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Republican representative for Texas’s 36th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Babin votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Babin’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
Biden margin | Biden score | Biden plus-minus |
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Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s | How often Babin votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Babin’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-45.0% | 2.8% | -3.3 |
Date | Measure | Biden position | Babin vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
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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) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 5.6% | -5.6 | |
Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.2% | -0.2 | |
Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 29.3% | -29.3 | |
Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 1.1% | -1.1 | |
Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 19.7% | -19.7 | |
Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 20.9% | -20.9 | |
Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 8.2% | -8.2 | |
Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.2% | -0.2 | |
Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 68.1% | -68.1 | |
Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 4.8% | -4.8 | |
July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.2% | -0.2 | |
July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Brian Babin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 90.5% | +9.5 | |
July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 2.6% | -2.6 | |
July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.4% | ||
July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Brian Babin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 74.8% | +25.2 | |
July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 1.5% | -1.5 | |
June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 30.0% | -30.0 | |
June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Brian Babin's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | 83.4% | +16.6 | |
June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 1.3% | -1.3 | |
May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 6.8% | -6.8 | |
March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.6% | -0.6 | |
March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.9% | -0.9 | |
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) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 29.9% | -29.9 | |
Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 26.6% | -26.6 | |
Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 10.6% | -10.6 | |
Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.8% | -0.8 | |
Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 1.4% | -1.4 | |
Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.9% | -0.9 | |
Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 99.3% | ||
July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 87.5% | ||
July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 5.2% | -5.2 | |
May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.3% | -0.3 | |
May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 44.5% | -44.5 | |
May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 15.7% | -15.7 | |
May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Brian Babin's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.6% | -0.6 | |
April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.1% | -0.1 | |
March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.1% | -0.1 | |
March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Brian Babin'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) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 0.0% | 0.0 | |
Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Brian Babin's Vote: No | support | No | 57.7% | -57.7 | |
Average | 2.8% | 6.0% | -3.3 |
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