Matthew Francis McHugh on Defense & War Powers
DemocratNY
902 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 540 of them counted toward the score above: 260 toward “Military expansion” and 280 toward “Military restraint”.
The other 362 did not count: 355 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975-04-23 | TO RESOLVE INTO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 6096.H.R. 6096 · 94th Congress | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 1975-04-22 | TO AGREE TO H. RES. 409, RULE FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 6096, A BILL AUTHORIZING FUNDS FOR ASSISTANCE AND EVACUATION PROGRAMS IN SOUTH VIETNAM AND CLARIFYING RESTRICTIONS IN LAW ON PRESIDENTIAL USE OF THE U.S. ARMED FORCES IN INDOCHINA.H.Res. 409 · 94th Congress | 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.