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Democratic representative for Michigan’s 14th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Lawrence votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Lawrence’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 Lawrence votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Lawrence’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+59.9% | 100.0% | +0.3 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Lawrence vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 21 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.1% | +5.9 |
| July 28 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 22 | 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) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 21 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Brenda Lawrence's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.9% | +4.1 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.7% | +0.3 | |||
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