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Democratic representative for Minnesota’s 4th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often McCollum votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between McCollum’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 McCollum votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between McCollum’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+37.1% | 100.0% | +0.7 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | McCollum 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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.3% | +8.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.7% | +6.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.6% | +22.4 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| 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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Betty McCollum'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) Betty McCollum'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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Betty McCollum'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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Betty McCollum'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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Betty McCollum'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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.0% | +4.0 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| 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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Betty McCollum'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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Betty McCollum'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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Betty McCollum'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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Betty McCollum'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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Betty McCollum'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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Betty McCollum'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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Betty McCollum'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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Betty McCollum'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) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Betty McCollum's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.0% | +8.0 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.3% | +0.7 | |||
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