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Republican representative for Alabama’s 6th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Palmer votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Palmer’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 Palmer votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Palmer’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-35.2% | 7.1% | -2.2 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Palmer vote | Agree 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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No |  | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.3% | -12.3 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 42.2% | +57.8 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.6% | -4.6 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.1% | -29.1 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.4% | -33.4 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.4% | -14.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 72.5% | -72.5 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.6% | -12.6 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Gary Palmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.0% | +7.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.5% | -7.5 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.6% | -2.6 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Gary Palmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.2% | +24.8 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.5% | -5.5 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.8% | -43.8 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Gary Palmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.8% | +12.2 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.9% | -4.9 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.9% | -15.9 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| 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) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.2% | -43.2 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.6% | -39.6 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Gary Palmer's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Gary Palmer's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 20.2% | ||
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.0% | -6.0 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.7% | -3.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| 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) Gary Palmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.6% | +9.4 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.1% | -12.1 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.2% | -58.2 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.1% | -29.1 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Gary Palmer'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) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Gary Palmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Gary Palmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.3% | +36.7 |
| Average | 7.1% | 9.3% | -2.2 | |||
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