← Barbara Lee
Barbara Lee on Defense & War Powers
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Defense & War Powers232 votes · 69.1/100 consistent
Military restraintMilitary expansion
1,649 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 232 of them counted toward the score above: 60 toward “Military expansion” and 172 toward “Military restraint”.
The other 1,417 did not count: 1,413 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-23 | John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019H.R. 5515 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2018-05-23 | John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019H.R. 5515 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2018-05-23 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5515) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, and for providing for proceedings during the period from May 25, 2018, through June 4, 2018H.Res. 908 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2018-05-23 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5515) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, and for providing for proceedings during the period from May 25, 2018, through June 4, 2018H.Res. 908 · 115th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2018-05-21 | Veterans Opioid Abuse Prevention ActH.R. 3832 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Did not vote | Direction not readable |
| 2018-05-21 | Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Programs Reauthorization Act of 2018H.R. 4451 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2018-05-21 | Servicemembers Improved Transition through Reforms for Ensuring Progress ActH.R. 4830 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2018-05-16 | Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction ActS. 2372 · 115th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2018-05-07 | Servicemember Family Burial ActH.R. 4335 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2018-05-07 | Veterans Cemetery Benefit Correction ActH.R. 4910 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2018-02-14 | Calling on the Department of Defense, other elements of the Federal Government, and foreign governments to intensify efforts to investigate, recover, and identify all missing and unaccounted-for personnel of the United StatesH.Res. 129 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2018-02-13 | Lexington VA Health Care SystemH.R. 4533 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2018-01-11 | Rapid DNA Act of 2017S. 139 · 115th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2018-01-11 | Rapid DNA Act of 2017S. 139 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Commit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2018-01-11 | FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017S. 139 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-12-06 | Enhancing Veteran Care ActS. 1266 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-11-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Conference Report | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2017-11-14 | Providing for consideration of H.R. 2874, the 21st Century Flood Reform Act; and the conference report to accompany H.R. 2810, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.Res. 616 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-11-14 | Providing for consideration of H.R. 2874, the 21st Century Flood Reform Act; and the conference report to accompany H.R. 2810, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.Res. 616 · 115th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-11-08 | Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017H.R. 3705 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-11-08 | Veterans Crisis Line Study Act of 2017H.R. 4173 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-11-06 | VA Management Alignment ActH.R. 1066 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-11-06 | To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish assistance for adaptations of residences of veterans in rehabilitation programs under chapter 31 of such title, and for other purposesH.R. 3562 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-10-12 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Closing Portions of the Conference | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-10-12 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-28 | Department of Veterans Affairs Bonus Transparency ActS. 114 · 115th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-28 | Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 3180 · 115th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2017-07-27 | Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposesH.R. 3219 · 115th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2017-07-27 | Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposesH.R. 3219 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-27 | Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018H.R. 3219 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-27 | Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018H.R. 3219 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-27 | Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018H.R. 3219 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-27 | Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018H.R. 3219 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-27 | Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018H.R. 3219 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-27 | Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018H.R. 3219 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-26 | Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018H.R. 3219 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-26 | Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018H.R. 3219 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-26 | Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018H.R. 3219 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-26 | Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018H.R. 3219 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-26 | Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018H.R. 3219 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-26 | Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018H.R. 3219 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-26 | Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018H.R. 3219 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-26 | Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018H.R. 3219 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-26 | Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018H.R. 3219 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-26 | Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018H.R. 3219 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-24 | Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance ActH.R. 3218 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-24 | To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit an annual report regarding performance awards and bonuses awarded to certain high-level employees of the Department of Veterans AffairsS. 114 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-24 | Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 3180 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2017-07-17 | Sergeant Joseph George Kusick VA Community Living CenterH.R. 2210 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2017-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.R. 2810 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-13 | Providing for further consideration of H.R. 2810, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.Res. 440 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-13 | Providing for further consideration of H.R. 2810, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018H.Res. 440 · 115th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-12 | Providing for consideration of H.R. 2810, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018; and H.R. 23, Gaining Responsibility on Water Act of 2017H.Res. 431 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-07-12 | Providing for consideration of H.R. 2810, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018; and H.R. 23, Gaining Responsibility on Water Act of 2017H.Res. 431 · 115th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-06-13 | Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection ActS. 1094 · 115th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-05-24 | VA Scheduling Accountability ActH.R. 467 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-05-24 | PRIVATE ActH.R. 2052 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-05-23 | Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017H.R. 2288 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-03-17 | To improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire and retain physicians and other employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposesH.R. 1367 · 115th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-03-17 | To improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire and retain physicians and other employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.H.R. 1367 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-03-16 | Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActH.R. 1181 · 115th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-03-16 | VA Accountability First ActH.R. 1259 · 115th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2017-03-16 | VA Accountability First ActH.R. 1259 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-03-16 | VA Accountability First Act of 2017H.R. 1259 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-03-16 | VA Accountability First Act of 2017H.R. 1259 · 115th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-03-07 | To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Pago Pago, American Samoa, the Faleomavaega Eni Fa’aua’a Hunkin VA ClinicH.R. 1362 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-02-13 | BRAVE ActH.R. 974 · 115th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2017-01-13 | To provide for an exception to a limitation against appointment of persons as Secretary of Defense within seven years of relief from active duty as a regular commissioned officer of the Armed ForcesS. 84 · 115th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2016-12-06 | Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016H.R. 6416 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Did not vote | Direction not readable |
| 2016-12-05 | Combat-Injured Veterans Tax Fairness ActH.R. 5015 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Did not vote | Direction not readable |
| 2016-12-02 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017S. 2943 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Conference Report | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2016-12-01 | Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (S. 2943) the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, and for other purposesH.Res. 937 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2016-12-01 | Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (S. 2943) the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, and for other purposesH.Res. 937 · 114th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2016-11-30 | Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017H.R. 6393 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2016-11-30 | To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Labor to provide information to veterans and members of the Armed Forces about articulation agreements between institutions of higher learning, and for other purposesH.R. 5047 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-11-29 | To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the eligiblity for headstones, markers, and medallions furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for deceased individuals who were awarded the Medal of Honor and are buried in private cemeteriesH.R. 4757 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-09-28 | To designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Pueblo, Colorado, as the “PFC James Dunn VA Clinic”S. 3283 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-09-26 | No Veterans Crisis Line Call Should Go Unanswered ActH.R. 5392 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | 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.