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Republican senator for Nebraska
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Fischer votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Fischer’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 Fischer votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Fischer’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-19.1% | 57.1% | +4.4 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Fischer vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 11 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (50-49) Deb Fischer's Vote: No | support | No |  | 8.9% | -8.9 |
| Aug. 10 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (69-30) Deb Fischer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 49.1% | +50.9 |
| July 29 | Providing 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 | Expanding 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 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (49-50) Deb Fischer's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.8% | -8.8 |
| June 8 | Investing in science and technology manufacturing and research (68-32) Deb Fischer's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.0% | -48.0 |
| May 28 | Establishing 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 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (50-48) Deb Fischer's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.6% | -9.6 |
| May 11 | Repealing 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 | Providing money for safe drinking water and other water infrastructure (89-2) Deb Fischer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| April 28 | Repealing 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 | Taking 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 | Nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh to be secretary of labor (68-29) Deb Fischer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 47.8% | +52.2 |
| March 18 | Nomination 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 | Nomination 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 | Nomination 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 | Nomination 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 | Nomination 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 | Nomination of Merrick Brian Garland to be attorney general (70-30) Deb Fischer's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.2% | -48.2 |
| March 10 | Nomination 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 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (50-49) Deb Fischer's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.2% | -9.2 |
| March 2 | Nomination 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 | Nomination of Gina Marie Raimondo to be secretary of commerce (84-15) Deb Fischer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.9% | +25.1 |
| March 1 | Nomination of Miguel A. Cardona to be secretary of education (64-33) Deb Fischer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 36.0% | +64.0 |
| Feb. 25 | Nomination of Jennifer Mulhern Granholm to be secretary of energy (64-35) Deb Fischer's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.2% | -40.2 |
| Feb. 23 | Nomination 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 | Nomination of Thomas J. Vilsack to be secretary of agriculture (92-7) Deb Fischer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.5% | +7.5 |
| Feb. 8 | Nomination 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 | Nomination 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 | Nomination 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 | Nomination of Antony John Blinken to be secretary of state (78-22) Deb Fischer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.5% | +37.5 |
| Jan. 25 | Nomination 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 | Nomination of Lloyd James Austin to be secretary of defense (93-2) Deb Fischer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (69-27) Deb Fischer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.0% | +26.0 |
| Jan. 20 | Nomination of Avril Danica Haines to be director of national intelligence (84-10) Deb Fischer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.6% | +16.4 |
| Average | 57.1% | 52.8% | +4.4 | |||
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