← James P. McGovern
James P. McGovern on Defense & War Powers
DemocratMA
Defense & War Powers269 votes · 53.8/100 consistent
Military restraintMilitary expansion
1,767 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 269 of them counted toward the score above: 118 toward “Military expansion” and 151 toward “Military restraint”.
The other 1,498 did not count: 1,492 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-16 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 5293 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2016-06-16 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 5293 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2016-06-16 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 5293 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2016-06-16 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 5293 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2016-06-16 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 5293 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-06-16 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 5293 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-06-16 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 5293 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-06-16 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 5293 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-06-16 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 5293 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-06-16 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 5293 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-06-16 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 5293 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-24 | Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017H.R. 5077 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2016-05-19 | Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.H.R. 4974 · 114th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2016-05-19 | Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.H.R. 4974 · 114th Congress · On engrossment and third reading | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-19 | Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 4974 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-19 | Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 4974 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-19 | Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 4974 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-19 | Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 4974 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-19 | Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 4974 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-19 | Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 4974 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-19 | Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 4974 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-19 | Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 4974 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-19 | Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 4974 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-19 | Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017H.R. 4974 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017H.R. 4909 · 114th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2016-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017H.R. 4909 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017H.R. 4909 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017H.R. 4909 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017H.R. 4909 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017H.R. 4909 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017H.R. 4909 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017H.R. 4909 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017H.R. 4909 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017H.R. 4909 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017H.R. 4909 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-05-18 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017H.R. 4909 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2016-04-18 | Captain John E. Moran and Captain William Wylie Galt Armed Forces Reserve CenterS. 719 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2016-03-22 | To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the burial of the cremated remains of persons who served as Women’s Air Forces Service Pilots in Arlington National CemeteryH.R. 4336 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2015-12-16 | Tracking Foreign Fighters in Terrorist Safe Havens ActH.R. 4239 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-12-11 | Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015H.R. 644 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Conference Report | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2015-12-11 | Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015H.R. 644 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Recommit Conference Report with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-12-02 | Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015H.R. 644 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-12-01 | Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015H.R. 644 · 114th Congress · On Motion To Go To Conference | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2015-12-01 | Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016H.R. 4127 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2015-11-17 | To provide funds to the Army Corps of Engineers to hire veterans and members of the Armed Forces to assist the Corps with curation and historic preservation activities, and for other purposesH.R. 3114 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-11-16 | Honor America’s Guard-Reserve Retirees ActH.R. 1384 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Did not vote | Direction not readable |
| 2015-11-16 | Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2015H.R. 1338 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Did not vote | Direction not readable |
| 2015-11-05 | To clarify that certain provisions of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014 will not take effect until after the Director of the Office of Personnel Management promulgates and makes effective regulations relating to such provisionsS. 1356 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2015-10-01 | To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activites of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposesH.R. 1735 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Conference Report | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2015-10-01 | To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activites of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposesH.R. 1735 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Recommit Conference Report with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-10-01 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3457) the Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act and consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1735) the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.H.Res. 449 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2015-10-01 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3457) the Justice for Victims of Iranian Terrorism Act and consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 1735) the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.H.Res. 449 · 114th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2015-09-30 | To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend certain expiring provisions of law administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.S. 2082 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-07-29 | VA Accountability ActH.R. 1994 · 114th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2015-07-29 | VA Accountability ActH.R. 1994 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-07-29 | VA Accountability Act of 2015H.R. 1994 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-07-28 | Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2015H.R. 675 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-07-21 | Veterans Information Modernization ActH.R. 2256 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-07-14 | Homes for Heroes Act of 2015H.R. 251 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-07-07 | Veteran’s I.D. Card Act of 2015H.R. 91 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-07-07 | To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activites of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposesH.R. 1735 · 114th Congress · Authorizing Conferees to Close Meetings | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-17 | Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces deployed to Iraq or Syria on or after August 7, 2014, other than Armed Forces required to protect United States diplomatic facilities and personnel, from Iraq and SyriaH.Con.Res. 55 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Yea | Military restraint |
| 2015-06-16 | Intelligence Authorization ActH.R. 2596 · 114th Congress · On Passage | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2015-06-16 | Intelligence Authorization ActH.R. 2596 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Did not vote | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-16 | Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016H.R. 2596 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-12 | Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015H.R. 644 · 114th Congress · Concurring in Senate amendments with amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-11 | Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2015-06-11 | Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-11 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-11 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-11 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-11 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-11 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-11 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-11 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-11 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-11 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-11 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-11 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-10 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-10 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-10 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-10 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-10 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-10 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-10 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-10 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-10 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-10 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-06-10 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016H.R. 2685 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-05-18 | Boosting Rates of American Veteran Employment Act (BRAVE Act)H.R. 1382 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-05-18 | Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Relief ActH.R. 1313 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-05-18 | Veteran’s I.D. Card ActH.R. 91 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-05-15 | To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activites of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposesH.R. 1735 · 114th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2015-05-15 | To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activites of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposesH.R. 1735 · 114th Congress · On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-05-15 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016H.R. 1735 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2015-05-15 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016H.R. 1735 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2015-05-15 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016H.R. 1735 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2015-05-15 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016H.R. 1735 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2015-05-15 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016H.R. 1735 · 114th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | 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.