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Democratic representative for California’s 7th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Bera votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Bera’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 Bera votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Bera’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+13.8% | 100.0% | +5.0 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Bera vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.4% | +10.6 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.3% | +2.7 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.4% | +27.6 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.7% | +3.3 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| 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) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.4% | +2.6 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.8% | +23.2 |
| 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) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.6% | +6.4 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.4% | +5.6 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.0% | +3.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.6% | +3.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.4% | +2.6 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.4% | +13.6 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.2% | +25.8 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.5% | +7.5 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.3% | +2.7 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.8% | +4.2 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.3% | +7.7 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.6% | +6.4 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.4% | +2.6 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.2% | +5.8 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.4% | +5.6 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.4% | +3.6 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.0% | +3.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Ami Bera's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.6% | +14.4 |
| Average | 100.0% | 95.0% | +5.0 | |||
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