Michael P. Flanagan on Defense & War Powers

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Defense & War Powers73 votes

Military restraintMilitary expansion

108 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 73 of them counted toward the score above: 54 toward “Military expansion” and 19 toward “Military restraint”.

The other 35 did not count: 35 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 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
1995-02-22	Emergency Defense Supplemental Appropriations — (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 889, MAKING EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND RESCISSIONS TO PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THE MILITARY READINESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1995.)H.R. 889 · 104th Congress · On Passage	Yea	Military expansion
1995-02-22	Emergency Defense Supplemental Appropriations — (HOUSE REJECTED THE OBEY MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK FORTHWITH CONTAINING AMENDMENTS SO AS TO ENSURE THAT DISCRETIONARY OUTLAYS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995 THAT ARE MADE PURSUANT TO NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY DO NOT CAUSE DISCRETIONARY OUTLAYS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995 (COMPUTED WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY EMERGENCY DESIGNATIONS) TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT CURRENTLY ALLOCATED TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 602(A) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT PF 1974.)H.R. 889 · 104th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Nay	Military expansion
1995-02-22	H.R.889 BY LIVINGSTON (R-LA) -- EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND RESCISSIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, PROVISION MEXICAN DEBT DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1995 (PUB. L. 104-6, APPROVED 4/10/95) (HOUSE REJECTED THE OBEY AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO PROVIDE THE $2.5 BILLION IN SUPPLEMENTAL DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTED BY THE ADMINISTRATION, RESCIND $2.2 BILLION IN PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED DEFENSE FUNDS, AND REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO MAKE THOSE CUTS ACCORDING TO THE SECRETARY'S OWN DETERMINATION OF THE LOWEST PRIORITY DEFENSE PROGRAMS, WHILE PROVIDING FOR 30 DAYS NOTICE BY THE SECRETARY TO, BUT NOT APPROVAL OF, THE CONGRESS FOR SUCH CUTS.)H.R. 889 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Military expansion
1995-02-16	National Security Revitalization Act — (HOUSE REJECTED THE SKELTON MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL TO THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT THE BILL BACK FORTHWITH CONTAINING AN AMENDMENT STRIKING THE PROVISIONS RELATING TO BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE AS A COMPONENT OF MILITARY READINESS AND MAINTAINING THE 1996 NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM APPROPRIATION AT THE 1995 LEVEL UNTIL THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CERTIFIES TO THE CONGRESS THAT THE ARMED FORCES STAND IN READINESS TO CARRY OUT ASSIGNED MISSIONS AS REQUIRED.)H.R. 7 · 104th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Nay	Military expansion
1995-02-16	(HOUSE REJECTED THE TORRICELLI AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE THE PROVISION MAKING THE NATO PARTICIPATION PROGRAM MANDATORY.)H.R. 7 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Military expansion
1995-02-15	(HOUSE REJECTED THE MONTGOMERY SUBSTITUTE TO THE SKELTON AMENDMENT, AS AMENDED BY THE DELLUMS AMENDMENT, THAT SOUGHT TO PROVIDE THAT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996, THE AMOUNT OBLIGATED FOR NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS MAY NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT MADE AVAILABLE FOR NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995 UNTIL THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CERTIFIES TO THE CONGRESS THAT THE ARMED FORCES ARE PROPERLY SIZED, EQUIPPED, HOUSED, AND STRUCTURED AND ARE READY TO CARRY OUT ASSIGNED MISSIONS AS REQUIRED BY THE NATIONAL MILITARY STRATEGY.)H.R. 7 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment, as amended	Nay	Military expansion
1995-02-15	(HOUSE AGREED TO THE SPRATT AMENDMENT THAT ESTABLISHES AS U.S. POLICY AN ORDER TO PRIORITY FOR MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS BY FIRST, ENSURING OPERATIONAL READINESS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND ACCOMPLISHING PROGRAMMED MODERNIZATION OF WEAPONS SYSTEMS; SECOND, UNDER SUCH MODERNIZATION, FUNDING THE COMPLETION OF DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT AT THE EARLIEST DATE OF MORE EFFECTIVE THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE (TMD) SYSTEMS; AND, THIRD DEVELOPING AS SOON AS FUNDING IS AVAILABLE, A GROUND-BASED INTERCEPTOR SYSTEM CAPABLE OF DESTROYING BALLISTIC MISSILES LAUNCHED AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.)H.R. 7 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Military expansion
1995-02-15	H.R.7 BY SPENCE (R-SC) -- NATIONAL SECURITY REVITALIZATION ACT NATO REVITALIZATION AND EXPANSION ACT OF 1995 (CONTRACT WITH AMERICA) (HOUSE AGREED TO THE SPENCE AMENDMENT THAT EXPRESSES THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS THAT NEGOTIATIONS BEARING UPON MISSILE DEFENSES AND/OR THE VIABILITY OF THE ABM TREATY SHOULD BE SUSPENDED UNTIL THE 104TH CONGRESS HAS HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THIS ISSUE.)H.R. 7 · 104th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	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.