Brad Finstad on Defense & War Powers
RepublicanMN
213 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 30 of them counted toward the score above: 27 toward “Military expansion” and 3 toward “Military restraint”.
The other 183 did not count: 183 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-27 | Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove all United States Armed Forces, other than United States Armed Forces assigned to protect the United States Embassy, from SomaliaH.Con.Res. 30 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Military expansion |
| 2023-03-10 | COVID-19 Origin ActS. 619 · 118th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-03-08 | VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements ActH.R. 753 · 118th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-03-08 | Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from SyriaH.Con.Res. 21 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Military expansion |
| 2023-03-07 | Wounded Warrior Access ActH.R. 1226 · 118th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-12-22 | Student Veteran Emergency Relief ActH.R. 7939 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-12-15 | VA Employee Fairness ActH.R. 1948 · 117th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2022-12-01 | DOULA for VA Act of 2022H.R. 2521 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2022-11-17 | Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Reform ActH.R. 2250 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-11-17 | Senator Johnny Isakson VA Regional Office ActS. 4359 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-11-17 | To designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, as the “Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center”S. 3369 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2022-09-29 | Supporting Families of the Fallen ActS. 2794 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-09-29 | Food Security for All Veterans ActH.R. 8888 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | 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.