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Democratic representative for California’s 28th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Schiff votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Schiff’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
| Biden margin | Biden score | Biden plus-minus |
|---|---|---|
| Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s | How often Schiff votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Schiff’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+43.7% | 100.0% | +0.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Schiff vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 23, 2022 | Providing appropriations for various federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023; updating the process of appointing and tallying presidential electors; providing money for humanitarian, security and economic assistance to Ukraine (225-201) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Allowing Puerto Rico to hold a referendum on whether to become a U.S. state, an independent country or a sovereign government (233-191) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 8, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state; includes an amendment allowing religious organizations to deny services or accomodations for same-sex weddings (258-169) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Requiring the Bureau of Prisons to provide incarcerated women with certain pregnancy-related care and limiting the use of solitary confinement for pregnant women (324-90) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.0% | +3.0 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.3% | +5.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for local governments to train mental health professionals and send them instead of law enforcement officers to respond to emergencies involving people with behavioral health needs (223-206) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.7% | +5.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 12, 2022 | Allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices; extending Affordable Care Act subsidies; expanding tax credits for renewable and clean energy efforts; establishing a 15 percent corporate minimum tax; and other measures (220-207) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 19, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.8% | +22.2 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Feb. 9, 2022 | Imposing visa restrictions on foreign people found responsible for human rights violations related to someone's sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics (227-206) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2021 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| July 22, 2021 | Increasing the number of and expediting the process for visas available to Afghans who worked on behalf of the U.S. government in Afghanistan (407-16) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Adam Schiff's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.4% | +6.6 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.5% | +0.5 | |||
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