Ron Wyden on Defense & War Powers

DemocratOR

Defense & War Powers941 votes · 60.9/100 consistent

Military restraintMilitary expansion

1,604 roll calls on this member’s record are tagged Defense & War Powers. 941 of them counted toward the score above: 328 toward “Military expansion” and 613 toward “Military restraint”.

The other 663 did not count: 642 were roll calls whose direction on this issue could not be read confidently — mostly procedural motions — and 21 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
2005-11-08	Relating to the American Forces Network.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-11-08	Relating to the American Forces Network.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2005-11-07	To authorize a program to provide health, medical, and life insurance benefits to workers at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, Colorado, who would otherwise fail to qualify for such benefits because of an early physical completion date.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-10-07	A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.H.R. 2863 · 109th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Military expansion
2005-10-06	To curtail waste under the Department of Defense web-based travel system.H.R. 2863 · 109th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Military restraint
2005-10-05	A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.H.R. 2863 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Military expansion
2005-10-05	To ensure that future funding for health care for former members of the Armed Forces takes into account changes in population and inflation.H.R. 2863 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-10-05	To provide for appropriations for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.H.R. 2863 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-10-05	Relating to persons under the detention, custody, or control of the United States Government.H.R. 2863 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military restraint
2005-10-05	To increase by $360,800,000 amounts appropriated by title IX for Other Procurement, Army, for the procurement of armored Tactical Wheeled Vehicles for units deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to increase by $5,000,000 amounts appropriated by title IX for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, for industrial preparedness for the implementation of a ballistics engineering research center.H.R. 2863 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Military expansion
2005-10-05	To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.H.R. 2863 · 109th Congress · Whether the Amendment is Germane	Nay	Direction not readable
2005-09-14	To establish a special committee of the Senate to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism.H.R. 2862 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Military restraint
2005-07-26	An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Nay	Military restraint
2005-07-26	To support certain youth organizations, including the Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of America, and for other purposes.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-07-26	To stop corporations from financing terrorism.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-07-26	To ensure that certain persons do not evade or avoid the prohibitions imposed under the International Emergency Powers Act, and for other purposes.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military expansion
2005-07-21	To improve authorities to address urgent nonproliferation crises and United States nonproliferation operations.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military expansion
2005-07-21	To increase, with an offset, amounts available for the procurement of wheeled vehicles for the Army and the Marine Corps and for armor for such vehicles.S. 1042 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military expansion
2005-04-18	To express the sense of the Senate on future requests for funding for military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.H.R. 1268 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-04-13	To express the sense of the Senate that Congress should not delay enactment of critical appropriations necessary to ensure the well-being of the men and women of the United States Armed Forces fighting in Iraq and elsewhere around the world, by attempting to conduct a debate about immigration reform while the supplemental appropriations bill is pending on the floor of the United States Senate.H.R. 1268 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2005-04-13	To increase the military death gratuity to $100,000, effective with respect to any deaths of members of the Armed Forces on active duty after October 7, 2001.H.R. 1268 · 109th Congress · On the Motion	Nay	Military restraint
2005-03-01	To clarify the safe harbor with respect to debtors who have serious medical conditions or who have been called or ordered to active duty in the Armed Forces and low income veterans.S. 256 · 109th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-12-08	A bill to reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Military expansion
2004-10-06	A bill to reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Military expansion
2004-10-06	To clarify the continuing applicability of section 504 of the National Security act of 1947 to the obligation and expenditure of funds appropriated for the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-10-05	A bill to reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On the Cloture Motion	Yea	Military expansion
2004-10-04	To modify the provisions relating to the availability to the public of intelligence funding information.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-10-04	To enhance the role of Congress in the oversight of the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Military expansion
2004-09-30	To stop corporations from financing terrorism.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-09-30	In the nature of a substitute.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-09-29	To provide the National Intelligence Director with the authority to supervise, direct, and control all elements of the intelligence community performing national intelligence missions.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Military expansion
2004-09-29	To specify a term of service for the National Intelligence Director.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-09-28	To provide for air cargo safety, and for other purposes.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-09-28	To add title VII of S. 2774, related to transportation security.S. 2845 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-09-20	A bill making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.H.R. 4837 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Military expansion
2004-07-22	A bill Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.H.R. 4613 · 108th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Military expansion
2004-06-24	A bill Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.H.R. 4613 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Military expansion
2004-06-24	To appropriate funds for bilateral economic assistance.H.R. 4613 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-06-24	To express the sense of the Senate on budgeting and funding of ongoing military operations overseas.H.R. 4613 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-23	An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Services, and for other purposes.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Military expansion
2004-06-23	To assure that funding is provided for veterans health care each fiscal year to cover increases in population and inflation.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-23	To direct the Attorney General to submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate all documents in the possession of the Department of Justice relating to the treatment and interrogation of individuals held in the custody of the United States.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military restraint
2004-06-23	Relative to the treatment of foreign prisoners.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-06-23	To modify the number of military personnel and civilians who may be assigned or retained in connection with Plan Colombia.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-23	To limit the obligation and expenditure of funds for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program pending the submission of a report on operational test and evaluation.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military restraint
2004-06-23	To require reports on the efforts of the President to stabilize Iraq and relieve the burden on members of the Armed Forces of the United States deployed in Iraq and the Persian Gulf region.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-23	To require a report on the stabilization of Iraq.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-23	To amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for nonregular service from 60 to 55.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Motion	Yea	Military expansion
2004-06-22	In the nature of a substitute.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-06-22	To increase the penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-22	To reallocate for Ground-based Midcourse interceptors to homeland defense and combatting terrorism.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-21	To require a protocol on media coverage of the return to the United States of the remains of members of the Armed Forces who die overseas.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-21	Expressing the sense of Congress on media coverage of the return to the United States of the remains of deceased members of the Armed Forces from overseas.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-06-17	To provide funds for the security and stabilization of Iraq by suspending a portion of the reduction in the highest income tax rate for individual taxpayers.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military expansion
2004-06-17	To increase the end strength for active duty personnel of the Army for fiscal year 2005 by 20,000 to 502,400.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military expansion
2004-06-17	To require the Secretary of Defense to prescribe and apply criteria for operationally realistic testing of fieldable prototypes developed under the ballistic missile defense spiral development program.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Military expansion
2004-06-17	To allow deployment of the ground-based midcourse defense element of the national ballistic missile defense system only after the mission-related capabilities of the system have been confirmed by operationally realistic testing.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military restraint
2004-06-16	To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit profiteering and fraud relating to military action, relief, and reconstruction.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-16	To extend jurisdiction and scope for current fraud offenses.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-16	To prohibit the use of contractors for certain Department of Defense activities and to establish limitations on the transfer of custody of prisoners of the Department of Defense.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Military restraint
2004-06-15	To provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-15	To prohibit the use of funds for the support of new nuclear weapons development under the Stockpile Services Advanced Concepts Initiative or for the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP).S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military restraint
2004-06-14	To require the Secretary of Defense to provide reimbursement for certain protective, safety, or health equipment purchased by or on behalf of members of the Armed Forces for deployment in connection wih Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom, or Operation Iraqi Freedom.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military expansion
2004-06-03	To ensure adequate funding for, and the continuation of activities related to, the treatment by the Department of Energy of high level radioactive waste.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-06-02	To authorize appropriations for a contingent emergency reserve fund for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military expansion
2004-06-02	To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand certain authorities to provide health care benefits for Reserves and their families, and for other purposes.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military expansion
2004-05-19	To clarify the application of Presidential action under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-05-19	To express the sense of the Senate regarding legislation to impose an excise tax on tobacco lawyer's fees that exceed $20,000 per hour in order to increase funding for equipment for the United States Armed Forces.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2004-05-18	To provide that the 2005 base closure round shall apply solely to military installations located outside the United States and to provide for expedited consideration by Congress of a proposal for a base closure round in 2007 on military installations located inside the United States.S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Military restraint
2004-05-18	To provide for the establishment of separate campaign medals to be awarded to members of the uniformed services who participate in Operation Enduring Freedom and to members of the uniformed services who participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom.H.R. 3104 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Direction not readable
2004-05-17	To authorize medical and dental care for cadets and midshipmen, and to authorize disability benefits for cadets and midshipmen of the service academies,S. 2400 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military expansion
2004-05-10	A resolution condemning the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, urging a full and complete investigation to ensure justice is served, and expressing support for all Americans serving nobly in Iraq.S.Res. 356 · 108th Congress · On the Resolution	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-11-12	A bill making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.H.R. 2559 · 108th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Military expansion
2003-11-12	To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.H.R. 1588 · 108th Congress · On the Conference Report	Yea	Military expansion
2003-11-11	To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.H.R. 1588 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Proceed	Yea	Military expansion
2003-10-17	An original bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan security and reconstruction for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.S. 1689 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Military expansion
2003-10-17	To reduce the amount appropriated for reconstruction in Iraq by $600,000,000 and to increase the amount available to the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps by $50,000,000, the amount available for Afghanistan by $400,000,000, and the amount available for Liberia.S. 1689 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Direction not readable
2003-10-16	To express the Sense of the Senate that the Global War on Terrorism medal should be awarded expeditiously to members of the Armed Forces serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Noble Eagle.S. 1689 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-10-14	To authorize the award of the Iraqi Liberation Medal as a campaign medal for members of the Armed Forces who serve in Southwest Asia in connection with Operation Iraqi Freedom.S. 1689 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-10-02	To commend the Armed Forces of the United States in the War on Terrorism.S. 1689 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-09-25	A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.H.R. 2658 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Military expansion
2003-07-17	A bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.H.R. 2658 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Military expansion
2003-07-17	To rescind $1,100,000,000 of the amounts appropriated for procurement and research, development, test and evaluation, and to appropriate $1,100,000,000 for fighting AIDS/HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria.H.R. 2658 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Military restraint
2003-07-17	To limit the availability of funds for the Intelligence Community Management Account pending a report on the development and use of intelligence relating to Iraq and Operation Iraqi Freedom.H.R. 2658 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Military restraint
2003-07-17	To state the sense of Congress on funding of ongoing overseas military operations, including overseas contingency operations.H.R. 2658 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-07-16	To prohibit the use of funds for certain programs, projects, and activities.H.R. 2658 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Yea	Military expansion
2003-07-16	To establish the National Commission on the Development and Use of Intelligence Related to Iraq.H.R. 2658 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Military restraint
2003-07-16	To require a report on the United States strategy for reconstruction in Iraq.H.R. 2658 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Military restraint
2003-07-16	To provide National Guard and Reserve forces access to TRICARE.H.R. 2658 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Military expansion
2003-07-16	To require reports on U.S. operations in Iraq.H.R. 2658 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Military restraint
2003-07-16	To require a report on the individuals being detained by the United States Government as enemy combatants.H.R. 2658 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Military restraint
2003-07-16	To require from the President a budget amendment for the budget for fiscal year 2004 on the amounts requested for military operations in Iraq in fiscal year 2004.H.R. 2658 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Military restraint
2003-07-15	To prohibit excessive deployments overseas of members of the Guard and Reserves.H.R. 2658 · 108th Congress · On the Motion to Table	Nay	Military restraint
2003-07-11	A bill making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.H.R. 2559 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Military expansion
2003-06-04	To repeal the authorities and requirements for a base closure round in 2005.H.R. 1588 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Military restraint
2003-05-22	An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.S. 1050 · 108th Congress · On Passage of the Bill	Yea	Military expansion
2003-05-22	To require the Department of Defense to fully comply with the Competition in Contracting Act for any contract awarded for reconstruction activities in Iraq.S. 1050 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-05-22	To restore a previous policy regarding restrictions on use of Department of Defense medical facilities.S. 1050 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	Direction not readable
2003-05-21	To propose the insertion of matter in lieu of the matter proposed to be stricken.S. 1050 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Nay	Direction not readable
2003-05-21	To modify requirements applicable to the limitation on designation of critical habitat of conservation of protected species under the provision on military readiness and conservation of protected species.S. 1050 · 108th Congress · On the Amendment	Yea	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.