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How has Tom Kean Jr. voted on the military?

Matches stated direction. He voted for the annual defense bill in 2023, 2024 and 2025, all now law, and for the 2024 Ukraine, Israel and Indo-Pacific aid, which also became law.

Thomas H. Kean Jr.

Defense: a strong military

Matches stated direction

What they say

His congressional site says the country must keep a strong military, that he supports giving service members the resources they need, and that he is committed to deterring adversaries.

“I support providing our servicemembers with the key resources they need to be successful in their missions.”

What the record shows ·

He voted for the defense authorization bill on its final House vote each year: fiscal 2024 on December 14, 2023 (Roll Call 723), fiscal 2025 on December 11, 2024 (Roll Call 500) and fiscal 2026 on December 10, 2025 (Roll Call 320). All three became law, as Public Laws 118-31, 118-159 and 119-60. On April 20, 2024 he voted for the Ukraine, Israel and Indo-Pacific security funding bills (Roll Calls 151, 152 and 146). Their text became law together in H.R. 815, Public Law 118-50. He sponsored two bills to sanction Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear company: H.R. 8046 in 2024 and H.R. 8106 in 2026. Neither has become law.

Limit: A defense bill covers far more than troops' pay and equipment, and a vote for it is a vote for the whole bill. Whether the spending deters adversaries is not something a vote record can show.

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  1. National Defensehttps://kean.house.gov/issues/national-defense

    Office of Rep. Thomas H. Kean, Jr. · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    His congressional office's issue page, in his own voice.

    candidate statement

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  2. Roll Call 723, 2023: H.R. 2670, on agreeing to the conference reporthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023723

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Recorded vote of December 14, 2023 on the fiscal 2024 defense authorization, passed 310 to 118. Kean: Yea.

    official legislative record

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  3. Roll Call 500, 2024: H.R. 5009, on concurring in the Senate amendment with an amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024500

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Recorded vote of December 11, 2024 on the fiscal 2025 defense authorization, passed 281 to 140. Kean: Yea.

    official legislative record

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  4. Roll Call 320, 2025: S. 1071, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025320

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Recorded vote of December 10, 2025 on the fiscal 2026 defense authorization, passed 312 to 112. Kean: Yea.

    official legislative record

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  5. H.R. 2670, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2670

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Became Public Law 118-31 on December 22, 2023.

    official legislative record

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  6. H.R. 5009, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5009

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    The vehicle for the fiscal 2025 defense authorization. Became Public Law 118-159 on December 23, 2024.

    official legislative record

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  7. S. 1071, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1071

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    The vehicle for the fiscal 2026 defense authorization. Became Public Law 119-60 on December 18, 2025.

    official legislative record

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  8. Roll Call 151, 2024: H.R. 8035, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024151

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Recorded vote of April 20, 2024 on the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, passed 311 to 112. Kean: Yea.

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  9. Roll Call 152, 2024: H.R. 8034, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024152

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Recorded vote of April 20, 2024 on the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, passed 366 to 58. Kean: Yea.

    official legislative record

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  10. Roll Call 146, 2024: H.R. 8036, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024146

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Recorded vote of April 20, 2024 on the Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, passed 385 to 34. Kean: Yea.

    official legislative record

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  11. H.R. 815, 118th Congress, Public Law 118-50https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/815

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Under H. Res. 1160 the House agreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 815 with an amendment. It became Public Law 118-50.

    official legislative record

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  12. Public Law 118-50https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-118publ50

    GovInfo · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Enacted text read from GovInfo. It carries the Ukraine, Israel and Indo-Pacific security supplemental appropriations acts of 2024 as separate divisions.

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  13. H.R. 8046, Rosatom Sanctions Enforcement Act, 118th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8046

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Sponsored by Kean, introduced April 17, 2024. Ordered reported by committee on May 16, 2024; not enacted.

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  14. H.R. 8106, RESCUE Act, 119th Congresshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8106

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Sponsored by Kean, introduced March 26, 2026; sanctions on Rosatom. Referred to the Foreign Affairs and Financial Services committees; not enacted.

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