.R. 10 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-10-08	9/11 Recommendations Implementation ActH.R. 10 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-10-08	9/11 Recommendations Implementation ActH.R. 10 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-10-08	9/11 Recommendations Implementation ActH.R. 10 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-10-08	9/11 Recommendations Implementation ActH.R. 10 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-10-08	9/11 Recommendations Implementation ActH.R. 10 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-10-08	9/11 Recommendations Implementation ActH.R. 10 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-10-08	9/11 Recommendations Implementation ActH.R. 10 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-10-08	9/11 Recommendations Implementation ActH.R. 10 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-10-08	9/11 Recommendations Implementation ActH.R. 10 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-10-08	9/11 Recommendations Implementation ActH.R. 10 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-10-05	Universal National Service ActH.R. 163 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Nay	Military restraint
2004-09-30	Department of Veterans Affairs Nurse Recruitment and Retention Act of 2004H.R. 4231 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-09-28	DOD Authorization, Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4200 · 108th Congress · On Closing Portions of the Conference	Did not vote	Direction not readable
2004-09-28	DOD Authorization, Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4200 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees	Did not vote	Direction not readable
2004-07-22	Department of Defense Appropriations, FY 2005H.R. 4613 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Conference Report	Yea	Military expansion
2004-07-22	Making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposesH.R. 4837 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Military expansion
2004-07-22	Making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposesH.R. 4837 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-07-22	Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment ActH.R. 4175 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-07-21	Military Housing Improvement ActH.R. 4879 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Military expansion
2004-07-13	Department of Defense Appropriations, FY 2005H.R. 4613 · 108th Congress · On Closing Portions of the Conference	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-23	Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4548 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Military expansion
2004-06-23	Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4548 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-06-23	Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4548 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-23	Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4548 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-06-23	Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4548 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-23	Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4548 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-23	Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4548 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-23	Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4548 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-23	Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4548 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-23	Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4548 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-22	Department of Defense Appropriations, FY 2005H.R. 4613 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Military expansion
2004-06-22	Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005H.R. 4613 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-06-14	To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide rapid acquisition authority to the Secretary of Defense to respond to combat emergenciesH.R. 4323 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2004-05-20	DOD Authorization, Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4200 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
2004-05-20	DOD Authorization, Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4200 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Did not vote	Direction not readable
2004-05-20	Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4200 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Did not vote	Direction not readable
2004-05-20	Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4200 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Did not vote	Direction not readable
2004-05-20	Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4200 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-05-20	Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4200 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-05-20	Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4200 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-05-19	Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4200 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Did not vote	Direction not readable
2004-05-19	Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4200 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-05-19	Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005H.R. 4200 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-05-19	Honoring past and current members of the Armed Forces of the United States and encouraging Americans to wear red poppies on Memorial DayH.Con.Res. 424 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-05-12	Recognizing with humble gratitude the more than 16,000,000 veterans who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War II and the Americans who supported the war effort on the home front and celebrating the completion of the National World War II Memorial on the National Mall in the District of ColumbiaH.Con.Res. 409 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-05-12	Expressing the sense of the House that the Department of Defense should rectify deficiencies in the military postal system to ensure that members of the Armed Forces stationed overseas are able to receive and send election ballots in time to be counted in the 2004 elections.H.Res. 608 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-05-06	Expressing the concern of Congress over Iran’s development of the means to produce nuclear weaponsH.Con.Res. 398 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-05-06	Deploring the Abuse of Persons in United States Custody in IraqH.Res. 627 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-03-30	To provide for the establishment of campaign medals to be awarded to members of the Armed Forces who participate in Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi FreedomH.R. 3104 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-03-30	ROTC and Military Recruiter Equal Access to Campus ActH.R. 3966 · 108th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Military expansion
2004-03-30	To require the Secretary of Defense to reimburse members of the United States Armed Forces for certain transportation expenses incurred by the members in connection with leave under the Central Command Rest and Recuperation Leave Program before the program was expanded to include domestic travelS. 2057 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-03-30	Welcoming accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia to NATOH.Res. 558 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-03-24	Recognizing and honoring the United States Armed Forces and supporting the designation of a National Military Appreciation MonthH.Con.Res. 328 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-03-17	Relating to the liberation of the Iraqi people and the valiant service of the United States Armed Forces and Coalition forcesH.Res. 557 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-03-17	Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 557) relating to the liberation of the Iraqi people and the valiant service of the United States Armed Forces and Coalition forcesH.Res. 561 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-03-17	Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 557) relating to the liberation of the Iraqi people and the valiant service of the United States Armed Forces and Coalition forcesH.Res. 561 · 108th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-11-21	Veterans Health Care, Capital Asset, and Business Improvement ActS. 1156 · 108th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-11-20	Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004H.R. 2417 · 108th Congress · On Agreeing to the Conference Report	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.