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Democratic senator for California
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Feinstein votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Feinstein’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 Feinstein votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Feinstein’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+29.2% | 100.0% | +2.8 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Feinstein vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 22, 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 (68-29) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing congressional disapproval of a rule governing charter school grants (49-49) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 99.7% | -99.7 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (80-15) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.8% | +21.2 |
| Nov. 29, 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 (61-36) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| Nov. 15, 2022 | Terminating the national COVID-19 emergency declared on March 13, 2020 (61-37) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 98.7% | -98.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (72-25) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Aug. 7, 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 (50-50) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Aug. 4, 2022 | Providing congressional disapproval of a rule that restored environmental regulations (50-47) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 100.0% | -100.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (64-33) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| June 23, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (65-33) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| June 16, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (84-14) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| May 26, 2022 | Providing congressional disapproval of a policy concerning federal asylum procedures (46-48) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 99.9% | -99.9 |
| May 3, 2022 | Providing for congressional disapproval of vaccine and mask requirements in Head Start programs (55-41) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 100.0% | -100.0 |
| April 7, 2022 | Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (53-47) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 28, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (68-28) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| March 15, 2022 | Providing congressional disapproval of the CDC's requirement of masks on planes, trains and buses (57-40) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 99.6% | -99.6 |
| March 15, 2022 | Nomination of Shalanda D. Young to be director of the Office of Management and Budget (61-36) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 99.2% | ||
| March 10, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (68-31) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| March 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (79-19) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| March 3, 2022 | Providing for congressional disapproval of the national COVID-19 emergency declaration (48-47) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Not Voting | oppose | Didn't Vote | 99.7% | ||
| March 2, 2022 | Providing for congressional disapproval of vaccine mandates for health care workers (49-44) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Not Voting | oppose | Didn't Vote | 99.5% | ||
| Feb. 28, 2022 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (46-48) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 100.0% | ||
| Jan. 19, 2022 | Keeping Senate filibuster rules in place to block voting-rights legislation (52-48) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 100.0% | -100.0 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Imposing additional sanctions over a Russian gas pipeline (55-44) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 97.8% | -97.8 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (50-49) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Dec. 8, 2021 | Providing for congressional disapproval of COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandates for large businesses (52-48) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 100.0% | -100.0 |
| Dec. 7, 2021 | Providing for congressional disapproval of the sale of certain weapons to Saudi Arabia (30-67) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 29.1% | -29.1 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (69-28) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| Oct. 7, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (50-48) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (65-35) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| Aug. 11, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (50-49) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Aug. 10, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (69-30) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| 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 (98-0) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2021 | Expanding voting rights and strengthening campaign finance regulations and ethics rules (50-50) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| June 8, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (49-50) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| June 8, 2021 | Investing in science and technology manufacturing and research (68-32) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| May 28, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (54-35) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| May 19, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (50-48) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| May 11, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (52-47) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| April 29, 2021 | Providing money for safe drinking water and other water infrastructure (89-2) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| April 28, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (52-42) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| April 22, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (94-1) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 22, 2021 | Nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh to be secretary of labor (68-29) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| March 18, 2021 | Nomination of Xavier Becerra to be secretary of health and human services (50-49) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 17, 2021 | Nomination of Katherine C. Tai to be United States trade representative (98-0) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 16, 2021 | Nomination of Isabella Casillas Guzman to be administrator of the Small Business Administration (81-17) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| March 15, 2021 | Nomination of Debra Anne Haaland to be secretary of the interior (51-40) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 10, 2021 | Nomination of Michael Stanley Regan to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (66-34) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| March 10, 2021 | Nomination of Merrick Brian Garland to be attorney general (70-30) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| March 10, 2021 | Nomination of Marcia Louise Fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development (66-34) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| March 6, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (50-49) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| March 2, 2021 | Nomination of Cecilia Elena Rouse to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (95-4) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| March 2, 2021 | Nomination of Gina Marie Raimondo to be secretary of commerce (84-15) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| March 1, 2021 | Nomination of Miguel A. Cardona to be secretary of education (64-33) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Nomination of Jennifer Mulhern Granholm to be secretary of energy (64-35) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| Feb. 23, 2021 | Nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (78-21) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| Feb. 23, 2021 | Nomination of Thomas J. Vilsack to be secretary of agriculture (92-7) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.8% | +6.2 |
| Feb. 8, 2021 | Nomination of Denis Richard McDonough to be secretary of veterans affairs (87-7) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| Feb. 2, 2021 | Nomination of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas to be secretary of homeland security (56-43) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Feb. 2, 2021 | Nomination of Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg to be secretary of transportation (86-13) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| Jan. 26, 2021 | Nomination of Antony John Blinken to be secretary of state (78-22) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Jan. 25, 2021 | Nomination of Janet Louise Yellen to be secretary of the treasury (84-15) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Jan. 22, 2021 | Nomination of Lloyd James Austin to be secretary of defense (93-2) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (69-27) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.9% | +32.1 |
| Jan. 20, 2021 | Nomination of Avril Danica Haines to be director of national intelligence (84-10) Dianne Feinstein's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| Average | 100.0% | 97.2% | +2.8 | |||
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