The Brown Record on National Security:Brown Has Voted At Least FORTY-ONE TIMES Against Defense Spending Bills During His Time In Congress. (Initial Passage + Conference Reports)
Brown Voted Against Conference Reports On Defense Bills At Least 15 Times Since 1993.
Brown Was In the Minority Of His Own Party On Six Of These Fifteen Votes
Brown Missed Votes on Four Defense Conference Reports Since 1993.
In Addition, Brown Voted Against EVERY Major Defense Spending Bill For Fiscal Year 1998.
Brown Voted At Least TEN Times To Cut Funding For Intelligence During The Time Between The First Attack On The World Trade Center And September 11th, 2001.
Brown Also Voted Against At Least TWO Times Against Final Conference Reports on Intelligence Budgets Since 1993, And Against At Least FOUR Defense Appropriations Conference Reports Containing Intelligence Funding.
Brown Voted At Least TWELVE Times To Cut Funding For Ballistic Missile Defense, Beginning In 1993.
Brown Voted At Least SIX Times Against Policies To Deploy Ballistic Missile Defense Systems.
Brown Voted At Least THREE Other Times Against Ballistic Missile Defense Programs
Brown Would Not Even Congratulate The U.S. Military And Defense Contractors For A Successful Missile Interception Test In 2001
Over The Last Nine Years, The Subcommittee On Asia And The Pacific Has Held At Least Thirteen Meetings Or Markups On North Korea But Brown Skipped ALL Of Them Except ONE.
Votes For Intelligence Funding Cuts:
Fiscal 1999 Intelligence Authorization – Authorization Reduction. “Sanders, I-Vt., amendment to reduce the bill’s authorization by 5 percent. The bill authorizes classified amounts in fiscal 1999 for U.S. intelligence agencies and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. government. Note: (Subsequently, the bill passed by voice vote).” (H.R. 3694, CQ Vote #137: Rejected 120-291: R 21-196; D 98-95; I 1-0, May 7, 1998, Brown voted Yea)
Fiscal 1998 Intelligence Authorization – Cut to President’s Request. “Frank, D-Mass., amendment to trim the bill’s total authorization by 0.7 percent through an across-the-board cut, except for the CIA Retirement and Disability Fund, reducing the total authorization level to the president’s request.” (H.R. 1775, CQ Vote #255: Rejected 182-238: R 23-199; D 158-39; I 1-0, July 9, 1997, Brown voted Yea) Fiscal 1998 Intelligence Authorization – 5 Percent Cut. “Sanders, I-Vt., amendment to cut the bill’s total authorization by 5 percent through an across-the-board cut, except for the CIA Retirement and Disability Fund.” (H.R. 1775, CQ Vote #253: Rejected 142-289: R 27-198; D 114-91; I 1-0, July 9, 1997, Brown voted Yea)
Fiscal 1997 Intelligence Authorization – Reduce Total Authorization by 4.9 percent. “Fiscal 1997 Intelligence Authorization/Reduce Total Authorization by 4.9 percent. Frank, D-Mass., amendment to reduce the total amount authorized in the bill by 4.9 percent, except for those amounts authorized for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund. The amendment also allows the president, in consultation with the Director of Central Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense, to reprogram the remaining funds, as long as the net reduction equals 4.9 percent and the president first reports to Congress on his reprogramming plans.” (H.R. 3259, CQ Vote #187: Rejected 192-235: R 37-193; D 154-42; I 1-0, May 22, 1996, Brown voted Yea) Fiscal 1997 Intelligence Authorization – Cut 10 Percent From Fiscal 1996 Levels. “Fiscal 1997 Intelligence Authorization/Cut 10 Percent From Fiscal 1996 Levels. Sanders, I-Vt., amendment to limit the total fiscal 1997 intelligence authorization level to no more than 90 percent of the total amount authorized for fiscal 1996, except for those amounts authorized for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund.” (H.R. 3259, CQ Vote #185: Rejected 115-311: R 22-209; D 92-102; I 1-0, May 22, 1996, Brown voted Yea) Fiscal 1996 Intelligence Authorization – 3 Percent Cut. “Frank, D-Mass., amendment to cut the total authorization for the bill by 3 percent through an across-the-board cut except for the CIA Retirement and Disability Fund.” (H.R. 1655, CQ Vote #654: Rejected 162-262: R 37-193; D 124-69; I 1-0, September 13, 1995, Brown voted Yea) Fiscal 1996 Defense Appropriations – Intelligence Agencies Cut. “Sanders, I-Vt., amendment to cut the National Foreign Intelligence Program with the exception of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund to 90 percent of the fiscal 1995 level.” (H.R. 2126, CQ Vote #643: Rejected 93-325: R 13-216; D 79-109; I 1-0, September 7, 1995, Brown voted Yea)
Fiscal 1995 Intelligence Authorization – Spending Cut. “Sanders, I-Vt., amendment to cut the bill’s authorization by 10 percent below the fiscal 1994 level.” (H.R. 4299, CQ Vote #333: Rejected in the Committee of the Whole 106-315: R 8-163; D 97-152; I 1-0, July 19, 1994, Brown voted Yea) Intelligence Authorization – Authorization Cut. “Frank, D-Mass., amendment to cut the bill’s authorization by $500 million. Note: A ‘nay’ was a vote in support of the president’s position.” (H.R. 2330, CQ Vote #393: Rejected in Committee of the Whole 134-299: R 13-159; D 120-140; I 1-0, August 4, 1993, Brown voted Yea) Intelligence Authorization – Funding Cut. “Sanders, I-Vt., amendment to reduce the bill’s authorization to 10 percent below the fiscal 1993 level. Note: A ‘nay’ was a vote in support of the president’s position.” (H.R. 2330, CQ Vote #391: Rejected in Committee of the Whole 104-323: R 6-164; D 97-159; I 1-0, August 3, 1993, Brown voted Yea)Votes Against Intelligence Budget Conference Reports:
Fiscal 2004 Intelligence Authorization – Conference Report. (H.R. 2417, CQ Vote #649: Adopted (thus sent to Senate) 264-163: R 209-15; D 55-147; I 0-1, November 20, 2003, Brown voted Nay)Fiscal 1999 Intelligence Authorization – Conference Report. (H.R. 3694, CQ Vote #487: Adopted (thus sent to Senate) 337-83: R 174-47; D 163-35; I 0-1, October 7, 1998. Brown voted Nay)Defense Appropriations Containing Intelligence Funding:
Fiscal 2001 Defense Appropriations -- Conference Report. “Adoption of the conference report on the bill to appropriate $287.8 billion in defense spending for fiscal year 2001. The measure would provide $3.3 billion more than President Clinton’s request and $15 billion more than appropriated in fiscal 2000. The measure includes $5 billion for ballistic missile defense and $689 million for the development of a joint strike fighter jet for the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps.” (H.R. 4576, CQ Vote #413: Adopted (thus sent to the Senate) 367-58: R 207-10; D 159-47; I 1-1, July 19, 2000, Brown voted Nay)Brown voted in the minority of his own party on this vote.
Fiscal 2000 Defense Appropriations -- Conference Report. “Adoption of the conference report on the bill to appropriate $267.7 billion in defense spending for fiscal 2000. The measure would provide about $4.5 billion more than President Clinton’s request and $17 billion more than appropriated in fiscal 1999. The conference report includes $1 billion of the $1.9 billion the administration requested to buy F-22 jet fighters. The conference report includes a Senate provision to provide $5.5 billion in emergency spending for military pay raises, as well as repairing buildings and facilities.” (H.R. 2561, CQ Vote #494: Adopted (thus sent to the Senate) 372-55: R 214-7; D 158-47; I 0-1, October 13, 1999, Brown voted Nay)Brown voted in the minority of his own party on this vote.
Fiscal 1998 Defense Appropriations – Conference Report. “Adoption of the conference report on the bill to provide $247.7 billion in new budget authority to sustain military personnel, develop and purchase military hardware and maintain the operational readiness of the U.S. military. The conference report would provide $5.3 billion more than the current appropriations level and $3.8 billion more than the administration’s request. The conference report would cut off funding for U.S. troops in Bosnia after June 30, 1998, but would permit the president to request further funding. The measure provides nearly $46 billion for weapons procurement.” (H.R. 2266, CQ Vote #442: Adopted (thus sent to the Senate) 356-65: R 202-17; D 154-47; I 0-1, September 25, 1997, Brown voted Nay)Brown voted in the minority of his own party on this vote.
Fiscal 1996 Defense Appropriations – Conference Report. “Adoption of the conference report on the bill to provide $243,251,297,000 in new budget authority for the Department of Defense in fiscal 1996. The bill provides $1,698,226,000 more than the $241,553,071,000 provided in fiscal 1995 and $6,907,280,000 more than the $236,344,017,000 requested by the administration. Note: A ‘nay’ was a vote in support of the president’s position. (H.R. 2126: CQ Vote #806: Adopted (thus cleared for the president) 270-158: R 195-37; D 75-120; I 0-1, November 16, 1995, Brown voted Nay)
