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Former Republican representative for Missouri’s 7th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Long votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Long’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 Long votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Long’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-41.9% | 9.8% | +1.8 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Long 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) Billy Long'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) Billy Long'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) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.3% | -7.3 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 33.2% | +66.8 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.5% | -22.5 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.5% | -24.5 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Billy Long's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 9.9% | +90.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Billy Long'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) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.6% | +30.4 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Billy Long's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 6.7% | ||
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Billy Long's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Billy Long's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.3% | +8.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Billy Long'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) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Billy Long's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.9% | +25.1 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.3% | -2.3 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.1% | -34.1 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Billy Long's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.9% | +15.1 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Billy Long'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) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.1% | -9.1 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| 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) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.9% | -33.9 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.5% | -30.5 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.2% | -13.2 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Billy Long'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) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.3% | -2.3 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.5% | +11.5 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.0% | -7.0 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Billy Long's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 48.8% | +51.2 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.5% | -19.5 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Billy Long'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) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Billy Long's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Billy Long's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.5% | +40.5 |
| Average | 9.8% | 8.0% | +1.8 | |||
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