David Kemp Karnes on Defense & War Powers

RepublicanNE

Defense & War Powers47 votes

Military restraintMilitary expansion

116 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 47 of them counted toward the score above: 34 toward “Military expansion” and 13 toward “Military restraint”.

The other 69 did not count: 57 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 12 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
1987-09-18	TO TABLE THE HATFIELD, OR AMENDMENT TO S 1174, THE FISCAL 1988-89 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, WHICH WOULD INSTITUTE TIME RESTRICTIONS ON U.S. MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN THE PERSIAN GULF, IN ACCORDANCE THE WAR POWERS ACT.S. 1174 · 100th Congress	Yea	Military expansion
1987-09-17	TO TABLE THE HELMS, NC AMENDMENT TO S 1174, THE FISCAL 1988-89 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, WHICH WOULD AUTHORIZE MILITARY AID FOR THE NICARAGUAN CONTRAS UNLESS THE SANDINISTA GOVERNMENT MEETS CERTAIN CONDITIONS WITH REGARDS TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND FOREIGN MILITARY PRESENCE.S. 1174 · 100th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1987-09-17	TO AMEND THE HELMS, NC AMENDMENT TO S 1174, THE FISCAL 1988-89 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO REAFFIRM THE MONROE DOCTRINE AS THE BASIS FOR U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD CENTRAL AMERICA.S. 1174 · 100th Congress	Yea	Military expansion
1987-09-17	TO TABLE THE STEVENS, AK AMENDMENT TO S 1174, THE FISCAL 1988-89 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, WHICH WOULD REMOVE A PROVISION REQUIRING PRESIDENTIAL CONFIRMATION OF POSSIBLE FOREIGN DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD UNITS.S. 1174 · 100th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1987-09-17	TO AMEND S 1174, THE FISCAL 1988-89 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO ALLOW AWARDING STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE CONTRACTS TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS OR FIRMS IF THEY PROVIDE A "SUBSTANTIAL" PART OF THE TOTAL COST.S. 1174 · 100th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1987-09-17	TO TABLE THE WARNER, VA AMENDMENT TO THE GLENN, OH AMENDMENT TO S 1174, THE FISCAL 1988-89 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT AWARDING STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE CONTRACTS TO FOREIGN FIRMS EXCEPT WHERE U.S. FIRMS COULD NOT PROVIDE WORK OF "EQUAL COMPETENCE" FOR THE SAME OR A LOWER PRICE. THE GLENN AMENDMENT PROHIBITED SUCH CONTRACTS EXCEPT WHERE U.S. FIRMS COULD NOT PROVIDE "COMPETENT" WORK FOR THE SAME OR A LOWER PRICE, AND WAS LATER ADOPTED BY VOICE VOTE.S. 1174 · 100th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1987-09-17	TO AMEND S 1174, THE FISCAL 1988-89 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO PERMIT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO PURCHASE MANUAL TYPEWRITERS FROM THOSE WARSAW PACT COUNTRIES THAT HAVE MOST FAVORED NATION TRADING STATUS WITH THE U.S.S. 1174 · 100th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1987-09-17	TO TABLE THE WARNER, VA AMENDMENT TO S 1174, THE FISCAL 1988-89 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, WHICH WOULD REMOVE RESTRICTIONS PROHIBITING THE TESTING OF SPACE-BASED OR OTHER ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE SYSTEMS.S. 1174 · 100th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1987-09-16	TO AMEND S 1174, THE FISCAL 1988-89 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE SOVIET UNION HAS VIOLATED THE 1972 ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE TREATY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RADAR NEAR KRASNOYARSK.S. 1174 · 100th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1987-09-15	TO AMEND S 1174, THE FISCAL 1988-89 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT CONGRESS FULLY SUPPORTS THE PRESIDENT IN ARMS CONTROL NEGOTIATIONS AND SHOULD THEREFORE REFRAIN FROM STATING POSITIONS ON ISSUES CURRENTLY UNDER NEGOTIATION.S. 1174 · 100th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1987-09-15	TO AMEND THE GLENN, OH AMENDMENT TO S 1174, THE FISCAL 1988-89 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO EXPRESS SENATE SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENTIAL EFFORTS ON ARMS CONTROL NEGOTIATIONS. THE GLENN AMENDMENT PROHIBITED AWARDING GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS ON THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS OR FIRMS, AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ADOPTED BY A VOICE VOTE.S. 1174 · 100th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1987-09-11	TO BEGIN CONSIDERATION OF S 1174, THE FISCAL 1988-89 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, A BILL TO ESTABLISH SPENDING LEVELS FOR DEFENSE DURING FISCAL 1988 AND 1989.S. 1174 · 100th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1987-08-07	TO PASS HJ RES 216, THE IRAN-IRAQ CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION, WHICH WOULD SUPPORT A CEASEFIRE AND A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT IN THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR.100th Congress	Yea	Military restraint
1987-07-14	TO INVOKE CLOTURE, THEREBY LIMITING DEBATE ON THE MOYNIHAN, NY AMENDMENT TO S 1420, THE OMNIBUS TRADE BILL, WHICH WOULD EXPRESS THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT U.S. PROTECTION OF "REFLAGGED" KUWAITI OIL TANKERS SHOULD BE POSTPONED WHILE DIPLOMATIC MEANS OF ENDING THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR ARE PURSUED. MOTION REJECTED, THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.S. 1420 · 100th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1987-06-26	TO AMEND S 1420, THE OMNIBUS TRADE BILL, TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT TO PROHIBIT ALL IMPORTS FROM AFGHANISTAN AND TO PROHIBIT ALL EXPORTS TO AFGHANISTAN FROM THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT FOR THOSE GROUPS FOR WHOM CONGRESS HAS EXPRESSED SUPPORT.S. 1420 · 100th Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1987-05-08	TO ADOPT HR 1085, THE NEW GI BILL CONTINUATION ACT, A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 38 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE, TO MAKE HIGHER EDUCATION BENEFITS ESTABLISHED BY CHAPTER 30 OF THE CODE PERMANENT BENEFITS.H.R. 1085 · 100th 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.