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Virginia Dodd Smith on Defense & War Powers

RepublicanNE

Defense & War Powers489 votes · 82.5/100 consistent
Military restraintMilitary expansion

820 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 489 of them counted toward the score above: 346 toward “Military expansion” and 143 toward “Military restraint”.

The other 331 did not count: 322 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 9 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.

DateWhat was voted onVotedCounted as
1975-05-19TO AMEND H.R. 6674 BY DELETING $108 MILLION AUTHORIZED FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF THE B-1 BOMBER.H.R. 6674 · 94th CongressNayMilitary expansion
1975-05-19TO AMEND H.R. 6674 BY DELETING FUNDS AUTHORIZED FOR THE CONVERSION OF THE CIVIL RESERVE AIR FLEET.H.R. 6674 · 94th CongressNayMilitary expansion
1975-05-19TO AMEND H.R. 6674, MILITARY PROCUREMENT AUTHORIZATION FOR FISCAL 1976, BY ELIMINATING FUNDS AUTHORIZED FOR PROCUREMENT OF AWACS COMMAND CONTROL AND SURVIELLANCE AIRCRAFT.H.R. 6674 · 94th CongressNayMilitary expansion
1975-05-01TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 6096, THE VIETNAM HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND EVACUATION ACT OF 1975.H.R. 6096 · 94th CongressNayDirection not readable
1975-04-23TO PASS H.R. 6096.H.R. 6096 · 94th CongressYeaMilitary expansion
1975-04-23TO AMEND H.R. 6096 SO AS TO LIMIT ASSISTANCE TO AREAS OF SOUTH VIETNAM NOT CONTROLLED BY THE COMMUNISTS.H.R. 6096 · 94th CongressNayMilitary expansion
1975-04-23TO AMEND H.R. 6096 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF ANY FUNDS FOR AID TO NORTH VIETNAM OR THE PROVISIONAL REVOLUTIONARY GOV'T.H.R. 6096 · 94th CongressYeaMilitary restraint
1975-04-23TO AMEND H.R. 6096 BY ADDING LANGUAGE POINTING OUT THE FLAGRANT VIOLATIONS OF THE PARIS PEACE AGREEMENT MADE BY THE NORTH VIETNAMESE AND VIETCONG.H.R. 6096 · 94th CongressYeaDirection not readable
1975-04-23TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR H.R. 6096. THE O'NEILL AMENDMENT IS IDENTICAL TO THE EDGAR SUBSTITUTE. (SEE R.R. 138).H.R. 6096 · 94th CongressNayDirection not readable
1975-04-23TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MS. COLLINS TO H.R. 6996. THE COLLINS AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT EVACUATION MAY BE ALLOWED FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS WHOSE LIVE AND IMMINENT AND DIRECT THREAT EXISTS, AND WHOSE EVACUATION COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT MILITARY OPERATIONS EXCEPT AS REQUIRED FOR EVACUATION OF OTHER CATEGORIES OF REFUGEES NAMED IN THE BILL. THE REIGLE AMENDMENT WOULD PLACE A 10 DAY LIMIT ON THE APPLICABILITY OF THIS PROVISION.H.R. 6096 · 94th CongressNayMilitary expansion
1975-04-23TO AMEND H.R. 6096 BY STRIKING OUT SECTION 3, PROVIDING A WAIVER OF PROHIBITION NOW IN FIVE PUBLIC ACTS AGAINST USE OF ARMED FORCES IN INDOCHINA.H.R. 6096 · 94th CongressNayMilitary expansion
1975-04-23TO AGREE TO A MOTION THAT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE NOW RISE.H.R. 6096 · 94th CongressNayDirection not readable
1975-04-23TO AMEND H.R. 6096 BY CHANNELING THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED FOR HUMANITARIAN AID THROUGH THE UN AND PRIVATE CHARITIES SO FAR AS THAT MIGHT BE FEASIBLE.H.R. 6096 · 94th CongressNayMilitary expansion
1975-04-23TO AMEND H.R. 6096 BY RESTRICTING TO 30 DAYS THE PERIOD DURING WHICH AUTHORIZED FUNDS COULD BE USED FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH EVACUATION EFFORT.H.R. 6096 · 94th CongressYeaMilitary restraint
1975-04-23TO AGREE TO THE ECKHARDT AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE EDGAR AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BILL H.R. 6096. (SEE R.C. 138, 139). THE EDGAR AMENDMENT AS AMENDED WAS THEN RULED OUT OF ORDER.H.R. 6096 · 94th CongressYeaDirection not readable
1975-04-23TO AMEND THE ECKHARDT AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (SEE RC 139) FOR THE EDGAR AMENDMENT (SEE RC 139) FOR THE EDGAR AMENDMENT (SEE RC 138) BY ADDING THAT THE CONGRESS FINDS THIS ACT MADE NECESSARY BY THE FLAGRANT VIOLATIONS OF THE PARIS PEACE AGREEMENT BY THE NORTH VIETNAM MILITARY FORCES AND VIET CONG.H.R. 6096 · 94th CongressYeaMilitary expansion
1975-04-23TO AMEND THE ECKHARDT AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE EDGAR AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR H.R. 6096. THE ECKHARDT AMENDMENT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THE CONGRESS DOES NOT BY THIS BILL GRANT, EXTEND OR DELEGATE ANY FURTHER WAR POWERS TO THE PRESIDENT; BUT IT ALSO STATES AS DID THE ORIGINAL COMMITTEE BILL, THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SEVERAL PUBLIC ACTS SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT FUNDING OF MILITARY OPERATIONS NECESSARY FOR EVACUATION. THE ECKHARDT SUBSTITUTE ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE IMMIGRATION OF "OTHER FOREIGN NATIONALS TO WHOSE LIVES A DIRECT AND IMMINENT THREAT EXISTS." THE STRATTON AMENDMENT TO THE ECKHARDT SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT PROVIDES $150 MILLION SPECIFICALLY FOR MILITARY AID TO SOUTH VIETNAM TO PROVIDE SUCH PROTECTION AS DEEMED NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND EVACUATION CONTEMPLATED BY THE BILL.H.R. 6096 · 94th CongressNayMilitary restraint
1975-04-23TO AMEND THE EDGAR AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6096. THE EDGAR AMENDMENT IS IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BILL. IT DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR THE EVACUATION OF FOREIGN NATIONALS (EXCEPT THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED FOR U.S. OR HAVE RELATIVES IN U.S.) AND MAKES NO MENTION OF THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE TO AID IN EVACUATION. IT PROVIDES FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO SOUTH VIETNAMESE TO BE ADMINISTERED THROUGH INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES. THE ASHBROOK AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT NO FUNDS AUTHORIZED IN THIS ACT SHALL BE USED TO AID THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SOUTH VIETNAM OR THE PROVISIONAL REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT.H.R. 6096 · 94th CongressYeaMilitary restraint
1975-04-23TO RESOLVE INTO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 6096.H.R. 6096 · 94th CongressYeaDirection not readable
1975-04-22TO AGREE TO H. RES. 409, RULE FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 6096, A BILL AUTHORIZING FUNDS FOR ASSISTANCE AND EVACUATION PROGRAMS IN SOUTH VIETNAM AND CLARIFYING RESTRICTIONS IN LAW ON PRESIDENTIAL USE OF THE U.S. ARMED FORCES IN INDOCHINA.H.Res. 409 · 94th CongressYeaDirection 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.