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Democratic representative for California’s 13th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Lee votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Lee’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 Lee votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Lee’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+79.9% | 99.0% | -0.6 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Lee vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 1 | 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) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 1 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 30 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Nov. 16 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 30 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 29 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Sept. 29 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22 | 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) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| Sept. 21 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 12 | 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) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 27 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 27 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 27 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 21 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 19 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Barbara Lee's Vote: No | support | No |  | 79.0% | -79.0 |
| July 13 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Barbara Lee's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 100.0% | ||
| June 24 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 16 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 15 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 9 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 8 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 12 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 31 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 9 | 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) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Barbara Lee'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) Barbara Lee'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) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Barbara Lee'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) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Barbara Lee'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) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Barbara Lee'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) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.8% | +8.2 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Barbara Lee'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) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Barbara Lee'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) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Barbara Lee'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) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Barbara Lee'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) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Barbara Lee'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) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Barbara Lee'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) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Barbara Lee'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) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Barbara Lee'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) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Barbara Lee'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) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Barbara Lee's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| Average | 99.0% | 99.7% | -0.6 | |||
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