2017: Schweikert Voted To Study Islam's Links To Terrorism. In July 2017, Schweikert voted for an amendment that would have, according to Congressional Quarterly, "require[d] the secretary of Defense to conduct two concurrent strategic assessments of the use of violent or unorthodox Islamic religious doctrine to support extremist or terrorist messaging and justification, and would [have] require[d] the secretary to submit to Congress the results of the assessments." The underlying legislation was an FY 2018 defense authorization. The House rejected the amendment by a vote of 208 to 217. [House Vote 372, 7/13/17; Congressional Quarterly, 7/13/17; Congressional Actions, H. Amdt. 185; Congressional Actions, H.R. 2810]