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William J. Jefferson on Defense & War Powers

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Defense & War Powers297 votes · 69.5/100 consistent
Military restraintMilitary expansion

826 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 297 of them counted toward the score above: 202 toward “Military expansion” and 95 toward “Military restraint”.

The other 529 did not count: 492 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 37 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.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
1991-05-21(HOUSE REJECTED THE MRAZEK AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO PLACE A PERMANENT CEILING OF 30,000 ON UNITED STATES TROOPS STATIONED IN KOREA BY FISCAL YEAR 1994, OF WHICH NOT MORE THAN 20,000 COULD BE MEMBERS OF THE ARMY.)H.R. 2100 · 102nd Congress · On Agreeing to the AmendmentDid not voteNot a yea/nay
1991-05-21(HOUSE AGREED TO THE DORGAN AMENDMENT THAT REQUIRES THE PRESIDENT TO SEEK TO ACHIEVE, WITHIN SIX MONTHS, COST SHARING AGREEMENTS WITH EACH FOREIGN NATION WITH WHICH THE UNITED STATES HAS A BILATERAL OR MULTILATERAL DEFENSE AGREEMENT.)H.R. 2100 · 102nd Congress · On Agreeing to the AmendmentYeaMilitary restraint
1991-05-21(HOUSE REJECTED THE FRANK AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO REDUCE THE TOTAL AUTHORIZATION LEVEL BY $8 BILLION TO BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE WITHDRAWAL OF UNITED STATES FORCES OR EQUIPMENT FROM EUROPE, JAPAN, OR SOUTH KOREA .)H.R. 2100 · 102nd Congress · On Agreeing to the AmendmentYeaMilitary restraint
1991-05-21(HOUSE AGREED TO THE SCHROEDER AMENDMENT THAT EXPRESSES THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT THE NUMBER OF UNITED STATES TROOPS PERMANENTLY STATIONED IN EUROPE SHOULD BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 100,000 BY FISCAL YEAR 1995.)H.R. 2100 · 102nd Congress · On Agreeing to the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
1991-05-21(HOUSE REJECTED THE MICHEL AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO INCORPORATE THE PRESIDENT'S DEFENSE REQUEST BY PROVIDING FOR MAJOR INCREASES IN KEY STRATEGIC PROGRAMS WHILE KEEPING A SIMILAR OVERALL AUTHORIZATION LEVEL BY CUTTING FUNDING FOR OTHER PROGRAMS.)H.R. 2100 · 102nd Congress · On Agreeing to the AmendmentNayMilitary restraint
1991-05-20(HOUSE AGREED TO THE GEJDENSON AMENDMENT THAT STRIKES LANGUAGE REQUIRING THAT THE CONTRACT FOR THE THIRD SEAWOLF SSN-21 SUBMARINE BE AWARDED TO A FIRM WHICH DID NOT WIN THE FIRST CONTRACT AND PROVIDE INSTEAD THAT THE CONTRACT FOR THE THIRD SUBMARINE BE AWARDED BY COMPETITIVE BID.)H.R. 2100 · 102nd Congress · On Agreeing to the AmendmentYeaDirection not readable
1991-05-20H.R.2100 BY ASPIN (D-WI) -- NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEARS 1992 AND 1993 MISSILE DEFENSE ACT OF 1991 WARRANT OFFICER MANAGEMENT ACT MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1992 PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1992 (PUB. L. 102-190, APPROVED 12/5/91) (HOUSE REJECTED THE DELLUMS AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO TERMINATE THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE ORGANIZATION AND PERMIT ONLY BASIC SDI RESEARCH PROGRAMS FUNDED AT $1.1 BILLION.)H.R. 2100 · 102nd Congress · On Agreeing to the AmendmentYeaMilitary restraint
1991-04-11VETERANS BENEFITS IMPROVEMENT ACT — H.R.1047 BY APPLEGATE (D-OH) -- VETERANS' BENEFITS PROGRAMS IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1991 (PUB. L. 102-86, APPROVED 8/14/91) (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 1047, AMENDED, TO AMEND TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE, TO MAKE MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS IN VETERANS' COMPENSATION AND PENSION PROGRAMS.)H.R. 1047 · 102nd Congress · SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS AS AMENDEDYeaDirection not readable
1991-04-11TO AWARD A GOLD MEDAL FOR GENERAL COLIN L. POWELL — S.565 BY WARNER (R-VA) -- GENERAL COLIN L. POWELL, CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL AWARD (PUB. L. 102-33, APPROVED 4/23/91) (HOUSE PASSED S. 565, TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO AWARD A GOLD MEDAL ON BEHALF OF THE CONGRESS TO GENERAL COLIN L. POWELL, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BRONZE DUPLICATES OF SUCH MEDAL FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC.)S. 565 · 102nd Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassYeaDirection not readable
1991-04-11TO AWARD A GOLD MEDAL TO GENERAL H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF — S.534 BY LOTT (R-MS) -- GENERAL H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF, CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL AWARD (PUB. L. 102-32, APPROVED 4/23/91) (HOUSE PASSED S. 534, TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO AWARD A GOLD MEDAL ON BEHALF OF THE CONGRESS TO GENERAL H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BRONZE DUPLICATES OF SUCH MEDAL FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC .)S. 534 · 102nd Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassYeaDirection not readable
1991-03-21PERSIAN GULF CONFLICT SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORIZATION AND PERSONNEL BENEFITS ACT OF 1991 — S.725 BY MITCHELL, GEORGE (D-ME) -- PERSIAN GULF CONFLICT SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORIZATION AND PERSONNEL BENEFITS ACT OF 1991 PERSIAN GULF WAR VETERANS' BENEFITS ACT OF 1991 PERSIAN GULF CONFLICT HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE ACT (PUB. L. 102-25, APPROVED 4/6/91) (HOUSE PASSED S. 725, ENTITLED THE "PERSIAN GULF CONFLICT SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORIZATION AND PERSONNEL BENEFITS ACT OF 1991.".)S. 725 · 102nd Congress · On PassageYeaMilitary expansion
1991-03-13NATIONAL DEFENSE SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1991 — (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 1175, TO AUTHORIZE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1991 IN CONNECTION WITH OPERATAIONS IN AND AROUND THE PERSIAN GULF PRESENTLY KNOWN AS OPERATION DESERT SHIELD/STORM.)H.R. 1175 · 102nd Congress · On PassageYeaMilitary expansion
1991-03-13NATIONAL DEFENSE SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1991 — (HOUSE REJECTED THE COX OF CALIFORNIA MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL TO THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK FORTHWITH CONTAINING AN AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING THE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSES OF THE UNITED STATES.)H.R. 1175 · 102nd Congress · On Motion to Recommit with InstructionsNayDirection not readable
1991-03-13(HOUSE REJECTED THE MICHEL AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO REAFFIRM THAT ALL SPENDING UNDER THE BILL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE BUDGET ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1990.)H.R. 1175 · 102nd Congress · On Agreeing to the AmendmentNayMilitary expansion
1991-03-13H.R.1175 BY ASPIN (D-WI) -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DESERT STORM SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORIZATION AND MILITARY PERSONNEL BENEFITS ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1991 DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM RESERVIST LEAVE BANK ACT OF 1991 GULF WAR HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE ACT PERSIAN GULF WAR VETERANS' ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1991 (HOUSE REJECTED THE PANETTA AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO STRIKE THE DESIGNATION OF THE MILITARY PERSONNEL AND VETERANS BENEFITS IN THE BILL AS EMERGENCY SPENDING, AND INSTEAD SUBJECT THOSE PROVISIONS TO THE PAY-AS-YOU-GO PROVISIONS AND CAPS ON DISCRETIONARY SPENDING.)H.R. 1175 · 102nd Congress · On Agreeing to the AmendmentDid not voteNot a yea/nay
1991-03-06DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT EXTENSION AND AMENDMENTS OF 1991 — H.R.991 BY CARPER (D-DE) -- DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT EXTENSION AND AMENDMENTS OF 1991 (PUB. L. 102-99, APPROVED 8/17/91) (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 991, AMENDED, TO EXTEND THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950.)H.R. 991 · 102nd Congress · SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS AS AMENDEDDid not voteNot a yea/nay
1991-03-05COMMEND PRESIDENT AND U.S. AND ALLIED TROOPS IN PERSIAN GULF — H.RES.95 BY BROOMFIELD (R-MI) -- RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE PRESIDENT AND ALLIED MILITARY FORCES ON THE SUCCESS OF OPERATION DESERT STORM (HOUSE PASSED H. RES. 95, COMMENDING THE PRESIDENT AND UNITED STATES AND ALLIED MILITARY FORCES ON THE SUCCESS OF OPERATION DESERT STORM.)H.Res. 95 · 102nd Congress · SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREEYeaDirection not readable
1991-02-06VETERANS’ HOUSING AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS AMENDMENTS OF 1991 — H.R.232 BY STAGGERS (D-WV) -- VETERANS' BENEFITS, TITLE 38 U.S.C., AMENDMENT (PUB. L. 102-54, APPROVED 6/13/91) (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 232, AMENDED, TO AMEND TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE, WITH RESPECT TO VETERANS PROGRAMS FOR HOUSING AND MEMORIAL AFFAIRS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.)H.R. 232 · 102nd Congress · SUSPEND RULES AND PASSAS AMENDEDYeaDirection not readable
1991-02-05TRANSFER OF AN EXISTING U.S. MEMORIAL, PERSHING HALL, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS — H.R.154 BY MONTGOMERY (D-MS) -- INSULAR AREAS POLICY ACT (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 154, TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF AN EXISTING UNITED STATES MEMORIAL ERECTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, INCORPORATED, FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF AMERICAN OFFICERS AND ENLISTED PERSONNEL WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR I TO THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.)H.R. 154 · 102nd Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassYeaDirection not readable
1991-02-05VETERANS EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT AMENDMENTS OF 1991 — H.R.180 BY PENNY (D-MN) -- VETERANS' BENEFITS, TITLE 38 U.S.C., AMENDMENT (PUB. L. 102-16, APPROVED 03/22/91) (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 180, TO AMEND TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE, WITH RESPECT TO VETERANS EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS.)H.R. 180 · 102nd Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassYeaDirection not readable
1991-01-30DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PHYSICIANS’ AND DENTISTS’ COMPENSATION AND LABOR RELATIONS ACT OF 1991 — H.R.598 BY MONTGOMERY (D-MS) -- DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH-CARE PERSONNEL ACT OF 1991 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PHYSICIAN AND DENTIST RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION ACT OF 1991 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS LABOR RELATIONS IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1991 (PUB. L. 102-40, APPROVED 5/7/91) (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 598, AMENDED, TO AMEND TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE, TO IMPROVE THE CAPABILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS THROUGH INCREASES IN SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES, AND TO AUTHORIZE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING OVER CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR HEALTH-CARE EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.)H.R. 598 · 102nd Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassYeaDirection not readable
1991-01-29SOLDIERS AND SAILORS CIVIL RELIEF ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1991 — H.R.555 BY MONTGOMERY (D-MS) -- SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' CIVIL RELIEF ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1991 (PUB. L. 102-12, APPROVED 3/18/91) (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 555, AMENDED, TO AMEND THE SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' CIVIL RELIEF ACT OF 1940 TO IMPROVE AND CLARIFY THE PROTECTIONS PROVIDED BY THAT ACT; AND TO AMEND TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE, TO CLARIFY VETERANS' REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS AND TO IMPROVE VETERANS RIGHT TO REINSTATEMENT OF HEALTH INSURANCE.)H.R. 555 · 102nd Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassYeaMilitary expansion
1991-01-29AGENT ORANGE ACT OF 1991 — H.R.556 BY MONTGOMERY (D-MS) -- AGENT ORANGE ACT OF 1991 (PUB. L. 102-4, APPROVED 2/06/91) (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 556, AMENDED, TO PROVIDE FOR THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO OBTAIN INDEPENDENT SCIENTIFIC REVIEW OF THE AVAILABLE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE REGARDING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN DISEASES AND EXPOSURE TO DIOXIN AND OTHER CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS IN HERBICIDES.)H.R. 556 · 102nd Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassYeaDirection not readable
1991-01-23VETERANS’ COMPENSATION AMENDMENTS OF 1991 — H.R.3 BY MONTGOMERY (D-MS) -- VETERANS' COMPENSATION AMENDMENTS OF 1991 (PUB. L. 102-3, APPROVED 2/06/91) (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 3, TO AMEND TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE, TO REVISE, EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY 1, 1991, THE RATES OF DISABILITY COMPENSATION FOR VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITIES AND THE RATES OF DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SURVIVORS OF SUCH VETERANS.)H.R. 3 · 102nd Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassYeaDirection not readable
1991-01-18SUPPORTING THE UNITED STATES PRESENCE IN THE PERSIAN GULF — S.C.R.2 BY MITCHELL, GEORGE (D-ME) -- RESOLUTION SUPPORTING UNITED STATES POLICY IN THE PERSIAN GULF (HOUSE VOTED TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS S.CON.RES. 2, SUPPORTING THE UNITED STATES PRESENCE IN THE PERSIAN GULF.)S.Con.Res. 2 · 102nd Congress · SUSPEND THE RULES AND AGREEYeaMilitary expansion
1991-01-12TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES PURSUANT TO UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 678 — H.J.R.77 BY MICHEL (R-IL) -- AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST IRAQ RESOLUTION (PUB.L. 102-1, APPROVED 1/14/91) (HOUSE PASSED H.J. RES. 77, TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES PURSUANT TO UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 678.)H.J.Res. 77 · 102nd Congress · ON PASSAGE (MICHEL/SOLARZ)NayMilitary restraint

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.