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Democratic representative for Illinois’s 11th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Foster votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Foster’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 Foster votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Foster’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+25.7% | 100.0% | +1.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Foster 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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.6% | +6.4 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.7% | +9.3 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.3% | +2.7 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.6% | +16.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.7% | +8.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| 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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.8% | +5.2 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.2% | +22.8 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.5% | +3.5 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| 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) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.0% | +4.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.5% | +11.5 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.5% | +5.5 |
| 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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.0% | +5.0 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.3% | +7.7 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Bill Foster'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) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Bill Foster's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.2% | +10.8 |
| Average | 100.0% | 98.5% | +1.5 | |||
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