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Former Republican representative for Nebraska’s 1st district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Fortenberry votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Fortenberry’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 Fortenberry votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Fortenberry’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-15.0% | 23.7% | +6.4 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Fortenberry vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 6.5% | ||
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No |  | 10.8% | -10.8 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.8% | -30.8 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.2% | -30.2 |
| 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) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 71.1% | +28.9 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.5% | +31.5 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.0% | +49.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.7% | ||
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.2% | -19.2 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.2% | -5.2 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 41.1% | +58.9 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.8% | -29.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| 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) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.8% | -8.8 |
| 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) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 16.4% | +83.6 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.6% | -2.6 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.8% | -4.8 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.6% | -14.6 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 14.3% | +85.7 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.7% | -40.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.8% | -10.8 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 26.6% | +73.4 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.1% | +17.9 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.2% | +34.8 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 30.9% | +69.1 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 21.4% | ||
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.0% | -3.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.3% | -22.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.4% | -2.4 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Jeff Fortenberry's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.8% | +26.2 |
| Average | 23.7% | 17.4% | +6.4 | |||
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