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Former Democratic representative for Illinois’s 17th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Bustos votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Bustos’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 Bustos votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Bustos’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-1.6% | 100.0% | +50.9 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Bustos 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) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 44.3% | +55.7 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 34.5% | +65.5 |
| 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) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.2% | +47.8 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.6% | +37.4 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 34.4% | +65.6 |
| 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) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.3% | +33.7 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 36.3% | +63.7 |
| 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) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.9% | +16.1 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.7% | +35.3 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.6% | +31.4 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.9% | +19.1 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 48.2% | +51.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.5% | +47.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 32.7% | +67.3 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.1% | +38.9 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 32.4% | +67.6 |
| 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) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 35.0% | +65.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.9% | +15.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 46.1% | +53.9 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.6% | +47.4 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 34.0% | +66.0 |
| 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) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 31.6% | +68.4 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 42.7% | +57.3 |
| 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) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 28.4% | +71.6 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.2% | +25.8 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 28.9% | +71.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 27.3% | +72.7 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.6% | +43.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.2% | +46.8 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.0% | +40.0 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 45.1% | +54.9 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 28.4% | +71.6 |
| 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) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.7% | +30.3 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 35.1% | +64.9 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 27.6% | +72.4 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.3% | +23.7 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.9% | +35.1 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 50.3% | +49.7 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 34.6% | +65.4 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.7% | +13.3 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.6% | +3.4 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 40.8% | +59.2 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 25.6% | +74.4 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.6% | +50.4 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.0% | +61.0 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 38.0% | +62.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 33.9% | +66.1 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 37.5% | +62.5 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.2% | +39.8 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 34.6% | +65.4 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.9% | +24.1 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 48.8% | ||
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.8% | +48.2 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 37.7% | +62.3 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.4% | +34.6 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.2% | +37.8 |
| 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) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 40.3% | +59.7 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.1% | +14.9 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.6% | +16.4 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 33.2% | +66.8 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 28.6% | +71.4 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.4% | +27.6 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 33.5% | +66.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 29.7% | +70.3 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 33.0% | +67.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 33.7% | +66.3 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 27.5% | +72.5 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 42.5% | +57.5 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 42.8% | +57.2 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 46.4% | +53.6 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 74.5% | ||
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.7% | +38.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 31.2% | +68.8 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 28.9% | +71.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 29.8% | +70.2 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 29.8% | +70.2 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 29.8% | +70.2 |
| 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) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 35.1% | +64.9 |
| 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) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.3% | +42.7 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 38.4% | +61.6 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 34.5% | +65.5 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.4% | +50.6 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.2% | +38.8 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 30.1% | +69.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 33.9% | +66.1 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.5% | +36.5 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.0% | +35.0 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 35.9% | +64.1 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.2% | +36.8 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.8% | +8.2 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.5% | +15.5 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 27.2% | +72.8 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 30.1% | +69.9 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 30.1% | +69.9 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 31.0% | +69.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.5% | +34.5 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 31.1% | +68.9 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.1% | +38.9 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 45.9% | +54.1 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.7% | +37.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 30.1% | +69.9 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 42.0% | +58.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 27.5% | +72.5 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 37.3% | +62.7 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 31.4% | +68.6 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 32.7% | +67.3 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 42.8% | +57.2 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 35.3% | +64.7 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Cheri Bustos's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.8% | +20.2 |
| Average | 100.0% | 49.1% | +50.9 | |||
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