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Democratic representative for Virginia’s 8th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Beyer votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Beyer’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
Biden margin | Biden score | Biden plus-minus |
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Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s | How often Beyer votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Beyer’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+56.5% | 100.0% | +0.2 |
Date | Measure | Biden position | Beyer vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
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March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxins (256-174) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
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 Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
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 Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.4% | +5.6 |
July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
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 Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
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 Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Don Beyer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
Average | 100.0% | 99.8% | +0.2 |
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