← Donald M. Payne, Jr.
Donald M. Payne, Jr. on Defense & War Powers
DemocratNJ
Defense & War Powers65 votes · 75.4/100 consistent
Military restraintMilitary expansion
747 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 65 of them counted toward the score above: 32 toward “Military expansion” and 33 toward “Military restraint”.
The other 682 did not count: 677 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-15 | Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActH.R. 7888 · 118th Congress · Table Motion to Reconsider | Did not vote | Direction not readable |
| 2024-04-12 | Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActH.R. 7888 · 118th Congress · On Passage | Did not vote | Not a yea/nay |
| 2024-04-12 | Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActH.R. 7888 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Did not vote | Direction not readable |
| 2024-04-12 | Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActH.R. 7888 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Did not vote | Direction not readable |
| 2024-04-12 | Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActH.R. 7888 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Did not vote | Direction not readable |
| 2024-04-12 | Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActH.R. 7888 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Did not vote | Direction not readable |
| 2024-04-12 | Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActH.R. 7888 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Did not vote | Direction not readable |
| 2023-12-14 | National Defense Authorization ActH.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree to the Conference Report | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2023-12-05 | Elizabeth Dole Home- and Community-Based Services for Veterans and Caregivers ActH.R. 542 · 118th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-12-05 | Housing our Military Veterans Effectively ActH.R. 3848 · 118th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-11-13 | To rename the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Hinesville, Georgia, as the “John Gibson, Dan James, William Sapp, and Frankie Smiley VA Clinic”H.R. 593 · 118th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-09-28 | Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposesH.R. 5692 · 118th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Military expansion |
| 2023-09-28 | Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposesH.R. 4365 · 118th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2023-09-28 | Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposesH.R. 4365 · 118th Congress · On Motion to Recommit | Yea | Military restraint |
| 2023-09-27 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024H.R. 4365 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-09-27 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024H.R. 4365 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-09-27 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024H.R. 4365 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-09-27 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024H.R. 4365 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-09-27 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024H.R. 4365 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-09-27 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024H.R. 4365 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-09-27 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024H.R. 4365 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-09-27 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024H.R. 4365 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-09-27 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024H.R. 4365 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-09-27 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024H.R. 4365 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-09-27 | Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024H.R. 4365 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-09-20 | Veterans Benefits Improvement ActH.R. 1530 · 118th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-09-20 | National Defense Authorization ActH.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Motion to Instruct Conferees | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-09-19 | To amend title 38, United States Code, to strengthen benefits for children of Vietnam veterans born with spina bifida, and for other purposesS. 112 · 118th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-09-19 | National Defense Authorization ActH.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Closing Portions of the Conference | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-09-19 | National Defense Authorization ActH.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Motion to go to Conference | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-09-18 | To designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Gallup, New Mexico, as the Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura VA ClinicS. 475 · 118th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-09-18 | Isakson-Roe Education Oversight Expansion ActH.R. 3981 · 118th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-14 | National Defense Authorization ActH.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Passage | Nay | Military restraint |
| 2023-07-14 | National Defense Authorization ActH.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Motion to Recommit | Yea | Military restraint |
| 2023-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024H.R. 2670 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2670) the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2024H.Res. 583 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-13 | Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2670) the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2024H.Res. 583 · 118th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-12 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2670) National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2024H.Res. 582 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution, as Amended | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-07-12 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2670) National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2024H.Res. 582 · 118th Congress · On Ordering the Previous Question | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2023-06-20 | To designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Indian River, Michigan, as the “Pfc. Justin T. Paton Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic”H.R. 3672 · 118th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-05-24 | VET-TEC Authorization ActH.R. 1669 · 118th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-04-27 | Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove all United States Armed Forces, other than United States Armed Forces assigned to protect the United States Embassy, from SomaliaH.Con.Res. 30 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Military expansion |
| 2023-03-10 | COVID-19 Origin ActS. 619 · 118th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-03-08 | VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements ActH.R. 753 · 118th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2023-03-08 | Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from SyriaH.Con.Res. 21 · 118th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Military expansion |
| 2023-03-07 | Wounded Warrior Access ActH.R. 1226 · 118th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-12-22 | Student Veteran Emergency Relief ActH.R. 7939 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-12-15 | VA Employee Fairness ActH.R. 1948 · 117th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-12-01 | DOULA for VA Act of 2022H.R. 2521 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-11-17 | Department of Veterans Affairs Information Technology Reform ActH.R. 2250 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-11-17 | Senator Johnny Isakson VA Regional Office ActS. 4359 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-11-17 | To designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, as the “Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center”S. 3369 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-09-29 | Supporting Families of the Fallen ActS. 2794 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-09-29 | Food Security for All Veterans ActH.R. 8888 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-07-18 | Expressing support for the sovereign decision of Finland and Sweden to apply to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as well as calling on all members of NATO to ratify the protocols of accession swiftlyH.Res. 1130 · 117th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023H.R. 7900 · 117th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Military expansion |
| 2022-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023H.R. 7900 · 117th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023H.R. 7900 · 117th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023H.R. 7900 · 117th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023H.R. 7900 · 117th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023H.R. 7900 · 117th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023H.R. 7900 · 117th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Did not vote | Direction not readable |
| 2022-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023H.R. 7900 · 117th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023H.R. 7900 · 117th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023H.R. 7900 · 117th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023H.R. 7900 · 117th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023H.R. 7900 · 117th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023H.R. 7900 · 117th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023H.R. 7900 · 117th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023H.R. 7900 · 117th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2022-07-14 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023H.R. 7900 · 117th 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.