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Democratic representative for Illinois’s 9th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Schakowsky votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Schakowsky’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 Schakowsky votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Schakowsky’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+43.6% | 99.1% | -0.4 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Schakowsky 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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.0% | +3.0 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.3% | +5.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.7% | +5.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: No | support | No |  | 77.8% | -77.8 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| 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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Jan Schakowsky'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) Jan Schakowsky'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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Jan Schakowsky'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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Jan Schakowsky'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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Jan Schakowsky'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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Jan Schakowsky'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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Jan Schakowsky'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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Jan Schakowsky'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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Jan Schakowsky'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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Jan Schakowsky'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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Jan Schakowsky'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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Jan Schakowsky'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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Jan Schakowsky'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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Jan Schakowsky'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) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Jan Schakowsky's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.4% | +6.6 |
| Average | 99.1% | 99.5% | -0.4 | |||
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