Matthew G. Martínez on Defense & War Powers

RepublicanCA

Defense & War Powers499 votes · 75.4/100 consistent

Military restraintMilitary expansion

918 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 499 of them counted toward the score above: 251 toward “Military expansion” and 248 toward “Military restraint”.

The other 419 did not count: 376 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 43 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
1982-07-28	TO AMEND H.R. 6030 TO EXTEND FOR ONE YEAR THE DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY TEST PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES FOR A PRICE DIFFERENTIAL TO FIRMS LOCATED IN LABOR SURPLUS AREAS ON CONTRACTS NOT INVOLVING WEAPONS. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 6030 · 97th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1982-07-28	TO AMEND THE NICHOLS AMENDMENT TO THE SCHROEDER AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6030. THE SCHROEDER AMENDMENT PERMITS DIVORCE COURTS TO AWARD FORMER SPOUSES OF ARMED FORCES MEMBERS A PORTION OF ENTITLEMENTS RELATING TO MILITARY RETIREMENT, SURVIVORS BENEFITS, AND HEALTH BENEFITS. THE NICHOLS AMENDMENT TO THE SCHROEDER AMENDMENT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS, INCLUDING A REQUIREMENT THAT THE FORMER SPOUSE MUST HAVE BEEN MARRIED TO THE ARMED FORCES MEMBER FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS. THIS AMENDMENT ALSO PROVIDES FOR TERMINATION OF THE PAYMENTS IF THE FORMER SPOUSE REMARRIES BEFORE AGE 60. THE HANCE AMENDMENT REAFFIRMS STATE COMMUNITY PROPERTY LAWS. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 6030 · 97th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1982-07-27	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 6782, A BILL INCREASING THE RATES OF DISABILITY COMPENSATION FOR DISABLED VETERANS, AND THE RATES OF DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF VETERANS. (MOTION PASSED;2/3 REQUIRED)H.R. 6782 · 97th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1982-07-22	TO AMEND H.R. 6030 BY DELETING $10.5 BILLION IN PROCUREMENT AUTHORIZATIONS FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 6030 · 97th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1982-07-22	TO AMEND H.R. 6030 BY STRIKING THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CVN NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROGRAM. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 6030 · 97th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1982-07-22	TO AMEND H.R. 6030 BY DELETING THE PROCUREMENT AUTHORIZATION FOR THE B-1 BOMBER. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 6030 · 97th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1982-07-22	TO AMEND H.R. 6030 BY DELETING $54 MILLION IN AUTHORIZATIONS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF BINARY CHEMICAL MUNITIONS AND BARS THE USE OF ANY AUTHORIZED FUNDS FOR SUCH A PURPOSE. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 6030 · 97th Congress	Yea	Military restraint
1982-07-22	TO AMEND THE ZABLOCKI AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6030 WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE. THE ZABLOCKI AMENDMENT DELETES $54 MILLION IN AUTHORIZATIONS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF BINARY CHEMICAL MUNITIONS AND BARS USE OF ANY AUTHORIZED FUNDS THEREFOR. THE COURTER AMENDMENT PROHIBITS THE USE OF AUTHORIZED FUNDS FOR BINARY CHEMICAL WEAPONS UNLESS FOR EACH NEW BINARY CHEMICAL WEAPON PRODUCED, AN EQUIVALENT NUMBER OF UNITARY CHEMICAL MUNITIONS FROM THE EXISTING ARSENAL BE RENDERED PERMANENTLY USELESS FOR MILITARY PURPOSES. THE COURTER AMENDMENT ALSO EXPRESSES THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT THE PRESIDENT SHOULD PROMOTE NEGOTIATIONS FOR A TREATY ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 6030 · 97th Congress	Nay	Military restraint
1982-07-22	TO AMEND THE ZABLOCKI AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6030. THE ZABLOCKI AMENDMENT DELETES $54 MILLION IN AUTHORIZATIONS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BINARY CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND BARS USE OF ANY AUTHORIZED FUNDS THEREFOR. THE BETHUNE AMENDMENT PROHIBITS THE USE OF AUTHORIZED FUNDS FOR PROCUREMENT OF BINARY CHEMICAL MUNITIONS OR FOR PRODUCTION FACILITIES FOR SUCH MUNITIONS. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 6030 · 97th Congress	Yea	Military restraint
1982-07-22	TO RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 6030. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 6030 · 97th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1982-07-20	TO AMEND H.R. 6030 BY DELETING $549.6 MILLION FOR PROCUREMENT OF THE PERSHING II MISSILE FOR THE ARMY. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 6030 · 97th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1982-07-20	TO AMEND H.R. 6030 TO AUTHORIZE PROCUREMENT OF COMMERICAL CARGO AIRCRAFT IN LIEU OF C-5 AIRCRAFT FOR THE AIR FORCE. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 6030 · 97th Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1982-07-20	TO AMEND THE DICKS AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6030. THE DICKS AMENDMENT AUTHORIZES PROCUREMENT OF COMMERCIAL CARGO AIRCRAFT IN LIEU OF C-5 AIRCRAFT FOR THE AIR FORCE. THE BADHAM SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT REDUCES PROCUREMENT FUNDS BY $860 MILLION FOR STRATEGIC AIRLIFT AIRCRAFT, OTHER THAN KC-10 AIRCRAFT, FOR THE AIR FORCE. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 6030 · 97th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1982-07-20	TO AMEND THE MAVROULES AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6030. THE MAVROULES AMENDMENT STRIKES ALL FUNDING FOR THE FIRST NINE MX PRODUCTION MISSILES. THE STRATTON SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT RESTRICTS EXPENDITURE OF MX MISSILE BASING MODE FUNDS UNTIL THE PRESIDENT REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON THE BASING MODE TO BE USED. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 6030 · 97th Congress	Yea	Military expansion
1982-07-20	TO AMEND H.R. 6030, BY AUTHORIZING $125 BILLION FOR DEFENSE ($51 BILLION LESS THAN THE AMOUNT PROPOSED IN H.R. 6030). IN ADDITION TO THIS THE DELLUMS AMENDMENT DRASTICALLY CUTS FUNDING FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF MX, PERSHING II OR CRUISE MISSILES, B-1 BOMBERS AND NUCLEAR POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIERS. (MOTION FAILED)H.R. 6030 · 97th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1982-07-20	TO AMEND H.R. 6030 SO AS TO REDUCE AUTHORIZATIONS FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE BY $398.5 MILLION. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 6030 · 97th Congress	Yea	Military restraint
1982-07-20	TO AMEND H.R. 6030 BY REDUCING PROCUREMENT AUTHORIZATIONS BY $2.07 BILLION. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 6030 · 97th Congress	Yea	Military restraint
1982-07-20	TO AMEND H.R. 6030, A BILL AUTHORIZING FUNDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1983. THE BENNET AMENDMENT REDUCES THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE TRIDENT SUBMARINE PROGRAM BY $699 MILLION. (MOTION PASSED)H.R. 6030 · 97th Congress	Yea	Military restraint

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.