Robert Joseph Dole on Defense & War Powers

RepublicanKS

Defense & War Powers537 votes · 80.6/100 consistent

Military restraintMilitary expansion

910 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 537 of them counted toward the score above: 416 toward “Military expansion” and 121 toward “Military restraint”.

The other 373 did not count: 364 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 9 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
1973-09-19	TO PASS H.R. 4200, A BILL TO CONTINUE CERTAIN SERVICEMEN'S AND FORMER SERVICEMEN'S SURVIVOR ANNUITIES BENEFITS, AFTER AGREEING TO MOTION TO INCORPORATE THEREIN THE TEXT. OF S. 4.H.R. 4200 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1973-07-20	TO PASS S. 440, A BILL TO GOVERN THE USE OF THE ARMED FORCES BY THE PRESIDENT.S. 440 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Military restraint
1973-07-20	TO AMEND S. 440, A BILL TO GOVERN THE USE OF THE ARMED FORCES BY THE PRESIDENT DURING THE ABSENCE OF A DECLARATION OF WAR, BY LIMITING THE PRESIDENT'S USE OF AMERICAN CIVILIAN COMBATANTS IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE USE OF MILITARY FORCES FORCES IS LIMITED UNDER THE BILL.S. 440 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1973-06-30	TO PASS H.R. 7445, A BILL TO EXTEND THE RENEGOTIATION ACT.H.R. 7445 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1973-06-25	TO AMEND S. 1443 TO PROVIDE THAT NATO DETERMINE WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT OF GREECE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING MILITARY ASSISTANCE.S. 1443 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Military restraint
1973-06-11	TO AMEND S. 1248, SO AS TO BAR FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO SEVERAL COUNTRIES, INCLUDING IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, BURMA, THAILAND OR LAOS UNTIL THE PRESIDENT FINDS THAT THE COUNTRY HAS TAKEN ADEQUATE STEPS TO PREVENT OPERATIONS OF ILLICIT OPIUM PRODUCERS.S. 1248 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1973-03-06	TO PASS S. 284, A BILL REQUIRING AVAILABILITY OF REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AND TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS SUFFERING FROM ALCOHOLISM OR DRUG PROBLEMS.S. 284 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1973-03-06	TO PASS S. 49, A BILL TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM WITHIN THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION.S. 49 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1973-03-06	TO PASS S. 59, A BILL PROVIDING IMPROVED MEDICAL CARE TO VETERANS, AND TO CERTAIN DEPENDENTS AND SURVIVORS OF VETERANS.S. 59 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1973-02-19	TO AGREE TO S.RES. 59, A RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION CRISIS CAUSED BY FREIGHT CAR SHORTAGES, ESPECIALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO THE SHIPMENT OF GRAIN.S. 59 · 93rd 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.