← Matt Van Epps
Matt Van Epps on Defense & War Powers
RepublicanTN
Defense & War Powers14 votes
Military restraintMilitary expansion
44 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 14 of them counted toward the score above: 14 toward “Military expansion” and 0 toward “Military restraint”.
The other 30 did not count: 30 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-23 | Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with IranH.Con.Res. 89 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Military expansion |
| 2026-07-22 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Military expansion |
| 2026-07-22 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Motion to Recommit | Nay | Military expansion |
| 2026-07-22 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2026-07-22 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2026-07-22 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2026-07-22 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2026-07-21 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2026-07-21 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2026-07-21 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2026-07-21 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2026-07-21 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2026-07-21 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2026-07-21 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2026-07-21 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2026-07-21 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2026-07-21 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2026-07-21 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2026-07-21 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2026-07-21 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2026-07-21 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2026-07-21 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027H.R. 8800 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Amendment | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2026-07-16 | Take Care of America’s Veterans ActH.R. 9237 · 119th Congress · On Motion to Recommit | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2026-07-16 | To name the Department of Veterans Affairs multispecialty clinic in Marietta, Georgia, as the “Colonel Michael H. Boyce Department of Veterans Affairs Multispecialty Clinic”H.R. 5362 · 119th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2026-06-30 | Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in LebanonH.Con.Res. 108 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Military expansion |
| 2026-06-11 | To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposesH.R. 9238 · 119th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Military expansion |
| 2026-06-04 | Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from LebanonH.Con.Res. 84 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Military expansion |
| 2026-06-03 | Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with IranH.Con.Res. 86 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Military expansion |
| 2026-05-21 | Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion ActH.R. 6047 · 119th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2026-05-21 | Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActH.R. 1041 · 119th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2026-05-21 | Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActH.R. 1041 · 119th Congress · On Motion to Recommit | Nay | Direction not readable |
| 2026-05-20 | Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization ActS. 2393 · 119th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2026-05-14 | Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of IranH.Con.Res. 75 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Military expansion |
| 2026-04-30 | To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposesS. 4465 · 119th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Yea | Military expansion |
| 2026-04-29 | Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration ActS. 1318 · 119th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2026-04-16 | Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with IranH.Con.Res. 40 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Military expansion |
| 2026-03-05 | Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of IranH.Con.Res. 38 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Military expansion |
| 2026-02-02 | Ernest Peltz Accrued Veterans Benefits ActH.R. 3123 · 119th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2026-02-02 | Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement ActH.R. 980 · 119th Congress · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2026-01-22 | To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from Venezuela that have not been authorized by CongressH.Con.Res. 68 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Military expansion |
| 2025-12-17 | To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by CongressH.Con.Res. 64 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Military expansion |
| 2025-12-17 | Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with presidentially designated terrorist organizations in the Western HemisphereH.Con.Res. 61 · 119th Congress · On Agreeing to the Resolution | Nay | Military expansion |
| 2025-12-10 | To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposesS. 1071 · 119th Congress · On Passage | Yea | Direction not readable |
| 2025-12-10 | To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, and for other purposesS. 1071 · 119th Congress · On Motion to Commit | Nay | Direction 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.