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Republican representative for Nebraska’s 2nd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Bacon votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Bacon’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 Bacon votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Bacon’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+6.6% | 31.7% | -49.2 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Bacon vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 1 | 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) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 90.0% | +10.0 |
| Dec. 1 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.1% | +18.9 |
| Nov. 30 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.9% | +23.1 |
| Nov. 16 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.3% | +11.7 |
| Sept. 30 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No |  | 71.5% | -71.5 |
| Sept. 29 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 63.2% | -63.2 |
| Sept. 29 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 80.6% | -80.6 |
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.2% | +18.8 |
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 80.6% | -80.6 |
| Sept. 22 | 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) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.0% | -82.0 |
| Sept. 22 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.3% | +12.7 |
| Sept. 21 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 75.3% | -75.3 |
| Sept. 21 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.6% | -82.6 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 80.7% | -80.7 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.3% | -79.3 |
| Sept. 15 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.5% | +23.5 |
| Aug. 12 | 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) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.4% | -79.4 |
| July 29 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.1% | +13.9 |
| July 29 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 78.6% | -78.6 |
| July 29 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 74.5% | -74.5 |
| July 28 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.8% | -76.8 |
| July 27 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| July 27 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.5% | +23.5 |
| July 27 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 74.7% | -74.7 |
| July 21 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.8% | -76.8 |
| July 20 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.4% | -79.4 |
| July 19 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.8% | +13.2 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.8% | -79.8 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 78.1% | -78.1 |
| July 14 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.6% | +23.4 |
| July 13 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.7% | +19.3 |
| June 24 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 78.8% | -78.8 |
| June 23 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 80.1% | -80.1 |
| June 22 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.2% | +7.8 |
| June 22 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| June 16 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.3% | +32.7 |
| June 15 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.2% | -76.2 |
| June 14 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 74.9% | -74.9 |
| June 9 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.0% | -79.0 |
| June 8 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 77.3% | -77.3 |
| May 18 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.2% | -79.2 |
| May 17 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 83.0% | -83.0 |
| May 13 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.6% | -76.6 |
| May 12 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.3% | +14.7 |
| May 11 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.8% | +13.2 |
| March 31 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.1% | +18.9 |
| March 18 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.7% | +20.3 |
| March 17 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 75.5% | -75.5 |
| March 9 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.8% | -82.8 |
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.3% | -79.3 |
| Feb. 9 | 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) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 84.2% | -84.2 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.9% | +9.1 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 90.0% | -90.0 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 77.5% | -77.5 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 80.9% | -80.9 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.7% | +17.3 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.2% | -79.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 80.9% | -80.9 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 78.9% | -78.9 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.6% | -79.6 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.4% | -81.4 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.0% | +41.0 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.8% | -81.8 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 80.3% | -80.3 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.5% | +11.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 77.4% | -77.4 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.9% | -79.9 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.2% | -81.2 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.2% | -81.2 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.2% | -81.2 |
| 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) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.8% | +2.2 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.4% | -58.4 |
| 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) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.5% | -81.5 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.1% | -76.1 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.3% | -82.3 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 83.9% | -83.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 86.5% | -86.5 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.3% | -81.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.9% | -79.9 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.6% | +11.4 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 77.8% | -77.8 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.0% | -57.0 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.2% | +17.8 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.9% | +8.1 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 78.9% | -78.9 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.3% | -81.3 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.3% | -81.3 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.8% | -82.8 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.8% | +17.2 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.8% | -82.8 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.7% | -82.7 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.7% | +16.3 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 83.8% | -83.8 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.0% | -82.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 83.1% | -83.1 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.4% | -81.4 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 83.2% | -83.2 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 73.2% | -73.2 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 77.3% | -77.3 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.1% | -82.1 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Don Bacon's Vote: No | support | No | | 84.2% | -84.2 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Don Bacon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.1% | +16.9 |
| Average | 31.7% | 80.9% | -49.2 | |||
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