UPDATED Jun. 9, 2021, at 9:36 AM

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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Cliff BentzR

Republican representative for Oregon’s 2nd district

Biden margin

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

Biden score

How often Bentz votes in line with Biden’s position

Biden plus-minus

Difference between Bentz’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 Bentz votes in line with Biden’s positionDifference between Bentz’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
-13.5%
22.7%
+5.7+5.7
+5.7

117th Congress (2021-22)

Republican representative for Oregon’s 2nd district

DateMeasureBiden positionBentz voteAgree with Biden?Predicted chance of voting with Biden Plus-minus
May 20Providing 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 19Establishing 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 18Taking 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 14Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101)
Cliff Bentz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 67.8%+32.2
May 13Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207)
Cliff Bentz's Vote:
No
support
No
 0.4%-0.4
April 22Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208)
Cliff Bentz's Vote:
No
support
No
 0.5%-0.5
April 21Requiring 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 21Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208)
Cliff Bentz's Vote:
No
support
No
 0.5%-0.5
April 16Requiring 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 15Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210)
Cliff Bentz's Vote:
No
support
No
 0.5%-0.5
March 18Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174)
Cliff Bentz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 25.1%+74.9
March 18Creating 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 17Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172)
Cliff Bentz's Vote:
No
support
No
 26.1%-26.1
March 11Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210)
Cliff Bentz's Vote:
No
support
No
 0.5%-0.5
March 11Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203)
Cliff Bentz's Vote:
No
support
No
 3.0%-3.0
March 10Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211)
Cliff Bentz's Vote:
No
support
No
 0.3%-0.3
March 9Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206)
Cliff Bentz's Vote:
No
support
No
 1.4%-1.4
March 3Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210)
Cliff Bentz's Vote:
No
support
No
 1.8%-1.8
March 3Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212)
Cliff Bentz's Vote:
No
support
No
 1.4%-1.4
Feb. 26Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200)
Cliff Bentz's Vote:
No
support
No
 3.8%-3.8
Feb. 25Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206)
Cliff Bentz's Vote:
No
support
No
 0.9%-0.9
Jan. 21Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78)
Cliff Bentz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 74.5%+25.5
Average22.7%17.0%+5.7

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