UPDATED Apr. 29, 2021, at 4:01 PM

Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden?

An updating tally of how often every member of the House and the Senate votes with or against the president.

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Chris JacobsR

Republican representative for New York’s 27th district

Biden margin

Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s

Biden score

How often Jacobs votes in line with Biden’s position

Biden plus-minus

Difference between Jacobs’s actual and predicted Biden support scores

Biden marginBiden scoreBiden plus-minus
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’sHow often Jacobs votes in line with Biden’s positionDifference between Jacobs’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
-15.7%
25.0%
+15.5+15.5
+15.5

117th Congress (2021-22)

Republican representative for New York’s 27th district

DateMeasureBiden positionJacobs voteAgree with Biden?Predicted chance of voting with Biden Plus-minus
April 22Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208)
Chris Jacobs's Vote:
No
support
No
 0.2%-0.2
April 21Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207)
Chris Jacobs's Vote:
No
support
No
 0.2%-0.2
April 21Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208)
Chris Jacobs's Vote:
No
support
No
 0.1%-0.1
April 16Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166)
Chris Jacobs's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 29.3%+70.7
March 18Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174)
Chris Jacobs's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 19.8%+80.2
March 18Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197)
Chris Jacobs's Vote:
No
support
No
 2.4%-2.4
March 17Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172)
Chris Jacobs's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 20.7%+79.3
March 11Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210)
Chris Jacobs's Vote:
No
support
No
 0.1%-0.1
March 11Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203)
Chris Jacobs's Vote:
No
support
No
 1.4%-1.4
March 10Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211)
Chris Jacobs's Vote:
No
support
No
 0.1%-0.1
March 9Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206)
Chris Jacobs's Vote:
No
support
No
 0.6%-0.6
March 3Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210)
Chris Jacobs's Vote:
No
support
No
 0.9%-0.9
March 3Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212)
Chris Jacobs's Vote:
No
support
No
 0.6%-0.6
Feb. 26Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200)
Chris Jacobs's Vote:
No
support
No
 1.9%-1.9
Feb. 25Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206)
Chris Jacobs's Vote:
No
support
No
 0.3%-0.3
Jan. 21Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78)
Chris Jacobs's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 73.5%+26.5
Average25.0%9.5%+15.5

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