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Former Democratic representative for Texas’s 34th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Vela votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Vela’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 Vela votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Vela’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+4.0% | 100.0% | +27.9 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Vela vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 72.3% | +27.7 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.0% | +28.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.5% | +35.5 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.0% | +22.0 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.5% | +25.5 |
| Feb. 9, 2022 | 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) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.8% | +27.2 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.3% | +10.7 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.2% | +11.8 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.7% | +35.3 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.2% | +33.8 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.7% | +20.3 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Filemon Vela's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 66.2% | ||
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.6% | +33.4 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.9% | +34.1 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.7% | +33.3 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.3% | +33.7 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.8% | +46.2 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.3% | +28.7 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.0% | +29.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.8% | +15.2 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.0% | +26.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.0% | +36.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.4% | +34.6 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.8% | +33.2 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.8% | +33.2 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.8% | +33.2 |
| 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) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 50.9% | +49.1 |
| 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) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.8% | +25.2 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.2% | +34.8 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.4% | +30.6 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.9% | +25.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.0% | +20.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.0% | +33.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.0% | +33.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.5% | +17.5 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.0% | +26.0 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 50.3% | +49.7 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.0% | +23.0 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.4% | +5.6 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.9% | +10.1 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.9% | +36.1 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.0% | +33.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.0% | +33.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.8% | +31.2 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.0% | +22.0 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.8% | +31.2 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.8% | +23.2 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.9% | +26.1 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.1% | +21.9 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.7% | +32.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.3% | +27.7 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.3% | +33.7 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.0% | +29.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.6% | +39.4 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.4% | +35.6 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.6% | +28.4 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.4% | +28.6 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Filemon Vela's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.1% | +17.9 |
| Average | 100.0% | 72.1% | +27.9 | |||
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