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UPDATED Jan. 3, 2023, at 3:18 PM

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David G. ValadaoR

Republican representative for California’s 21st district

Biden margin

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

Biden score

How often Valadao votes in line with Biden’s position

Biden plus-minus

Difference between Valadao’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 Valadao votes in line with Biden’s positionDifference between Valadao’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
+10.9%
30.1%
-60.4-60.4
-60.4

117th Congress (2021-22)

Republican representative for California’s 21st district

DateMeasureBiden positionValadao voteAgree 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)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
80.8%-80.8
Dec. 15,
2022
Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
96.0%-96.0
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)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
89.3%-89.3
Dec. 14,
2022
Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
80.8%+19.2
Dec. 14,
2022
Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
95.7%-95.7
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)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
91.4%+8.6
Dec. 6,
2022
Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
93.1%-93.1
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)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
92.4%+7.6
Dec. 1,
2022
Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
87.4%+12.6
Nov. 30,
2022
Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
80.7%+19.3
Nov. 16,
2022
Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
91.3%+8.7
Sept. 30,
2022
Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
81.4%-81.4
Sept. 29,
2022
Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
68.5%-68.5
Sept. 29,
2022
Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
94.0%-94.0
Sept. 22,
2022
Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
88.6%+11.4
Sept. 22,
2022
Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
94.0%-94.0
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)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
94.5%-94.5
Sept. 22,
2022
Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
88.4%+11.6
Sept. 21,
2022
Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
86.3%-86.3
Sept. 21,
2022
Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Not Voting
support
Didn't Vote
91.9%
Sept. 15,
2022
Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
93.8%-93.8
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)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
93.2%-93.2
Sept. 15,
2022
Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
88.5%-88.5
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)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
94.0%-94.0
July 29,
2022
Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
90.6%+9.4
July 29,
2022
Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
93.3%-93.3
July 29,
2022
Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
90.7%-90.7
July 28,
2022
Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
84.9%-84.9
July 27,
2022
Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
98.8%+1.2
July 27,
2022
Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
85.5%-85.5
July 27,
2022
Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
81.1%-81.1
July 21,
2022
Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
88.1%-88.1
July 20,
2022
Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
93.9%-93.9
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)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
92.4%+7.6
July 15,
2022
Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
92.9%-92.9
July 15,
2022
Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
93.3%-93.3
July 14,
2022
Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
76.7%+23.3
July 13,
2022
Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
86.9%+13.1
June 24,
2022
Expanding firearm regulations (234-193)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
88.8%-88.8
June 23,
2022
Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
93.3%-93.3
June 22,
2022
Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
94.3%+5.7
June 22,
2022
Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
98.1%+1.9
June 16,
2022
Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
79.0%-79.0
June 15,
2022
Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
92.3%-92.3
June 14,
2022
Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
84.9%-84.9
June 9,
2022
Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
91.6%-91.6
June 8,
2022
Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
90.3%-90.3
May 18,
2022
Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
92.7%-92.7
May 17,
2022
Expanding employment and training programs (220-196)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
94.7%-94.7
May 13,
2022
Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
83.4%+16.6
May 12,
2022
Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
96.5%-96.5
May 11,
2022
Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
90.9%+9.1
March 31,
2022
Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
91.3%-91.3
March 18,
2022
Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
89.3%-89.3
March 17,
2022
Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
88.9%-88.9
March 9,
2022
The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
89.2%+10.8
March 3,
2022
Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
86.1%+13.9
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)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
95.1%-95.1
Feb. 8,
2022
Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
93.2%+6.8
Feb. 7,
2022
Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
92.5%+7.5
Feb. 4,
2022
Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
91.6%-91.6
Jan. 13,
2022
Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
94.8%-94.8
Jan. 12,
2022
Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
87.0%+13.0
Dec. 15,
2021
Increasing the debt limit (221-209)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
92.8%-92.8
Dec. 14,
2021
Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
94.7%-94.7
Dec. 9,
2021
Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
92.7%-92.7
Dec. 2,
2021
Extending government funding (221-212)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
93.0%-93.0
Nov. 19,
2021
Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
95.3%-95.3
Nov. 5,
2021
Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
67.2%-67.2
Nov. 4,
2021
Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
93.0%-93.0
Oct. 26,
2021
Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
91.1%-91.1
Oct. 22,
2021
Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
93.1%+6.9
Sept. 30,
2021
Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
85.8%+14.2
Sept. 29,
2021
Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
92.0%-92.0
Sept. 24,
2021
Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
94.2%-94.2
Sept. 21,
2021
Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
94.8%-94.8
Aug. 24,
2021
Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
94.8%-94.8
Aug. 24,
2021
$3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
94.8%-94.8
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)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
97.6%+2.4
July 28,
2021
Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
69.9%-69.9
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)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
98.3%+1.7
July 21,
2021
Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
89.8%-89.8
July 20,
2021
Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
89.2%-89.2
July 1,
2021
Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
94.8%-94.8
June 25,
2021
Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
93.6%-93.6
June 24,
2021
Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
93.7%-93.7
June 24,
2021
Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
94.8%-94.8
June 24,
2021
Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
93.2%-93.2
June 23,
2021
Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
95.2%-95.2
June 17,
2021
Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
83.2%-83.2
May 20,
2021
Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
67.7%-67.7
May 19,
2021
Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
89.1%+10.9
May 18,
2021
Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
96.6%+3.4
May 14,
2021
Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
94.5%+5.5
May 13,
2021
Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
93.8%-93.8
April 22,
2021
Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
94.8%-94.8
April 21,
2021
Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
94.8%-94.8
April 21,
2021
Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
95.6%-95.6
April 16,
2021
Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
89.1%-89.1
April 15,
2021
Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
95.5%-95.5
March 18,
2021
Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
90.1%+9.9
March 18,
2021
Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
94.0%+6.0
March 17,
2021
Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
90.9%+9.1
March 11,
2021
Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
95.2%-95.2
March 11,
2021
Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
94.2%-94.2
March 10,
2021
Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
95.3%-95.3
March 9,
2021
Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
94.9%-94.9
March 3,
2021
Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
88.4%-88.4
March 3,
2021
Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
91.6%-91.6
Feb. 26,
2021
Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
93.3%-93.3
Feb. 25,
2021
Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
No
support
No
95.8%-95.8
Jan. 21,
2021
Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78)
David G. Valadao's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
84.6%+15.4
Average30.1%90.5%-60.4

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