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Republican representative for Utah’s 4th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Owens votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Owens’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 Owens votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Owens’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-9.1% | 17.9% | -8.8 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Owens 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) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No |  | 22.6% | -22.6 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.6% | -4.6 |
| 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) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.5% | -25.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.6% | -49.6 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.7% | -4.7 |
| 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) Burgess Owens's Vote: Present | support | Present | 44.0% | ||
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.4% | -7.4 |
| 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) Burgess Owens's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 76.6% | +23.4 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Burgess Owens's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 46.7% | +53.3 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.0% | -60.0 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Burgess Owens's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.0% | +28.0 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.3% | -27.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Burgess Owens's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 42.5% | +57.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.9% | -4.9 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.4% | -39.4 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.8% | -4.8 |
| 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) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.7% | -5.7 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Burgess Owens's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 82.5% | ||
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.8% | -20.8 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.1% | -23.1 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.7% | -5.7 |
| 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) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.8% | -4.8 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.5% | -15.5 |
| 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) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 59.8% | -59.8 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.7% | -3.7 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.9% | -3.9 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.2% | -36.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Burgess Owens's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.6% | -30.6 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.0% | -45.0 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.3% | -18.3 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| 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) Burgess Owens's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 48.7% | +51.3 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.8% | -6.8 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Burgess Owens's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.0% | +24.0 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.6% | -47.6 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.7% | -23.7 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.3% | -6.3 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Burgess Owens's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.7% | +20.3 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Burgess Owens's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.6% | -19.6 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.3% | -26.3 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.2% | -10.2 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.2% | -10.2 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.2% | -6.2 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.9% | -6.9 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Burgess Owens's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 43.3% | +56.7 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.7% | -62.7 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.4% | -19.4 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.0% | -25.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.8% | -10.8 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.8% | -45.8 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.9% | -43.9 |
| 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) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.3% | -8.3 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Burgess Owens's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.9% | +22.1 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Burgess Owens's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.8% | +24.2 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.4% | -6.4 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.0% | -3.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Burgess Owens's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.8% | +39.2 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.9% | -5.9 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.4% | -3.4 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.7% | -5.7 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.0% | -6.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.4% | -28.4 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.0% | -12.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.1% | -17.1 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Burgess Owens's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.5% | +43.5 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.4% | -43.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.2% | -5.2 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.4% | -3.4 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.4% | -3.4 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.4% | -3.4 |
| 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) Burgess Owens's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.7% | -17.7 |
| 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) Burgess Owens's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.1% | -32.1 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.3% | -11.3 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.3% | -5.3 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.4% | -17.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.1% | -32.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.5% | -3.5 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.0% | -6.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.8% | -32.8 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.5% | -51.5 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.7% | -19.7 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.0% | -42.0 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Burgess Owens's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.0% | +13.0 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Burgess Owens's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.7% | +25.3 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.5% | -3.5 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.5% | -3.5 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.5% | -3.5 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.9% | -45.9 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.5% | -3.5 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.5% | -37.5 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.7% | -13.7 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.8% | -38.8 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.3% | -10.3 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.7% | -6.7 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.7% | -6.7 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.1% | -6.1 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.8% | -11.8 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Burgess Owens's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.0% | -5.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Burgess Owens's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.6% | +23.4 |
| Average | 17.9% | 26.7% | -8.8 | |||
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