Mark Begich on Defense & War Powers

DemocratAK

Defense & War Powers45 votes · 90.2/100 consistent

Military restraintMilitary expansion

111 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 45 of them counted toward the score above: 38 toward “Military expansion” and 7 toward “Military restraint”.

The other 66 did not count: 64 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 2 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
2009-07-22	To express the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State should redesignate North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism.S. 1390 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-07-22	To express the sense of the Senate that the United States should fully enforce existing sanctions, and should explore additional sanctions, with respect to North Korea and to require a review to determine whether North Korea should be re-listed as a state sponsor of terrorism.S. 1390 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-07-22	To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to allow citizens who have concealed carry permits from the State in which they reside to carry concealed firearms in another State that grants concealed carry permits, if the individual complies with the laws of the State.S. 1390 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-07-21	To provide authority to increase Army active-duty end strengths for fiscal year 2010 as well as fiscal year 2011 and 2012.S. 1390 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military expansion
2009-07-21	To strike $1,750,000,000 in Procurement, Air Force funding for F-22A aircraft procurement, and to restore operation and maintenance, military personnel, and other funding in divisions A and B that was reduced in order to authorize such appropriation.S. 1390 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Military expansion
2009-07-20	To prohibit assault or battery of a United States serviceman on account of the military service of the United States serviceman or status as a serviceman.S. 1390 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-07-16	To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.S. 1390 · 111th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-07-16	To clarify that the amendment shall not be construed or applied to infringe on First Amendment rights.S. 1390 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-07-16	To prevent duplication in the Federal government.S. 1390 · 111th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2009-05-20	A bill to improve the organization and procedures of the Department of Defense for the acquisition of major weapon systems, and for other purposes.S. 454 · 111th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Direction not readable
2009-05-07	A bill to improve the organization and procedures of the Department of Defense for the acquisition of major weapon systems, and for other purposes.S. 454 · 111th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Direction not readable

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.