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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% | 10.8% | +1.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Westerman vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 21 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No |  | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Bruce Westerman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| July 28 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25 | 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 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | 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 | 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 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.6% | -9.6 |
| May 20 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.7% | -24.7 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | 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 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16 | 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 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| March 18 | 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 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | 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 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Bruce Westerman's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26 | 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 | 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 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Bruce Westerman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.7% | +38.3 |
| Average | 10.8% | 9.3% | +1.5 | |||
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