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Republican representative for Arkansas’s 4th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Westerman votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Westerman’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 Westerman votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Westerman’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-38.1% | 10.7% | +1.4 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Westerman vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 1 | 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) Bruce Westerman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 38.2% | +61.8 |
| Dec. 1 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No |  | 3.1% | -3.1 |
| Nov. 30 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.1% | -26.1 |
| Nov. 16 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.4% | -29.4 |
| Sept. 30 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Sept. 29 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.3% | -12.3 |
| Sept. 29 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22 | 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) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Bruce Westerman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.3% | +28.7 |
| Sept. 21 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 12 | 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) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.7% | -9.7 |
| July 29 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| July 27 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Bruce Westerman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.3% | +7.7 |
| July 27 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| July 27 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.6% | -5.6 |
| July 21 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 19 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Bruce Westerman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.1% | +24.9 |
| July 13 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| June 24 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Bruce Westerman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.6% | +60.4 |
| June 22 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Bruce Westerman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.6% | +13.4 |
| June 16 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 15 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 9 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 8 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Bruce Westerman's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 3.4% | ||
| May 12 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.6% | -12.6 |
| March 31 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.6% | -2.6 |
| Feb. 9 | 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) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Bruce Westerman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.1% | +60.9 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.6% | -35.6 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.9% | -16.9 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Bruce Westerman'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) Bruce Westerman'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) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Bruce Westerman'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) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.0% | -4.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Bruce Westerman'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) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Bruce Westerman'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) Bruce Westerman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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) Bruce Westerman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.8% | +10.2 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Bruce Westerman'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) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Bruce Westerman'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) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.6% | -9.6 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Bruce Westerman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.2% | +45.8 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.7% | -24.7 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Bruce Westerman'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) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Bruce Westerman'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) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Bruce Westerman'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) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Bruce Westerman'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) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Bruce Westerman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.7% | +38.3 |
| Average | 10.7% | 9.3% | +1.4 | |||
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