John D. Dingell on Defense & War Powers

DemocratMI

Defense & War Powers860 votes · 73/100 consistent

Military restraintMilitary expansion

2,213 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 860 of them counted toward the score above: 497 toward “Military expansion” and 363 toward “Military restraint”.

The other 1,353 did not count: 1,294 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 59 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
1973-07-31	TO AMEND H.R. 9286, BY ADDING LANGUAGE SETTING A DEADLINE OF JUNE 30, 1974, FOR MAINTAINING U.S. FORCES IN ANY NATION FOR DEFENSE IF THAT NATION PAYS A SMALLER PORTION OF ITS GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT FOR ITS NATIONAL DEFENSE THAN DOES THE U.S.H.R. 9286 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1973-07-31	TO AMEND H.R. 9286, BY DELETING FUNDS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE B-1 BOMBER.H.R. 9286 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1973-07-31	TO AMEND H.R. 9286, THE BILL PROVIDING FISCAL 1974 MILITARY PROCUREMENT AUTHORIZATIONS, BY STRIKING FUNDS FOR THE CVN-70 NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER.H.R. 9286 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1973-07-30	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 9474, A BILL PROVIDING A 10% INCREASE IN RATES OF DISABILITY AND DEATH PENSIONS, AND DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATIONS.H.R. 9474 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1973-07-18	TO AMEND H.J.RES. 524, CONCERNING THE WAR POWERS OF THE CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT, BY REQUIRING CONGRESS TO SPECIFICALLY APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE BY BILL OR RESOLUTION THE COMMITMENT OF FORCES BY THE PRESIDEN IN THE ABSENCE OF A DECLARATION OF WAR WITHIN 90 DAYS OF SUCH EXECUTIVE ACTION.H.J.Res. 524 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1973-07-17	TO PASS H.R. 9048, A BILL TO PROVIDE IMPROVED MEDICAL CARE TO VETERANS.H.R. 9048 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1973-07-17	TO PASS H.R. 8949, A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 38 OF THE U.S. CODE RELATING TO BASIC PROVISIONS OF THE LOAN GUARANTY PROGRAMH.R. 8949 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1973-06-30	TO RECEDE AND CONCUR WITH AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO H.R. 7445, A BILL TO EXTEND THE RENEGOTIATION ACT FOR 2 YEARS. THE SENATE AMENDMENTS INCREASE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS, INCREASE BENEFITS UNDER THE FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME BENEFITS PROGRAM AND DELAY THE IMPLEMENTA-H.R. 7445 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1973-06-28	TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES TO INSIST ON THE HOUSE'S DISAGREEMENT TO TITLE III OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H. R. 8537, A BILL TO MAKE PERMANENT CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE DEPENDENTS ASSISTANCE ACT. THE SENATE AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW FLIGHT PAY FOR OFFICERS OF THE RANK OF COLONEL AND ABOVE WHO DO NOT FLY.H.R. 8537 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Military restraint
1973-06-27	TO PASS H.R. 4200 A BILL TO AMEND SEC. 122 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1954.H.R. 4200 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1973-05-09	TO PASS H.R. 7445, A BILL TO AMEND THE RENEGOTIATION ACT OF 1951 SO AS TO EXTEND IT FOR TWO YEARS.H.R. 7445 · 93rd Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1973-05-07	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 2828, A BILL TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM WITHIN THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION.H.R. 2828 · 93rd Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1973-05-07	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 6574, A BILL TO ENCOURAGE PERSONS TO JOIN AND REMAIN IN THE RESERVES AND NATIONAL GUARD BY PROVIDING FULL-TIME COVERAGE UNDER SERVICEMEN'S GROUP LIFE INSURANCE FOR SUCH MEMBERS AND CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE RETIRED RESERVE.H.R. 6574 · 93rd Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay

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.