Marvin Henry Edwards on Defense & War Powers

RepublicanOK

Defense & War Powers473 votes · 88.6/100 consistent

Military restraintMilitary expansion

815 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 473 of them counted toward the score above: 371 toward “Military expansion” and 102 toward “Military restraint”.

The other 342 did not count: 317 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 25 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
1977-06-30	TO AMEND H.R. 7933 BY DELETING THE PROVISION FOR $26 MILLION FOR THE REPLACEMENT AND REDESIGN OF THE ENGINE OF THE F-14 AIRCRAFT.H.R. 7933 · 95th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1977-06-30	THAT THE HOUSE RESOLVE ITSELF INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR THE FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 7933, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FISCAL 1978.H.R. 7933 · 95th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1977-06-28	TO AMEND H.R. 7933 BY DELETING THE $239 MILLION FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF A-10 AIRCRAFT.H.R. 7933 · 95th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1977-06-28	TO AMEND H.R. 7933, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FISCAL 1978, BY DELETING THE $1.5 BILLION EARMARKED FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF FIVE B-1 BOMBERS.H.R. 7933 · 95th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1977-06-24	TO AMEND H.R. 7933 BY REDUCING THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF LANCE NON-NUCLEAR MISSILES BY $65 MILLION.H.R. 7933 · 95th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1977-06-21	TO PASS H.R. 7589 (SEE RC 358).H.R. 7589 · 95th Congress	Yea	Military expansion
1977-05-23	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 6502, A BILL AMENDING TITLE 38 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE BY PROVIDING AN ALLOWANCE FOR AUTOMOTIVE ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR DISABLED VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I.H.R. 6502 · 95th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1977-05-23	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 6501, A BILL AMENDING TITLE 38 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE SO AS TO INCREASE THE DISABILITY COMPENSATION FOR THOSE VETERANS DISABLED BY THE LOSS OR LOSS OF USE OF PAIRED EXTREMITIES.H.R. 6501 · 95th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1977-05-23	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 1862, THE BILL TO AMEND TITLE 38 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE AND INCREASE BY APPROXIMATELY 60% THE DISABILITY COMPENSATION RATES FOR DISABLED VETERANS.H.R. 1862 · 95th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1977-05-02	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 4962, A BILL TO EXTEND THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950 UNTIL SEPT. 30, 1978.H.R. 4962 · 95th Congress	Yea	Military expansion
1977-05-02	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 5025, A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 38 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE SO THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANY VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL FACILITY COSTING MORE THAN $1 MILLION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMMITTEES.H.R. 5025 · 95th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1977-04-22	TO AMEND H.R. 5970, A BILL AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL 1978, BY PROHIBITING THE PURCHASE OF THREE AIRBORNE WARNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM AIRCRAFTS (AWACS) UNLESS THAT PURCHASE IS AGREED TO BY NATO.H.R. 5970 · 95th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1977-04-04	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 3695, A BILL IMPROVING THE PRESENT PROGRAM FOR ALLOCATING GRANT MONIES TO STATES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION OF MEDICAL FACILITIES SERVING ELIGIBLE VETERANS.H.R. 3695 · 95th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1977-04-04	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 5027, THE BILL BROADENING ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL BENEFITS.H.R. 5027 · 95th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1977-03-31	TO PASS H.R. 4895, A BILL TO AMEND THE STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS STOCK PILING ACT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.H.R. 4895 · 95th Congress	Yea	Military expansion

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.