UPDATED Jan. 20, 2022, at 11:51 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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Deb FischerR

Republican senator for Nebraska

Biden margin

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

Biden score

How often Fischer votes in line with Biden’s position

Biden plus-minus

Difference between Fischer’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 Fischer votes in line with Biden’s positionDifference between Fischer’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
-19.1%
51.2%
+2.4+2.4
+2.4

117th Congress (2021-22)

Republican senator for Nebraska

DateMeasureBiden positionFischer voteAgree with Biden?Predicted chance of voting with Biden Plus-minus
Jan. 19Keeping Senate filibuster rules in place to block voting-rights legislation (52-48)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
oppose
Yes
 1.0%+99.0
Jan. 13Imposing additional sanctions over a Russian gas pipeline (55-44)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
oppose
Yes
 9.2%+90.8
Dec. 14, 2021Increasing the debt limit (50-49)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
No
support
No
 8.8%-8.8
Dec. 8, 2021Providing for congressional disapproval of COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandates for large businesses (52-48)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
oppose
Yes
 0.1%+99.9
Dec. 7, 2021Providing for congressional disapproval of the sale of certain weapons to Saudi Arabia (30-67)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
No
oppose
No
 90.0%-90.0
Dec. 2, 2021Extending government funding (69-28)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
No
support
No
 47.2%-47.2
Aug. 11, 2021$3.5 trillion budget plan (50-49)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
No
support
No
 8.9%-8.9
Aug. 10, 2021Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (69-30)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 49.1%+50.9
July 29, 2021Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (98-0)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
June 22, 2021Expanding voting rights and strengthening campaign finance regulations and ethics rules (50-50)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
No
support
No
 8.8%-8.8
June 8, 2021Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (49-50)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
No
support
No
 8.8%-8.8
June 8, 2021Investing in science and technology manufacturing and research (68-32)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
No
support
No
 48.0%-48.0
May 28, 2021Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (54-35)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
No
support
No
 22.2%-22.2
May 19, 2021Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (50-48)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
No
support
No
 9.6%-9.6
May 11, 2021Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (52-47)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
No
support
No
 16.9%-16.9
April 29, 2021Providing money for safe drinking water and other water infrastructure (89-2)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 96.8%+3.2
April 28, 2021Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (52-42)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
No
support
No
 12.2%-12.2
April 22, 2021Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (94-1)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 98.4%+1.6
March 22, 2021Nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh to be secretary of labor (68-29)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 47.8%+52.2
March 18, 2021Nomination of Xavier Becerra to be secretary of health and human services (50-49)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
No
support
No
 8.6%-8.6
March 17, 2021Nomination of Katherine C. Tai to be United States trade representative (98-0)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
March 16, 2021Nomination of Isabella Casillas Guzman to be administrator of the Small Business Administration (81-17)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 71.8%+28.2
March 15, 2021Nomination of Debra Anne Haaland to be secretary of the interior (51-40)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
No
support
No
 14.7%-14.7
March 10, 2021Nomination of Michael Stanley Regan to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (66-34)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 38.0%+62.0
March 10, 2021Nomination of Merrick Brian Garland to be attorney general (70-30)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
No
support
No
 48.2%-48.2
March 10, 2021Nomination of Marcia Louise Fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development (66-34)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
No
support
No
 42.8%-42.8
March 6, 2021Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (50-49)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
No
support
No
 9.2%-9.2
March 2, 2021Nomination of Cecilia Elena Rouse to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (95-4)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 93.8%+6.2
March 2, 2021Nomination of Gina Marie Raimondo to be secretary of commerce (84-15)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 74.9%+25.1
March 1, 2021Nomination of Miguel A. Cardona to be secretary of education (64-33)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 36.0%+64.0
Feb. 25, 2021Nomination of Jennifer Mulhern Granholm to be secretary of energy (64-35)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
No
support
No
 40.2%-40.2
Feb. 23, 2021Nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (78-21)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 66.4%+33.6
Feb. 23, 2021Nomination of Thomas J. Vilsack to be secretary of agriculture (92-7)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 92.5%+7.5
Feb. 8, 2021Nomination of Denis Richard McDonough to be secretary of veterans affairs (87-7)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 88.5%+11.5
Feb. 2, 2021Nomination of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas to be secretary of homeland security (56-43)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
No
support
No
 21.9%-21.9
Feb. 2, 2021Nomination of Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg to be secretary of transportation (86-13)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 79.9%+20.1
Jan. 26, 2021Nomination of Antony John Blinken to be secretary of state (78-22)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 62.5%+37.5
Jan. 25, 2021Nomination of Janet Louise Yellen to be secretary of the treasury (84-15)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 75.4%+24.6
Jan. 22, 2021Nomination of Lloyd James Austin to be secretary of defense (93-2)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 96.8%+3.2
Jan. 21, 2021Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (69-27)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 74.0%+26.0
Jan. 20, 2021Nomination of Avril Danica Haines to be director of national intelligence (84-10)
Deb Fischer's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 83.6%+16.4
Average51.2%48.9%+2.4

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