Ted Strickland on Defense & War Powers
DemocratOH
501 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 176 of them counted toward the score above: 116 toward “Military expansion” and 60 toward “Military restraint”.
The other 325 did not count: 317 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-05-25 | S.J.R.45 BY MITCHELL, GEORGE (D-ME) -- AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN SOMALIA (HOUSE REJECTED THE GILMAN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO PROVIDE A GENERAL AUTHORIZATION, BUT WOULD REDUCE THE DEADLINE FOR, UNITED STATES TROOP PARTICIPATION FROM ONE YEAR TO SIX MONTHS; DELETE THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION LANGUAGE; AND COMMEND UNITED STATES FORCES FOR SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THEIR MISSION IN SOMALIA.)S.J.Res. 45 · 103rd Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | 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.