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Republican representative for Texas’s 11th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Pfluger votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Pfluger’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
Biden margin | Biden score | Biden plus-minus |
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Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s | How often Pfluger votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Pfluger’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-59.4% | 8.0% | +2.2 |
Date | Measure | Biden position | Pfluger vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
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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) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 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) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 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) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 1.3% | -1.3 | |
Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 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) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 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) August Pfluger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 14.6% | +85.4 | |
Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.1% | -0.1 | |
Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 9.8% | -9.8 | |
Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 8.6% | -8.6 | |
Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 3.0% | -3.0 | |
Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 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) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 61.2% | -61.2 | |
Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 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) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 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) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.7% | -0.7 | |
July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) August Pfluger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 85.7% | +14.3 | |
July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.4% | -0.4 | |
July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 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) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) August Pfluger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 74.3% | +25.7 | |
July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.1% | -0.1 | |
June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) August Pfluger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 14.3% | +85.7 | |
June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) August Pfluger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 75.4% | +24.6 | |
June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.1% | -0.1 | |
May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 1.3% | -1.3 | |
March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) August Pfluger's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.1% | -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) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 14.8% | -14.8 | |
Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 12.4% | -12.4 | |
Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 3.1% | -3.1 | |
Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.1% | -0.1 | |
Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.1% | -0.1 | |
Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.1% | -0.1 | |
Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 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) August Pfluger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 99.5% | +0.5 | |
July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
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) August Pfluger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 81.5% | +18.5 | |
July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 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) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 1.1% | -1.1 | |
May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 25.9% | -25.9 | |
May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 4.7% | -4.7 | |
May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) August Pfluger's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) August Pfluger's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 49.3% | +50.7 | |
Average | 8.0% | 5.8% | +2.2 |
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