Skip to content
Their Record
Lincoln D. Chafee

Lincoln D. Chafee on Defense & War Powers

RepublicanRI

Defense & War Powers129 votes · 83/100 consistent
Military restraintMilitary expansion

234 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 129 of them counted toward the score above: 91 toward “Military expansion” and 38 toward “Military restraint”.

The other 105 did not count: 100 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 5 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.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
2006-11-16To require as a precondition to United States-India peaceful atomic energy cooperation determinations by the President that United States nuclear cooperation with India does nothing to assist, encourage, or induce India to manufacture or acquire nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices.S. 3709 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayMilitary expansion
2006-09-29A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On the Conference ReportYeaMilitary expansion
2006-09-28A bill to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes.S. 3930 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the BillNayMilitary restraint
2006-09-28To provide for the protection of United States persons in the implementation of treaty obligations.S. 3930 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-09-28To prohibit the establishment of new military commissions after December 31, 2011.S. 3930 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaMilitary restraint
2006-09-28To provide for congressional oversight of certain Central Intelligence Agency programs.S. 3930 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaMilitary restraint
2006-09-28To strike the provision regarding habeas review.S. 3930 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaMilitary restraint
2006-09-27In the nature of a substitute.S. 3930 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-09-07A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the BillDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2006-09-07To make available an additional $65,400,000 for additional appropriations for Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, for the procurement of Predators for Special Operations forces, and to designate the amount as an emergency requirement.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2006-09-07To make available up to an additional $700,000,000 for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities to combat the growth of poppies in Afghanistan, to eliminate the production and trade of opium, and heroin, and to prevent terrorists from using the proceeds for terrorist activities in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere, and to designate the additional amount as emergency spending.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to TableDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2006-09-07To prohibit the use of funds for a public relations program designed to monitor news media in the United States and the Middle East and create a database of news stories to promote positive coverage of the war in Iraq.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to TableDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2006-09-07To enhance intelligence community efforts to bring Osama bin Laden and other key leaders of al Qaeda to the justice they deserve.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaMilitary expansion
2006-09-06To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into or carry out a contract for the performance by a contractor of any base operation support service at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital pursuant to a private-public competition conducted under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 that was initiated on June 13, 2000, and has the solicitation number DADA 10-03-R-0001.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayDirection not readable
2006-09-06To include information on civil war in Iraq in the quarterly reports on progress toward military and political stability in Iraq.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayMilitary restraint
2006-09-06To protect civilian lives from unexploded cluster munitions.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayMilitary expansion
2006-08-03To make available from Operation and Maintenance, Navy, up to an additional $3,000,000 to fund improvements to physical security at Navy recruiting stations and to improve data security.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaMilitary expansion
2006-08-03To make available from Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy, up to $77,000,000 for the Conventional Trident Modification Program.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayMilitary restraint
2006-08-03To require notice to Congress and the public on earmarks of funds available to the Department of Defense.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-08-03To prohibit the use of funds by the United States Government to enter into an agreement with the Government of Iraq that would subject members of the Armed Forces to the jurisdiction of Iraq criminal courts or punishment under Iraq law.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-08-03To ensure the fiscal integrity of travel payments made by the Department of Defense.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-08-03To limit the funds available to the Department of Defense for expenses relating to conferences.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayMilitary restraint
2006-08-02To appropriate, with an offset, an additional $2,000,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army for the improvement of imaging for traumatic brain injuries.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaMilitary restraint
2006-08-02To make available an additional $6,700,000,000 to fund equipment reset requirements resulting from continuing combat operations, including repair, depot, and procurement activities.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaMilitary expansion
2006-08-02To provide $1,829,100,000 for the Army National Guard for the construction of 370 miles of triple-layered fencing, and 461 miles of vehicle barriers along the southwest border.H.R. 5631 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaMilitary expansion
2006-06-22An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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. 2766 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaMilitary expansion
2006-06-22To provide, with an offset, additional funding for missile defense testing and operations.S. 2766 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaMilitary expansion
2006-06-22To authorize multiyear procurement of F-22A fighter aircraft and F-119 engines.S. 2766 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayMilitary restraint
2006-06-22An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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. 2766 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaMilitary expansion
2006-06-22To state the sense of Congress on United States policy on Iraq.S. 2766 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-06-22To require the redeployment of United States Armed Forces from Iraq in order to further a political solution in Iraq, encourage the people of Iraq to provide for their own security, and achieve victory in the war on terror.S. 2766 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayMilitary expansion
2006-06-21To promote job creation and small business preservation in the adjustment of the Federal minimum wage.S. 2766 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2006-06-21To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage.S. 2766 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-06-20To express the sense of Congress that the Government of Iraq should not grant amnesty to persons known to have attacked, killed, or wounded members of the Armed Forces of the United States.S. 2766 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-06-20To affirm the Iraqi Government position of no amnesty for terrorists who have attacked U.S. forces.S. 2766 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-06-20To 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. 2766 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-06-15To require the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Iraq and urge the convening of an Iraq summit.S. 2766 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaMilitary expansion
2006-06-15To state the policy of the United States on the nuclear programs of Iran.S. 2766 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-06-15To authorize, with an offset, assistance for prodemocracy programs and activities inside and outside Iran, to make clear that the United States supports the ability of the people of Iran to exercise self-determination over their form of government, and to make enhancements to the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act of 1996.S. 2766 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayMilitary restraint
2006-06-14To require regular budgeting for ongoing military operations.S. 2766 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaMilitary restraint
2006-06-14To improve Federal contracting and procurement by eliminating fraud and abuse and improving competition in contracting and procurement and by enhancing administration of Federal contracting personnel.S. 2766 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2006-06-13To express the sense of Congress that the United States Armed Forces, the intelligence community, and other agencies, as well as the coalition partners of the United States and the Iraqi Security Forces should be commended for their actions that resulted in the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of the al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorist organization and the most wanted terrorist in Iraq.S. 2766 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-04-27To express the sense of the Senate on requests for funds for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for fiscal years after fiscal year 2007.H.R. 4939 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-03-01A bill to clarify that individuals who receive FISA orders can challenge nondisclosure requirements, that individuals who receive national security letters are not required to disclose the name of their attorney, that libraries are not wire or electronic communication service providers unless they provide specific services, and for other purposes.S. 2271 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaMilitary restraint
2006-03-01To establish the enactment date of the Act.S. 2271 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2006-02-28A bill to clarify that individuals who receive FISA orders can challenge nondisclosure requirements, that individuals who receive national security letters are not required to disclose the name of their attorney, that libraries are not wire or electronic communication service providers unless they provide specific services, and for other purposes.S. 2271 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaMilitary restraint
2006-02-16A bill to clarify that individuals who receive FISA orders can challenge nondisclosure requirements, that individuals who receive national security letters are not required to disclose the name of their attorney, that libraries are not wire or electronic communication service providers unless they provide specific services, and for other purposes.S. 2271 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaMilitary restraint
2005-12-21A 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 Conference ReportDid not voteNot a yea/nay
2005-12-21A 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 Cloture MotionNayMilitary restraint
2005-12-19To 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 military personnel strengths for such fiscal year.H.R. 1815 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to ProceedYeaMilitary expansion
2005-12-19A 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 to ProceedYeaMilitary expansion
2005-11-15An 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 Passage of the BillYeaMilitary expansion
2005-11-15In the nature of a substitute.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-11-15To provide for judicial review of detention of enemy combatants.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaMilitary restraint
2005-11-15To clarify and recommend changes to the policy of the United States on Iraq and to require reports on certain matters relating to Iraq.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-11-15To clarify and recommend changes to the policy of the United States on Iraq and to require reports on certain matters relating to Iraq.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-11-10Relating to the review of the status of detainees of the United States Government.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2005-11-10To require reports on clandestine facilities for the detention of individuals captured in the global war on terrorism.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaMilitary restraint
2005-11-10To modify the multiyear procurement authority for C-17 aircraft.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-11-10To 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 AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-11-09To provide for eligibility for retired pay for non-regular service.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayMilitary restraint
2005-11-09To 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 AmendmentYeaMilitary expansion
2005-11-09To 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 AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-11-09To 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 AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-11-08To make available, with an offset, an additional $50,000,000 for Operation and Maintenance for Cooperative Threat Reduction.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaMilitary restraint
2005-11-08To provide for a report on the establishment of a Deputy Secretary of Defense for Management.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-11-08To establish a national commission on policies and practices on the treatment of detainees since September 11, 2001.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayMilitary expansion
2005-11-08To 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 AmendmentNayMilitary expansion
2005-11-08To 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 AmendmentYeaMilitary expansion
2005-11-08Relating to the American Forces Network.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2005-11-08Relating to the American Forces Network.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-11-07To 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 AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2005-10-07A 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 BillYeaMilitary expansion
2005-10-06To curtail waste under the Department of Defense web-based travel system.H.R. 2863 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaMilitary expansion
2005-10-05A 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 MotionYeaMilitary expansion
2005-10-05To 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 MotionYeaDirection not readable
2005-10-05To provide for appropriations for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.H.R. 2863 · 109th Congress · On the MotionYeaDirection not readable
2005-10-05Relating to persons under the detention, custody, or control of the United States Government.H.R. 2863 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaMilitary restraint
2005-10-05To 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 MotionYeaMilitary expansion
2005-10-05To 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 GermaneYeaDirection not readable
2005-09-14To 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 MotionNayMilitary expansion
2005-07-26An 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 MotionYeaMilitary expansion
2005-07-26To 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 AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-07-26To stop corporations from financing terrorism.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentNayDirection not readable
2005-07-26To 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 AmendmentYeaMilitary expansion
2005-07-21To improve authorities to address urgent nonproliferation crises and United States nonproliferation operations.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaMilitary expansion
2005-07-21To 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 AmendmentYeaMilitary expansion
2005-04-18To 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 AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-04-13To 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 AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2005-04-13To 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 MotionNayMilitary restraint
2005-03-01To 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 AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2004-12-08A bill to reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On the Conference ReportYeaMilitary expansion
2004-10-06A bill to reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the BillYeaMilitary expansion
2004-10-06To clarify the continuing applicability of section 504 of the National Security act of 1947 to the obligation and expenditure of funds appropriated for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
2004-10-05A bill to reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On the Cloture MotionYeaMilitary expansion
2004-10-04To modify the provisions relating to the availability to the public of intelligence funding information.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2004-10-04To enhance the role of Congress in the oversight of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableNayMilitary restraint
2004-09-30To stop corporations from financing terrorism.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2004-09-30In the nature of a substitute.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaDirection not readable
2004-09-29To provide the National Intelligence Director with the authority to supervise, direct, and control all elements of the intelligence community performing national intelligence missions.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to TableYeaMilitary restraint

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.