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Republican representative for Oregon’s 2nd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Bentz votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Bentz’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 Bentz votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Bentz’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-13.5% | 14.5% | -3.9 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Bentz 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) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No |  | 33.5% | -33.5 |
| 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) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Cliff Bentz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 72.9% | +27.1 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 70.5% | -70.5 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 53.5% | -53.5 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.3% | -21.3 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.9% | -3.9 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.3% | -7.3 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.0% | -45.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| 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) Cliff Bentz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.7% | -10.7 |
| 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) Cliff Bentz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.9% | -19.9 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.0% | -4.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.0% | -7.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.3% | -18.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.2% | -18.2 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.4% | -43.4 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.7% | -12.7 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Cliff Bentz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 30.3% | +69.7 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Cliff Bentz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.4% | +16.6 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Cliff Bentz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.8% | +32.2 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.5% | -34.5 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Cliff Bentz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 25.1% | +74.9 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.7% | -4.7 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.1% | -26.1 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.0% | -3.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Cliff Bentz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Cliff Bentz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.5% | +25.5 |
| Average | 14.5% | 18.4% | -3.9 | |||
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