John Lewis on Defense & War Powers
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1,903 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 506 of them counted toward the score above: 173 toward “Military expansion” and 333 toward “Military restraint”.
The other 1,397 did not count: 1,364 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-05-05 | TO AMEND IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE HR 1748, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO REDUCE THE TOTAL FISCAL 1988 DEFENSE BUDGET AUTHORITY TO $288 BILLION.H.R. 1748 · 100th Congress | Yea | Military restraint |
| 1987-04-30 | TO ADOPT H RES 152 TO PROVIDE FOR HOUSE FLOOR CONSIDERATION OF HR 1748, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, A BILL TO ESTABLISH DEFENSE FUNDING LEVELS FOR FISCAL 1988.H.R. 1748 · 100th Congress | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 1987-03-17 | TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS HR 1085, G.I. BILL, A BILL TO PERMANENTLY EXTEND EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS OF THE NEW G.I. BILL OF 1984, MOTION PASSED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT VOTING IN FAVOR.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.