Elizabeth J. Patterson on Defense & War Powers

DemocratSC

Defense & War Powers165 votes · 82.8/100 consistent

Military restraintMilitary expansion

310 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 165 of them counted toward the score above: 110 toward “Military expansion” and 55 toward “Military restraint”.

The other 145 did not count: 139 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
1987-05-07	TO AMEND HR 1748, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO DELETE AUTHORIZATION FOR TWO AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.H.R. 1748 · 100th Congress	Yea	Military restraint
1987-05-07	TO AMEND HR 1748, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT THE SOVIET UNION IS IN VIOLATION OF THE 1972 ABM TREATY AS A RESULT OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION OF RADAR AT KRASNOYARSK.H.R. 1748 · 100th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1987-05-06	TO AMEND HR 1748, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO STRIKE LANGUAGE THAT WOULD REQUIRE CONTINUED COMPLIANCE WITH THE 1972 U.S.SOVIET TREATY LIMITING ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSILE ABM SYSTEMS.H.R. 1748 · 100th Congress	Nay	Military restraint
1987-05-06	TO AMEND HR 1748, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO PROVIDE THAT THE U.S. NEED NOT COMPLY WITH SALT II IF THE SOVIET UNION IS VIOLATING ANY OF ITS PROVISIONS OR LIMITATIONS.H.R. 1748 · 100th Congress	Nay	Military restraint
1987-05-06	TO AMEND HR 1748, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF 1988 FUNDS FOR WEAPONS WHICH VIOLATE SALT II UNLESS THE PRESIDENT CAN VERIFY THAT THE SOVIET UNION HAS EXCEEDED SALT II LIMITS.H.R. 1748 · 100th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1987-05-06	TO AMEND HR 1748, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO INCREASE TO $302 BILLION THE TOTAL AUTHORIZATION LEVEL FOR DEFENSE BUDGET AUTHORITY IN FISCAL 1988.H.R. 1748 · 100th Congress	Nay	Military restraint
1987-05-06	TO ADOPT H RES 156, THE RULE TO PROVIDE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF HR 1748, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, A BILL TO SET FUNDING LEVELS FOR DEFENSE IN FISCAL 1988.H.R. 1748 · 100th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1987-05-05	TO AMEND IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE HR 1748, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO REDUCE THE TOTAL FISCAL 1988 DEFENSE BUDGET AUTHORITY TO $288 BILLION.H.R. 1748 · 100th Congress	Yea	Military restraint
1987-04-30	TO ADOPT H RES 152 TO PROVIDE FOR HOUSE FLOOR CONSIDERATION OF HR 1748, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, A BILL TO ESTABLISH DEFENSE FUNDING LEVELS FOR FISCAL 1988.H.R. 1748 · 100th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1987-03-17	TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS HR 1085, G.I. BILL, A BILL TO PERMANENTLY EXTEND EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS OF THE NEW G.I. BILL OF 1984, MOTION PASSED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT VOTING IN FAVOR.H.R. 1085 · 100th Congress	Yea	Military expansion

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.