James Ralph Sasser on Defense & War Powers
DemocratTN
704 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 390 of them counted toward the score above: 177 toward “Military expansion” and 213 toward “Military restraint”.
The other 314 did not count: 304 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-07-19 | TO AMEND H.R. 7933 BY RESTORING TO THE BILL $95.6 MILLION FOR THE HIRING AND FINANCING OF MILITARY COMMISSARY CLERKS.H.R. 7933 · 95th Congress | Yea | Military expansion |
| 1977-07-18 | TO AMEND H.R. 7933 BY DELETING THE FUNDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENFORCER AIRCRAFT.H.R. 7933 · 95th Congress | Nay | Military expansion |
| 1977-07-18 | TO AMEND H.R. 7933, THE BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL 1978, BY REDUCING THE APPROPRIATION FOR AIR FORCE PROCUREMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION NOT TO PROCURE THE B-1 BOMBER.H.R. 7933 · 95th Congress | Nay | Military expansion |
| 1977-06-29 | TO AMEND H.R. 7589, THE BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, BY REDUCING THE APPROPRIATIONS TO THE LEVELS CITED BY THE PRESIDENT IN HIS MOST RECENT BUDGET REQUEST.H.R. 7589 · 95th Congress | Nay | 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.