Vito J. Fossella Jr. on Defense & War Powers

RepublicanNY

Defense & War Powers126 votes · 78.9/100 consistent

Military restraintMilitary expansion

514 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 126 of them counted toward the score above: 110 toward “Military expansion” and 16 toward “Military restraint”.

The other 388 did not count: 384 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 4 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
1998-05-20	(HOUSE REJECTED THE LOWEY AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO REPEAL PROVISIONS OF CURRENT LAW THAT PROHIBIT PRIVATELY FUNDED ABORTIONS FOR FEMALE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND DEPENDENTS AT DOD FACILITIES OVERSEAS. .)H.R. 3616 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
1998-05-20	(HOUSE AGREED TO THE HUNTER AMENDMENT THAT PROHIBITS THE EXPORT AND REEXPORT OF SATELLITES, INCLUDING COMMERCIAL SATELLITES AND SATELLITE COMPONENTS, OF U.S. ORIGIN TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.)H.R. 3616 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
1998-05-20	(HOUSE AGREED TO THE HEFLEY AMENDMENT THAT PROHIBITS THE EXPORT OF MISSILE EQUIPMENT OR MISSILE RELATED TECHNOLOGY TO CHINA.)H.R. 3616 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
1998-05-20	(HOUSE AGREED TO THE BEREUTER AMENDMENT THAT PROHIBITS ANY UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN THE INVESTIGATION OF A PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA LAUNCH FAILURE OF A SATELLITE OF U.S. ORIGIN. .)H.R. 3616 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
1998-05-20	H.R.3616 BY SPENCE (R-SC) -- NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 (HOUSE AGREED TO THE SPENCE AMENDMENT THAT EXPRESSES THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT U.S. BUSINESS INTERESTS MUST NOT BE PLACED ABOVE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS AND THAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD NOT ENTER INTO NEW AGREEMENTS WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC) INVOLVING SPACE OR MISSILE-RELATED TECHNOLOGY OR INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MILITARY-TO-MILITARY CONTACTS; THAT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH SHOULD ENSURE THAT U.S. LAW REGARDING THE EXPORT OF SATELLITES TO THE PRC IS ENFORCED AND THE RELEVANT CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION PROCEEDS WITH ALL DUE DISPATCH; AND THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD INDEFINITELY SUSPEND THE EXPORT OF SATELLITES OF U.S. ORIGIN TO CHINA. .)H.R. 3616 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
1998-05-19	Veterans Transitional Housing Opportunities Act — H.R.3039 BY STUMP (R-AZ) -- VETERANS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES ACT OF 1997 (HOUSE VOTED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS, AS AMENDED, H.R. 3039, TO AMEND TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE, TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO GUARANTEE LOANS TO PROVIDE MULTIFAMILY TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR HOMELESS VETERANS.)H.R. 3039 · 105th Congress · Suspend the rules and pass, as amended	Yea	Direction not readable
1998-05-07	H.R.3694 BY GOSS (R-FL) -- INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 (HOUSE REJECTED THE SANDERS AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO DECREASE THE TOTAL AMOUNT AUTHORIZED BY FIVE PERCENT AND EXEMPT THE CIA RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND FROM THE REDUCTION. .)H.R. 3694 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment	Nay	Military expansion
1998-04-28	Urgent Need to Establish a Cease Fire in Afghanistan — H.C.R.218 BY BEREUTER (R-NE) -- RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE NEED TO ESTABLISH A CEASE FIRE IN AFGHANISTAN (HOUSE AGREED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H. CON. RES. 218, AMENDED, CONCERNING THE URGENT NEED TO ESTABLISH A CEASE FIRE IN AFGHANISTAN AND BEGIN THE TRANSITION TOWARD A BROAD-BASED MULTIETHNIC GOVERNMENT THAT OBSERVES INTERNATIONAL NORMS OF BEHAVIOR.)H.Con.Res. 218 · 105th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
1998-03-24	Arlington National Cemetery Burial Eligibility Act — H.R.3211 BY STUMP (R-AZ) -- ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETARY BURIAL ELIGIBILITY ACT (HOUSE AGREED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 3211, AMENDED, TO AMEND TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE, TO ENACT INTO LAW ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR BURIAL IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. .)H.R. 3211 · 105th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Direction not readable
1998-03-18	Directing the President to Remove United States Armed Forces from the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina — H.C.R.227 BY CAMPBELL (R-CA) -- RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PRESIDENT TO REMOVE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FROM THE REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (HOUSE FAILED TO PASS H.CON. RES. 227, DIRECTING THE PRESIDENT PURSUANT TO SECTION (5)C OF THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION TO REMOVE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FROM THE REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.)H.Con.Res. 227 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution	Yea	Military restraint
1998-02-05	Disapproving the cancellations on Military Construction — H.R.2631 BY SKEEN (R-NM) -- CANCELLATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT REGARDING PUBLIC LAW 105-45, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998 (112 STAT. 19) (PUBLIC LAW 105-159, APPROVED BY OVERRIDE OF VETO 2/25/98) (HOUSE VOTED TO OVERRIDE THE PRESIDENT'S VETO OF H.R. 2631, DISAPPROVING THE CANCELLATIONS TRANSMITTED BY THE PRESIDENT ON OCTOBER 6, 1997, REGARDING PUBLIC LAW 105-45. .)H.R. 2631 · 105th Congress · Passage, Objections of the President Notwithstanding	Yea	Military expansion
1997-11-08	Medal of Honor — H.R.2813 BY FOWLER (R-FL) -- PRIVATE RELIEF (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 2813, TO WAIVE TIME LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED BY LAW IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO BE AWARDED TO ROBERT R. INGRAM OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, FOR ACTS OF VALOR WHILE A NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN IN THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM DURING THE VIETNAM CONFLICT. .)H.R. 2813 · 105th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Direction not readable
1997-11-08	Regarding Items Line Item Vetoed in the Military Construction Appropriations Conference Report — H.R.2631 BY SKEEN (R-NM) -- CANCELLATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT REGARDING PUBLIC LAW 105-45, DISAPPROVAL (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 2631, DISAPPROVING THE CANCELLATIONS TRANSMITTED BY THE PRESIDENT ON OCTOBER 6, 1997, REGARDING PUBLIC LAW 105-45. .)H.R. 2631 · 105th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Military expansion
1997-11-07	Intelligence Authorization, FY 1998 — S.858 BY SHELBY (R-AL) -- INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998 (HOUSE AGREED TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 858, TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998 FOR INTELLIGENCE AND INTELLIGENCE-RELATED ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, THE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT, AND THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM.)S. 858 · 105th Congress · On Agreeing to the Conference Report	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.