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Republican representative for Kentucky’s 6th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Barr votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Barr’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 Barr votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Barr’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-9.1% | 12.5% | -14.4 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Barr 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) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No |  | 22.6% | -22.6 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.6% | -4.6 |
| 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) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.5% | -25.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.6% | -49.6 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.7% | -4.7 |
| 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) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.0% | -44.0 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.4% | -7.4 |
| 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) Andy Barr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 76.6% | +23.4 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 46.7% | -46.7 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.0% | -60.0 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 72.0% | -72.0 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.3% | -27.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.5% | -42.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.9% | -4.9 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.4% | -39.4 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.8% | -4.8 |
| 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) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.7% | -5.7 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Andy Barr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.5% | +17.5 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.8% | -20.8 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.1% | -23.1 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.7% | -5.7 |
| 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) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.8% | -4.8 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.5% | -15.5 |
| 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) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 59.8% | -59.8 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.7% | -3.7 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.9% | -3.9 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.2% | -36.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Andy Barr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Andy Barr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 30.6% | +69.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.0% | -45.0 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.3% | -18.3 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| 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) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.7% | -48.7 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.8% | -6.8 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Andy Barr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.0% | +24.0 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.6% | -47.6 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.7% | -23.7 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.3% | -6.3 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Andy Barr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.7% | +20.3 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Andy Barr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.6% | -19.6 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.3% | -26.3 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.2% | -10.2 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.2% | -10.2 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.2% | -6.2 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.9% | -6.9 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.3% | -43.3 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Andy Barr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.7% | +37.3 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.4% | -19.4 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.0% | -25.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.8% | -10.8 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.8% | -45.8 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.9% | -43.9 |
| 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) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.3% | -8.3 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Andy Barr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.9% | +22.1 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Andy Barr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.8% | +24.2 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.4% | -6.4 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.0% | -3.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.8% | -60.8 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.9% | -5.9 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.4% | -3.4 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.7% | -5.7 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.0% | -6.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.4% | -28.4 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.0% | -12.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.1% | -17.1 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 56.5% | -56.5 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.4% | -43.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.2% | -5.2 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.4% | -3.4 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.4% | -3.4 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.4% | -3.4 |
| 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) Andy Barr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.7% | -17.7 |
| 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) Andy Barr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.1% | -32.1 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.3% | -11.3 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.3% | -5.3 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Andy Barr's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 17.4% | ||
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.1% | -32.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.5% | -3.5 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.0% | -6.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.8% | -32.8 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.5% | -51.5 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.7% | -19.7 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.0% | -42.0 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Andy Barr's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.0% | +13.0 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 74.7% | -74.7 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.5% | -3.5 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.5% | -3.5 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.5% | -3.5 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.9% | -45.9 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.5% | -3.5 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.5% | -37.5 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.7% | -13.7 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.8% | -38.8 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.3% | -10.3 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.7% | -6.7 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.7% | -6.7 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.1% | -6.1 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.8% | -11.8 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Andy Barr's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.0% | -5.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Andy Barr's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 76.6% | ||
| Average | 12.5% | 26.9% | -14.4 | |||
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