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Republican senator for Nebraska
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Sasse votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Sasse’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 Sasse votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Sasse’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-19.1% | 30.8% | -11.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Sasse 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) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No |  | 49.8% | -49.8 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing congressional disapproval of a rule governing charter school grants (49-49) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 9.2% | +90.8 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (80-15) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 87.0% | +13.0 |
| 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) Ben Sasse's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 34.9% | ||
| Nov. 15, 2022 | Terminating the national COVID-19 emergency declared on March 13, 2020 (61-37) Ben Sasse's Vote: Not Voting | oppose | Didn't Vote | 0.7% | ||
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (72-25) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 54.7% | -54.7 |
| 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) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.8% | -8.8 |
| Aug. 4, 2022 | Providing congressional disapproval of a rule that restored environmental regulations (50-47) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 1.3% | +98.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (64-33) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 40.9% | +59.1 |
| June 23, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (65-33) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.5% | -36.5 |
| June 16, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (84-14) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.7% | +23.3 |
| May 26, 2022 | Providing congressional disapproval of a policy concerning federal asylum procedures (46-48) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 5.8% | +94.2 |
| May 3, 2022 | Providing for congressional disapproval of vaccine and mask requirements in Head Start programs (55-41) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 0.0% | +100.0 |
| April 7, 2022 | Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (53-47) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.6% | -12.6 |
| March 28, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (68-28) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.0% | +48.0 |
| March 15, 2022 | Providing congressional disapproval of the CDC's requirement of masks on planes, trains and buses (57-40) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 1.8% | +98.2 |
| March 15, 2022 | Nomination of Shalanda D. Young to be director of the Office of Management and Budget (61-36) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.7% | -36.7 |
| March 10, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (68-31) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.2% | -47.2 |
| March 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (79-19) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 69.4% | -69.4 |
| March 3, 2022 | Providing for congressional disapproval of the national COVID-19 emergency declaration (48-47) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 9.0% | +91.0 |
| March 2, 2022 | Providing for congressional disapproval of vaccine mandates for health care workers (49-44) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 8.6% | +91.4 |
| Feb. 28, 2022 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (46-48) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| Jan. 19, 2022 | Keeping Senate filibuster rules in place to block voting-rights legislation (52-48) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 1.0% | +99.0 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Imposing additional sanctions over a Russian gas pipeline (55-44) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 9.2% | +90.8 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (50-49) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.8% | -8.8 |
| Dec. 8, 2021 | Providing for congressional disapproval of COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandates for large businesses (52-48) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes | | 0.1% | +99.9 |
| Dec. 7, 2021 | Providing for congressional disapproval of the sale of certain weapons to Saudi Arabia (30-67) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 90.0% | -90.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (69-28) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.2% | -47.2 |
| Oct. 7, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (50-48) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.3% | -9.3 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (65-35) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.0% | -39.0 |
| Aug. 11, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (50-49) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.9% | -8.9 |
| Aug. 10, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (69-30) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.1% | -49.1 |
| 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) Ben Sasse'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) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.8% | -8.8 |
| June 8, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (49-50) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.8% | -8.8 |
| June 8, 2021 | Investing in science and technology manufacturing and research (68-32) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 48.0% | +52.0 |
| May 28, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (54-35) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 22.2% | +77.8 |
| May 19, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (50-48) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.6% | -9.6 |
| May 11, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (52-47) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.9% | -16.9 |
| April 29, 2021 | Providing money for safe drinking water and other water infrastructure (89-2) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| April 28, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (52-42) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.2% | -12.2 |
| April 22, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (94-1) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| March 22, 2021 | Nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh to be secretary of labor (68-29) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.8% | -47.8 |
| March 18, 2021 | Nomination of Xavier Becerra to be secretary of health and human services (50-49) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.6% | -8.6 |
| March 17, 2021 | Nomination of Katherine C. Tai to be United States trade representative (98-0) Ben Sasse'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) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 71.8% | -71.8 |
| March 15, 2021 | Nomination of Debra Anne Haaland to be secretary of the interior (51-40) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.7% | -14.7 |
| March 10, 2021 | Nomination of Michael Stanley Regan to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (66-34) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.0% | -38.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Nomination of Merrick Brian Garland to be attorney general (70-30) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.2% | -48.2 |
| March 10, 2021 | Nomination of Marcia Louise Fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development (66-34) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.8% | -42.8 |
| March 6, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (50-49) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.2% | -9.2 |
| March 2, 2021 | Nomination of Cecilia Elena Rouse to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (95-4) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.8% | +6.2 |
| March 2, 2021 | Nomination of Gina Marie Raimondo to be secretary of commerce (84-15) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 74.9% | -74.9 |
| March 1, 2021 | Nomination of Miguel A. Cardona to be secretary of education (64-33) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.0% | -36.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Nomination of Jennifer Mulhern Granholm to be secretary of energy (64-35) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.2% | -40.2 |
| Feb. 23, 2021 | Nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (78-21) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 66.4% | -66.4 |
| Feb. 23, 2021 | Nomination of Thomas J. Vilsack to be secretary of agriculture (92-7) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.5% | +7.5 |
| Feb. 8, 2021 | Nomination of Denis Richard McDonough to be secretary of veterans affairs (87-7) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.5% | +11.5 |
| Feb. 2, 2021 | Nomination of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas to be secretary of homeland security (56-43) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.9% | -21.9 |
| Feb. 2, 2021 | Nomination of Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg to be secretary of transportation (86-13) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.9% | +20.1 |
| Jan. 26, 2021 | Nomination of Antony John Blinken to be secretary of state (78-22) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.5% | +37.5 |
| Jan. 25, 2021 | Nomination of Janet Louise Yellen to be secretary of the treasury (84-15) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.4% | +24.6 |
| Jan. 22, 2021 | Nomination of Lloyd James Austin to be secretary of defense (93-2) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (69-27) Ben Sasse's Vote: No | support | No | | 74.0% | -74.0 |
| Jan. 20, 2021 | Nomination of Avril Danica Haines to be director of national intelligence (84-10) Ben Sasse's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.6% | +16.4 |
| Average | 30.8% | 42.2% | -11.5 | |||
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