Jerry Lewis on Defense & War Powers

RepublicanCA

Defense & War Powers716 votes · 84.7/100 consistent

Military restraintMilitary expansion

1,819 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 716 of them counted toward the score above: 596 toward “Military expansion” and 120 toward “Military restraint”.

The other 1,103 did not count: 1,056 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 47 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
1979-09-12	TO AGREE TO A SUBSTITUTE TO THE SCHROEDER AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4040 (SEE RC 462). THE MONTGOMERY AMENDMENT RETAINS THE SELECTIVE SERVICE PROVISIONS IN THE BILL BUT CHANGES THE DATES RELATING TO DRAFT REGISTRATION BY ONE DAY. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 4040 · 96th Congress	Nay	Military restraint
1979-09-12	TO AMEND H.R. 4040 BY ESTABLISHING A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE CURRENT DEFENSE MOBILIZATION CAPABILITY OF THE U. S. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 4040 · 96th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1979-09-12	TO RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4040, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 4040 · 96th Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1979-07-19	TO AGREE TO H. RES. 368, THE RULE PROVIDING FOR FLOOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4040, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL 1980. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 4040 · 96th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1979-07-16	TO PASS H.R. 2282, PROVIDING A COST OF LIVING INCREASE IN DISABILITY COMPENSATION FOR DISABLED VETERANS AND IN DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SURVIVORS OF DISABLED VETERANS. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 2282 · 96th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1979-07-10	TO AMEND H.R. 3821, INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATIONS, BY REQUIRING THE PRESIDENT TO PUBLICLY DISCLOSE THE AGGREGATE APPROPRIATIONS TOTAL FOR THE NATIONAL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM FOR FISCAL 1980. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 3821 · 96th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1979-06-26	TO PASS H.R. 3930, AMENDING THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950 TO EXTEND ITS AUTHORITY AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE PURCHASE OF SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 3930 · 96th Congress	Yea	Military expansion
1979-06-26	TO AMEND H.R. 3930, THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT, BY STRIKING LANGUAGE AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO REQUIRE SUPPLIERS TO PROVIDE THE GOVERNMENT WITH SYNTHETIC FUELS IN CASES WHICH HE DEEMS NECESSARY TO MEET NATIONAL DEFENSE NEEDS. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 3930 · 96th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1979-06-26	TO AMEND H.R. 3930, THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT, BY STRIKING LANGUAGE AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO REQUIRE SUPPLIERS TO PROVIDE THE GOVERNMENT WITH SYNTHETIC FUELS IN CASES WHICH HE DEEMS NECESSARY TO MEET NATIONAL DEFENSE NEEDS. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 3930 · 96th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1979-06-26	TO AGREE TO LIMIT DEBATE ON SECTION 3 AND ALL AMENDMENTS THERETO OF H.R. 3930, THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 3930 · 96th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1979-06-26	TO AMEND H.R. 3930, THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT, BY STRIKING LANGUAGE STATING THAT THE TERMINATION OR REDUCTION OF AVAILABILITY OF PETROLEUM WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE NATIONAL DEFENSE PREPAREDNESS. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 3930 · 96th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1979-06-18	TO PASS H.R. 4391, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL 1980. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 4391 · 96th Congress	Yea	Military expansion
1979-06-13	TO CLOSE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON S. 429 AT SUCH TIMES AS CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION IS UNDER CONSIDERATION, EXCEPT THAT ANY MEMBER OF CONGRESS CAN ATTEND ANY MEETINGS. S. 429 IS FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORIZATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (MOTION PASSED)S. 429 · 96th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1979-06-05	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 4015, THE VETERAN SENIOR CITIZEN HEALTH CARE ACT OF 1979, ESTABLISHING DEMONSTRATION CENTERS OF GERIATRIC RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND CLINICAL OPERATIONS WITHIN THE VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION. (MOTION PASSED:2/3 REQUIRED)H.R. 4015 · 96th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1979-05-31	TO PASS H.R. 2575, AUTHORIZING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL 1979. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 2575 · 96th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1979-05-31	TO AMEND H.R. 2575, A BILL AUTHORIZING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, BY PROHIBITING THE SECRETARY FROM PROCEEDING WITH FULL SCALE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT OF THE MPS BASING MODE FOR THE MX MISSILE UNTIL HE CERTIFIES TO CONGRESS THAT THIS WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS AND REPORTS ON ALTERNATIVES. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 2575 · 96th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1979-05-31	TO AMEND H.R. 2575, A BILL AUTHORIZING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, BY PROHIBITING USE OF RESEARCH FUNDS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF THE MX MISSILE SYSTEM. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 2575 · 96th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1979-05-30	TO AGREE TO A CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 7, THE VETERANS' HEALTH CARE AMENDMENTS OF 1979. (MOTION PASSED)S. 7 · 96th Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1979-04-03	TO PASS H.R. 595, AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES TO DISPOSE OF 35,000 LONG TONS OF TIN IN NATIONAL STOCKPILES AND PROVIDING FOR THE DEPOSIT OF MONEY FROM THE SALE. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 595 · 96th Congress	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.