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John Lewis on Defense & War Powers
DemocratGA
Defense & War Powers506 votes · 64/100 consistent
Military restraintMilitary expansion
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-12-31 | Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013S. 3454 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2012-12-30 | Dignified Burial and Other Veterans’ Benefits Improvement ActS. 3202 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-12-30 | To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a comprehensive policy to improve outreach and transparency to veterans and members of the Armed Forces through the provision of information on institutions of higher learningH.R. 4057 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-12-20 | To designate the facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 9800 West Commercial Boulevard in Sunrise, Florida as the “William ’Bill’ Kling VA Clinic”H.R. 6443 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-12-20 | To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Spokane, Washington as the “Mann-Grandstaff Department of Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center”H.R. 3197 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-12-20 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Conference Report | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2012-12-20 | Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 4310, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.Res. 840 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-12-20 | Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 4310, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.Res. 840 · 112th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-12-19 | Public Interest Declassification Board Reauthorization ActS. 3564 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-12-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Permit Closed Conference Meetings | Did not vote | Direction not readable |
| 2012-12-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees | Did not vote | Direction not readable |
| 2012-09-13 | Stolen Valor ActH.R. 1775 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-19 | Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposesH.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2012-07-19 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-19 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-19 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-19 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-19 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-19 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-19 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-19 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-19 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-19 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-19 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-18 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-18 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-18 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-18 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-18 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-18 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-18 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-18 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-18 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-18 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-18 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-18 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-18 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-18 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-07-18 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5856 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-31 | Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposesH.R. 5854 · 112th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Military expansion |
| 2012-05-31 | Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposesH.R. 5854 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-31 | Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5854 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-31 | Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013H.R. 5854 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-31 | Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 5743 · 112th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2012-05-31 | Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 5743 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-30 | Servicemember Family Protection ActH.R. 4201 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-17 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-17 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-17 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-17 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-17 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-17 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-17 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.R. 4310 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-17 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capabilityH.Res. 568 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-17 | Providing for further consideration of H.R. 4310, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.Res. 661 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-17 | Providing for further consideration of H.R. 4310, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.Res. 661 · 112th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-16 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4970) to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4310) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.Res. 656 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-16 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4970) to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4310) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.Res. 656 · 112th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-05-16 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4970) to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4310) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013H.Res. 656 · 112th Congress · On Question of Consideration of the Resolution | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-04-26 | To provide for the sharing of certain cyber threat intelligence and cyber threat information between the intelligence community and cybersecurity entities, and for other purposesH.R. 3523 · 112th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2012-04-26 | To provide for the sharing of certain cyber threat intelligence and cyber threat information between the intelligence community and cybersecurity entities, and for other purposesH.R. 3523 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-04-26 | Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection ActH.R. 3523 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-04-26 | Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection ActH.R. 3523 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-04-26 | Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection ActH.R. 3523 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-04-26 | Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection ActH.R. 3523 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-04-26 | Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection ActH.R. 3523 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-04-26 | Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection ActH.R. 3523 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-04-26 | Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection ActH.R. 3523 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-03-28 | To amend title 32, United States Code, the body of laws of the United States dealing with the National Guard, to recognize the City of Salem, Massachusetts, as the Birthplace of the National Guard of the United StatesH.R. 1339 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2012-03-27 | Homes for Heroes ActH.R. 3298 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2011-12-16 | Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012H.R. 1892 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2011-12-14 | To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposesH.R. 1540 · 112th Congress · On Agreeing to the Conference Report | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2011-12-14 | To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposesH.R. 1540 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2011-12-14 | To strengthen Iran sanctions laws for the purpose of compelling Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities, and for other purposesH.R. 1905 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Military expansion |
| 2011-12-07 | To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.H.R. 1540 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Close Portions of Conference | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2011-12-07 | To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.H.R. 1540 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2011-11-29 | Risk-Based Security Screening for Members of the Armed Forces ActH.R. 1801 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2011-10-25 | To grant the congressional gold medal to the Montford Point MarinesH.R. 2447 · 112th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Did not vote | 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.