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Garret GravesR

Republican representative for Louisiana’s 6th district

Biden margin

Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s

Biden score

How often Graves votes in line with Biden’s position

Biden plus-minus

Difference between Graves’s actual and predicted Biden support scores

Biden marginBiden scoreBiden plus-minus
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’sHow often Graves votes in line with Biden’s positionDifference between Graves’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
-29.4%
18.9%
+8.2+8.2
+8.2

117th Congress (2021-22)

Republican representative for Louisiana’s 6th district

DateMeasureBiden positionGraves voteAgree with Biden?Predicted chance of voting with Biden Plus-minus
Dec. 23,
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 (225-201)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.8%-0.8
Dec. 15,
2022
Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Dec. 15,
2022
Allowing Puerto Rico to hold a referendum on whether to become a U.S. state, an independent country or a sovereign government (233-191)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.5%-0.5
Dec. 14,
2022
Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
18.3%+81.7
Dec. 14,
2022
Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Dec. 8,
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 (258-169)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
4.5%-4.5
Dec. 6,
2022
Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Dec. 1,
2022
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)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
50.3%+49.7
Dec. 1,
2022
Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
9.2%-9.2
Nov. 30,
2022
Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
35.5%+64.5
Nov. 16,
2022
Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
41.9%+58.1
Sept. 30,
2022
Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
1.7%+98.3
Sept. 29,
2022
Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
19.2%-19.2
Sept. 29,
2022
Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Sept. 22,
2022
Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
3.9%-3.9
Sept. 22,
2022
Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Sept. 22,
2022
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)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Sept. 22,
2022
Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
75.0%+25.0
Sept. 21,
2022
Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.3%-0.3
Sept. 21,
2022
Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
0.2%+99.8
Sept. 15,
2022
Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Sept. 15,
2022
Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Sept. 15,
2022
Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.1%-0.1
Aug. 12,
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 (220-207)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
July 29,
2022
Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
20.2%-20.2
July 29,
2022
Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
July 29,
2022
Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
July 28,
2022
Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
4.0%-4.0
July 27,
2022
Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
94.2%+5.8
July 27,
2022
Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
1.8%-1.8
July 27,
2022
Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
12.5%-12.5
July 21,
2022
Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.1%-0.1
July 20,
2022
Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
July 19,
2022
Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
6.4%-6.4
July 15,
2022
Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
July 15,
2022
Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
July 14,
2022
Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
75.4%+24.6
July 13,
2022
Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
10.4%+89.6
June 24,
2022
Expanding firearm regulations (234-193)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.4%-0.4
June 23,
2022
Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
June 22,
2022
Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
52.5%+47.5
June 22,
2022
Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
89.9%+10.1
June 16,
2022
Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.6%-0.6
June 15,
2022
Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
June 14,
2022
Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
1.0%-1.0
June 9,
2022
Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
June 8,
2022
Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
May 18,
2022
Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
May 17,
2022
Expanding employment and training programs (220-196)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
May 13,
2022
Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
9.2%-9.2
May 12,
2022
Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
May 11,
2022
Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
24.1%-24.1
March 31,
2022
Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.1%-0.1
March 18,
2022
Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.4%-0.4
March 17,
2022
Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
March 9,
2022
The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
7.1%-7.1
March 3,
2022
Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
7.9%-7.9
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)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Feb. 8,
2022
Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
51.5%+48.5
Feb. 7,
2022
Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
48.1%+51.9
Feb. 4,
2022
Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Not Voting
support
Didn't Vote
0.0%
Jan. 13,
2022
Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Jan. 12,
2022
Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
27.8%-27.8
Dec. 15,
2021
Increasing the debt limit (221-209)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Dec. 14,
2021
Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Dec. 9,
2021
Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Dec. 2,
2021
Extending government funding (221-212)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Nov. 19,
2021
Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Nov. 5,
2021
Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
5.4%-5.4
Nov. 4,
2021
Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Oct. 26,
2021
Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.1%-0.1
Oct. 22,
2021
Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
12.0%-12.0
Sept. 30,
2021
Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
7.8%+92.2
Sept. 29,
2021
Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Sept. 24,
2021
Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Sept. 21,
2021
Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Aug. 24,
2021
Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Aug. 24,
2021
$3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%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)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
98.9%+1.1
July 28,
2021
Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.8%-0.8
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)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
92.2%+7.8
July 21,
2021
Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
1.3%-1.3
July 20,
2021
Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
July 1,
2021
Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
June 25,
2021
Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Not Voting
support
Didn't Vote
0.0%
June 24,
2021
Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.6%-0.6
June 24,
2021
Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%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)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
June 23,
2021
Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.5%-0.5
June 17,
2021
Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
18.4%-18.4
May 20,
2021
Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
1.5%-1.5
May 19,
2021
Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
4.9%-4.9
May 18,
2021
Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
65.9%+34.1
May 14,
2021
Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
39.0%+61.0
May 13,
2021
Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
April 22,
2021
Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
April 21,
2021
Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
April 21,
2021
Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
April 16,
2021
Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
7.2%+92.8
April 15,
2021
Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
March 18,
2021
Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
2.6%-2.6
March 18,
2021
Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
March 17,
2021
Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
2.7%-2.7
March 11,
2021
Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
March 11,
2021
Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
March 10,
2021
Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
March 9,
2021
Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
March 3,
2021
Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
March 3,
2021
Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Feb. 26,
2021
Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Feb. 25,
2021
Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206)
Garret Graves's Vote:
No
support
No
0.0%0.0
Jan. 21,
2021
Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78)
Garret Graves's Vote:
Not Voting
support
Didn't Vote
66.5%
Average18.9%10.7%+8.2

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