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Democratic senator for Minnesota
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Klobuchar votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Klobuchar’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 Klobuchar votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Klobuchar’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+7.1% | 98.5% | +11.6 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Klobuchar vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 22, 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 (68-29) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 86.9% | +13.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing congressional disapproval of a rule governing charter school grants (49-49) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 81.2% | -81.2 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (80-15) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.9% | +17.1 |
| Nov. 29, 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 (61-36) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.5% | +11.5 |
| Nov. 15, 2022 | Terminating the national COVID-19 emergency declared on March 13, 2020 (61-37) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes |  | 53.7% | +46.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (72-25) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.9% | +6.1 |
| Aug. 7, 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 (50-50) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.9% | +19.1 |
| Aug. 4, 2022 | Providing congressional disapproval of a rule that restored environmental regulations (50-47) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 88.7% | -88.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (64-33) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.6% | +14.4 |
| June 23, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (65-33) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.0% | +8.0 |
| June 16, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (84-14) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
| May 26, 2022 | Providing congressional disapproval of a policy concerning federal asylum procedures (46-48) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 85.1% | -85.1 |
| May 3, 2022 | Providing for congressional disapproval of vaccine and mask requirements in Head Start programs (55-41) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 79.2% | -79.2 |
| April 7, 2022 | Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (53-47) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.8% | +15.2 |
| March 28, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (68-28) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.3% | +14.7 |
| March 15, 2022 | Providing congressional disapproval of the CDC's requirement of masks on planes, trains and buses (57-40) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 68.2% | -68.2 |
| March 15, 2022 | Nomination of Shalanda D. Young to be director of the Office of Management and Budget (61-36) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.5% | +12.5 |
| March 10, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (68-31) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.6% | +12.4 |
| March 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (79-19) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.6% | +9.4 |
| March 3, 2022 | Providing for congressional disapproval of the national COVID-19 emergency declaration (48-47) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 81.1% | -81.1 |
| March 2, 2022 | Providing for congressional disapproval of vaccine mandates for health care workers (49-44) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Not Voting | oppose | Didn't Vote | 78.4% | ||
| Feb. 28, 2022 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (46-48) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.4% | +12.6 |
| Jan. 19, 2022 | Keeping Senate filibuster rules in place to block voting-rights legislation (52-48) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 86.5% | -86.5 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Imposing additional sanctions over a Russian gas pipeline (55-44) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 68.5% | -68.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (50-49) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.9% | +19.1 |
| Dec. 8, 2021 | Providing for congressional disapproval of COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandates for large businesses (52-48) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 92.0% | -92.0 |
| Dec. 7, 2021 | Providing for congressional disapproval of the sale of certain weapons to Saudi Arabia (30-67) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 61.3% | -61.3 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (69-28) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.7% | +8.3 |
| Oct. 7, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (50-48) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.9% | +18.1 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (65-35) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.5% | +11.5 |
| Aug. 11, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (50-49) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.9% | +19.1 |
| Aug. 10, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (69-30) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.4% | +11.6 |
| 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 (98-0) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2021 | Expanding voting rights and strengthening campaign finance regulations and ethics rules (50-50) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.9% | +19.1 |
| June 8, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (49-50) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.8% | +19.2 |
| June 8, 2021 | Investing in science and technology manufacturing and research (68-32) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.5% | +15.5 |
| May 28, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (54-35) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.1% | +11.9 |
| May 19, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (50-48) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.9% | +18.1 |
| May 11, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (52-47) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.4% | +18.6 |
| April 29, 2021 | Providing money for safe drinking water and other water infrastructure (89-2) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| April 28, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (52-42) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.2% | +12.8 |
| April 22, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (94-1) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 99.4% | ||
| March 22, 2021 | Nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh to be secretary of labor (68-29) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.6% | +8.4 |
| March 18, 2021 | Nomination of Xavier Becerra to be secretary of health and human services (50-49) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.1% | +15.9 |
| March 17, 2021 | Nomination of Katherine C. Tai to be United States trade representative (98-0) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 16, 2021 | Nomination of Isabella Casillas Guzman to be administrator of the Small Business Administration (81-17) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.9% | +6.1 |
| March 15, 2021 | Nomination of Debra Anne Haaland to be secretary of the interior (51-40) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.7% | +11.3 |
| March 10, 2021 | Nomination of Michael Stanley Regan to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (66-34) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.6% | +8.4 |
| March 10, 2021 | Nomination of Merrick Brian Garland to be attorney general (70-30) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.5% | +8.5 |
| March 10, 2021 | Nomination of Marcia Louise Fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development (66-34) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.8% | +13.2 |
| March 6, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (50-49) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.2% | +18.8 |
| March 2, 2021 | Nomination of Cecilia Elena Rouse to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (95-4) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| March 2, 2021 | Nomination of Gina Marie Raimondo to be secretary of commerce (84-15) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.3% | +3.7 |
| March 1, 2021 | Nomination of Miguel A. Cardona to be secretary of education (64-33) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.5% | +7.5 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Nomination of Jennifer Mulhern Granholm to be secretary of energy (64-35) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.6% | +13.4 |
| Feb. 23, 2021 | Nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (78-21) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.4% | +8.6 |
| Feb. 23, 2021 | Nomination of Thomas J. Vilsack to be secretary of agriculture (92-7) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.2% | +6.8 |
| Feb. 8, 2021 | Nomination of Denis Richard McDonough to be secretary of veterans affairs (87-7) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.8% | +4.2 |
| Feb. 2, 2021 | Nomination of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas to be secretary of homeland security (56-43) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.6% | +14.4 |
| Feb. 2, 2021 | Nomination of Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg to be secretary of transportation (86-13) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.3% | +5.7 |
| Jan. 26, 2021 | Nomination of Antony John Blinken to be secretary of state (78-22) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| Jan. 25, 2021 | Nomination of Janet Louise Yellen to be secretary of the treasury (84-15) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| Jan. 22, 2021 | Nomination of Lloyd James Austin to be secretary of defense (93-2) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (69-27) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.8% | +29.2 |
| Jan. 20, 2021 | Nomination of Avril Danica Haines to be director of national intelligence (84-10) Amy Klobuchar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.7% | +4.3 |
| Average | 98.5% | 86.9% | +11.6 | |||
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