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Republican representative for Illinois’s 18th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often LaHood votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between LaHood’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 LaHood votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between LaHood’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-24.2% | 8.8% | -4.3 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | LaHood 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) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No |  | 2.4% | -2.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.9% | -24.9 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.7% | -9.7 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.6% | -57.6 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.6% | -15.6 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Darin LaHood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 41.6% | +58.4 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.9% | -49.9 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.1% | -4.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.3% | -24.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.3% | -8.3 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Darin LaHood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.0% | +23.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| 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) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.9% | -28.9 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.1% | -8.1 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Darin LaHood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.1% | +4.9 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.5% | -4.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.8% | -18.8 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.7% | -12.7 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 75.5% | -75.5 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.1% | -17.1 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Darin LaHood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.2% | +39.8 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Darin LaHood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.6% | +8.4 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.1% | -15.1 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.0% | -33.0 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.2% | -13.2 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.8% | -13.8 |
| 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) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.9% | -58.9 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 55.7% | -55.7 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.7% | -35.7 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.0% | -9.0 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.3% | -20.3 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.6% | -13.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Darin LaHood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.2% | -2.2 |
| 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) Darin LaHood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.5% | +6.5 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.4% | -2.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.5% | -25.5 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.0% | -10.0 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Darin LaHood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.4% | +27.6 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.5% | -48.5 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.3% | -13.3 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.3% | -6.3 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.6% | -6.6 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Darin LaHood's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Darin LaHood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.2% | +30.8 |
| Average | 8.8% | 13.1% | -4.3 | |||
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