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Democratic representative for Texas’s 28th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Cuellar votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Cuellar’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 Cuellar votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Cuellar’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+4.4% | 94.5% | +21.1 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Cuellar vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 15 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 70.0% | +30.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.0% | +32.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.4% | +31.6 |
| 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) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.3% | +32.7 |
| July 29 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.4% | +16.6 |
| July 29 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.7% | +33.3 |
| July 29 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Henry Cuellar's Vote: No | support | No |  | 62.6% | -62.6 |
| July 28 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.9% | +28.1 |
| July 27 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| July 27 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.8% | +29.2 |
| July 27 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.1% | +28.9 |
| July 21 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.2% | +30.8 |
| July 20 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.3% | +32.7 |
| July 19 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.1% | +16.9 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.4% | +30.6 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Henry Cuellar's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.8% | -65.8 |
| July 14 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.5% | +23.5 |
| July 13 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.0% | +23.0 |
| June 24 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.2% | +27.8 |
| June 23 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.6% | +30.4 |
| June 22 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.0% | +9.0 |
| June 22 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.4% | +2.6 |
| June 16 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Henry Cuellar's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.5% | -60.5 |
| June 15 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.5% | +36.5 |
| June 14 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.8% | +31.2 |
| June 9 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.7% | +30.3 |
| June 8 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.9% | +32.1 |
| May 18 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.6% | +31.4 |
| May 17 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.0% | +27.0 |
| May 13 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.6% | +27.4 |
| May 12 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.6% | +25.4 |
| May 11 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.3% | +15.7 |
| March 31 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.8% | +26.2 |
| March 18 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.3% | +26.7 |
| March 17 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.3% | +33.7 |
| March 9 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.8% | +21.2 |
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.2% | +24.8 |
| 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) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.8% | +25.2 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.6% | +10.4 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.5% | +11.5 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.9% | +33.1 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.7% | +31.3 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.2% | +19.8 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.4% | +31.6 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.0% | +31.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.1% | +31.9 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.9% | +31.1 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.9% | +31.1 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.6% | +45.4 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.1% | +26.9 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.5% | +27.5 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.4% | +14.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.2% | +33.8 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Henry Cuellar's Vote: No | support | No | | 67.8% | -67.8 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.3% | +30.7 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.3% | +30.7 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.3% | +30.7 |
| 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) Henry Cuellar'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) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.1% | +47.9 |
| 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) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.8% | +2.2 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.9% | +24.1 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.0% | +33.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.6% | +28.4 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.5% | +23.5 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.1% | +18.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.5% | +30.5 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.2% | +30.8 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.6% | +16.4 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.6% | +25.4 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.3% | +48.7 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.8% | +22.2 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.5% | +5.5 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.2% | +9.8 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.4% | +33.6 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.5% | +30.5 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.5% | +30.5 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.2% | +28.8 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.8% | +21.2 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.2% | +28.8 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.8% | +22.2 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.5% | +24.5 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.1% | +20.9 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.2% | +29.8 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.2% | +25.8 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.9% | +31.1 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Henry Cuellar's Vote: No | support | No | | 73.1% | -73.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.6% | +37.4 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.5% | +33.5 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.4% | +26.6 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.7% | +26.3 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Henry Cuellar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.2% | +17.8 |
| Average | 94.5% | 73.4% | +21.1 | |||
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