Ike Skelton on Defense & War Powers
DemocratMO
1,702 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 766 of them counted toward the score above: 635 toward “Military expansion” and 131 toward “Military restraint”.
The other 936 did not count: 904 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-04-04 | TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 5027, THE BILL BROADENING ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL BENEFITS.H.R. 5027 · 95th Congress | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 1977-03-31 | TO PASS H.R. 4895, A BILL TO AMEND THE STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS STOCK PILING ACT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.H.R. 4895 · 95th 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.