Larry E. Craig on Defense & War Powers

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Defense & War Powers704 votes · 90.4/100 consistent

Military restraintMilitary expansion

1,208 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 704 of them counted toward the score above: 557 toward “Military expansion” and 147 toward “Military restraint”.

The other 504 did not count: 483 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 21 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
1981-06-04	TO AMEND H.R. 3455, FISCAL 1982 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS, BY DELET $29.7 MILLION FOR LAND ACQUISITION AT FORT CARSON, COLORADO. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 3455 · 97th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1981-06-02	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. CON. RES. 76 WHICH EXPRESSES THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY SHOULD PLACE A PLAQUE IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY HONORING THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES WHO DIED IN IRAN. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.Con.Res. 76 · 97th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1981-06-02	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 2039 WHICH AUTHORIZES THE ADMINISTRATOR OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO GUARANTEE HOME LOANS WITH PROVISIONS FOR VARIABLE-PAYMENT PLANS. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.R. 2039 · 97th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1981-06-02	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 3423 WHICH PROVIDES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AN TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CERTAIN VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS, AND ESTABLISHES A SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM FOR VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS. (MOTION AGREED TOH.R. 3423 · 97th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1981-06-02	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 1100 WHICH EXPANDS ELIGIBILITY OF FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR FOR CERTAIN HEALTHCARE BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.R. 1100 · 97th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1981-06-02	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 2136 WHICH REQUIRES CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF NATIONAL CEMETERY CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION AND ACQUISITION (MOTION AGREED TO)H.R. 2136 · 97th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1981-06-02	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 3499, WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL COVERAGE TO VIETNAM VETERANS EXPOSED TO THE HERBICIDE AGENT ORANGE, TO CONTINUE READJUSTMENT COUNSELING CENTERS FOR VIETNAM VETERANS AND TO SET MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NUMBER OF HOSPITAL AND NURSING HOME BEDS THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MUST MAINTAIN. (MOTION AGREED TO)H.R. 3499 · 97th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1981-03-26	TO PASS H. J. RES. 182, DESIGNATING APR. 26, 1981 AS "NATIONAL RECOGNITION DAY FOR VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM ERA". (MOTION AGREED TO)H.J.Res. 182 · 97th Congress	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.