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Republican representative for Texas’s 21st district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Roy votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Roy’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 Roy votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Roy’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-2.7% | 1.9% | -40.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Roy vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxins (256-174) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No |  | 59.6% | -59.6 |
| 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) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.0% | -34.0 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 84.1% | -84.1 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.5% | -82.5 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.6% | -27.6 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.4% | -22.4 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 70.8% | -70.8 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.7% | -27.7 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.5% | -23.5 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.2% | -27.2 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.9% | -27.9 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.3% | -21.3 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.3% | -40.3 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.2% | -37.2 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.5% | -41.5 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 72.1% | -72.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.6% | -25.6 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.8% | -22.8 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.6% | -23.6 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.6% | -23.6 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.6% | -23.6 |
| 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) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 98.1% | -98.1 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.2% | -32.2 |
| 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) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 97.0% | -97.0 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 53.6% | -53.6 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.4% | -33.4 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Chip Roy's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 28.2% | ||
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.0% | -44.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 56.9% | -56.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.9% | -23.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.0% | -28.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 59.0% | -59.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Chip Roy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 63.1% | +36.9 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.3% | -33.3 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.2% | -60.2 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.2% | -91.2 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 83.2% | -83.2 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.4% | -21.4 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.9% | -23.9 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.9% | -23.9 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.6% | -24.6 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.7% | -62.7 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.6% | -24.6 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.7% | -57.7 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.2% | -40.2 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 59.3% | -59.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.8% | -23.8 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.0% | -36.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.3% | -21.3 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.0% | -31.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.3% | -26.3 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.1% | -27.1 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.1% | -37.1 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Chip Roy's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.7% | -28.7 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Chip Roy's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 79.4% | ||
| Average | 1.9% | 42.4% | -40.5 | |||
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