John William Wright Patman on Defense & War Powers

DemocratTX

Defense & War Powers36 votes · 94.3/100 consistent

Military restraintMilitary expansion

116 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 36 of them counted toward the score above: 30 toward “Military expansion” and 6 toward “Military restraint”.

The other 80 did not count: 52 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 28 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
1973-07-31	TO AMEND H.R. 9286 BY SETTIN AN APPROPRIATION CEILING OF FISCAL YEAR 1973 PLUS A 4.5% INFLATION INCREASE, THEREBY AUTHORIZED FUNDS BY $950 MILLION.H.R. 9286 · 93rd Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1973-07-31	TO AMEND THE O'NEILL AMENDMENT TO H.R. 9286. THE O'NEILL AMENDMENT WOULD REDUCE OVERSEAS TROOPS BY 100,000 AND PLACE A CEILING OF 400,000 ON TROOPS ASSIGNED ABROAD AFTER FISCAL 1974. THE PEYSER SUBSTITITUTE REQUIRES INSTEAD A REPORT TO THE HOUSE BY APRIL 1, 1974, BY THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE ON THE ADVISEABILITY OF MAINTAINING THE PRESENT U.S. MILITARY COMMITMENT IN EUROPE IN VIEW OF THE CURRENT EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND MILITARY SITUATION.H.R. 9286 · 93rd Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1973-07-31	TO AMEND H. R. 9286, BY REDUCING TOTAL OF U.S. TROOPS OVERSEAS BY 322,000 AND BY PLACING A CEILING OF 300,000 ON THE NUMBER OF TROOPS TO BE ASSIGNED OVERSEAS AFTER FISCAL 1974.H.R. 9286 · 93rd Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1973-07-31	TO AMEND H.R. 9286, BY ADDING LANGUAGE SETTING A DEADLINE OF JUNE 30, 1974, FOR MAINTAINING U.S. FORCES IN ANY NATION FOR DEFENSE IF THAT NATION PAYS A SMALLER PORTION OF ITS GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT FOR ITS NATIONAL DEFENSE THAN DOES THE U.S.H.R. 9286 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1973-07-31	TO AMEND H.R. 9286, BY DELETING FUNDS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE B-1 BOMBER.H.R. 9286 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1973-07-31	TO AMEND H.R. 9286, THE BILL PROVIDING FISCAL 1974 MILITARY PROCUREMENT AUTHORIZATIONS, BY STRIKING FUNDS FOR THE CVN-70 NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER.H.R. 9286 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1973-07-30	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 9474, A BILL PROVIDING A 10% INCREASE IN RATES OF DISABILITY AND DEATH PENSIONS, AND DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATIONS.H.R. 9474 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1973-07-18	TO AMEND H.J.RES. 524, CONCERNING THE WAR POWERS OF THE CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT, BY REQUIRING CONGRESS TO SPECIFICALLY APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE BY BILL OR RESOLUTION THE COMMITMENT OF FORCES BY THE PRESIDEN IN THE ABSENCE OF A DECLARATION OF WAR WITHIN 90 DAYS OF SUCH EXECUTIVE ACTION.H.J.Res. 524 · 93rd Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay
1973-07-17	TO PASS H.R. 9048, A BILL TO PROVIDE IMPROVED MEDICAL CARE TO VETERANS.H.R. 9048 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1973-07-17	TO PASS H.R. 8949, A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 38 OF THE U.S. CODE RELATING TO BASIC PROVISIONS OF THE LOAN GUARANTY PROGRAMH.R. 8949 · 93rd Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1973-06-30	TO RECEDE AND CONCUR WITH AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO H.R. 7445, A BILL TO EXTEND THE RENEGOTIATION ACT FOR 2 YEARS. THE SENATE AMENDMENTS INCREASE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS, INCREASE BENEFITS UNDER THE FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME BENEFITS PROGRAM AND DELAY THE IMPLEMENTA-H.R. 7445 · 93rd Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1973-06-28	TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES TO INSIST ON THE HOUSE'S DISAGREEMENT TO TITLE III OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H. R. 8537, A BILL TO MAKE PERMANENT CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE DEPENDENTS ASSISTANCE ACT. THE SENATE AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW FLIGHT PAY FOR OFFICERS OF THE RANK OF COLONEL AND ABOVE WHO DO NOT FLY.H.R. 8537 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Military restraint
1973-06-27	TO PASS H.R. 4200 A BILL TO AMEND SEC. 122 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1954.H.R. 4200 · 93rd Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1973-05-09	TO PASS H.R. 7445, A BILL TO AMEND THE RENEGOTIATION ACT OF 1951 SO AS TO EXTEND IT FOR TWO YEARS.H.R. 7445 · 93rd Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1973-05-07	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 2828, A BILL TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM WITHIN THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION.H.R. 2828 · 93rd Congress	Did not vote	Direction not readable
1973-05-07	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 6574, A BILL TO ENCOURAGE PERSONS TO JOIN AND REMAIN IN THE RESERVES AND NATIONAL GUARD BY PROVIDING FULL-TIME COVERAGE UNDER SERVICEMEN'S GROUP LIFE INSURANCE FOR SUCH MEMBERS AND CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE RETIRED RESERVE.H.R. 6574 · 93rd Congress	Did not vote	Not a yea/nay

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.