Lamar Smith on Defense & War Powers

RepublicanTX

Defense & War Powers523 votes · 80.5/100 consistent

Military restraintMilitary expansion

1,816 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 523 of them counted toward the score above: 430 toward “Military expansion” and 93 toward “Military restraint”.

The other 1,293 did not count: 1,285 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 8 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
1987-05-08	TO AMEND HR 1748, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO CONTINUE THE ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN HOSPITALS TO PROVIDE HEART AND LUNG TREATMENT FOR ONE YEAR UNDER CHAMPUS THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT'S HOSPITALIZATION PROGRAM FOR THE DEPENDENTS OF MILITARY PERSONNEL.H.R. 1748 · 100th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1987-05-08	TO AMEND HR 1748, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO INCREASE THE STRENGTH OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND THE RESERVES.H.R. 1748 · 100th Congress	Yea	Military expansion
1987-05-08	TO AMEND IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE HR 1748, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO EXEMPT NAVY AIRCRAFT OVERHAUL FACTORIES FROM CERTAIN PUBLIC-PRIVATE COMPETITION LANGUAGE. DECK IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS '03' DK 3 COL 1H.R. 1748 · 100th Congress	Nay	Direction not readable
1987-05-08	TO AMEND HR 1748, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, RECOMMEND TO THE PRESIDENT TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THE REDUCTION OF U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL IN KOREA DURING FISCAL YEARS 1988-1992.H.R. 1748 · 100th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1987-05-07	TO AGREE TO H RES 160, THE RULE TO PROVIDE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF HR 1748, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION.H.R. 1748 · 100th Congress	Yea	Direction not readable
1987-05-07	TO AMEND HR 1748, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO DELETE AUTHORIZATION FOR ONE AIRCRAFT CARRIER.H.R. 1748 · 100th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
1987-05-07	TO AMEND HR 1748, DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION, TO DELETE AUTHORIZATION FOR TWO AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.H.R. 1748 · 100th Congress	Nay	Military expansion
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	Yea	Military expansion
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	Yea	Military expansion
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	Yea	Military expansion
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	Nay	Military expansion
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.