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Former Democratic representative for Tennessee’s 5th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Cooper votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Cooper’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 Cooper votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Cooper’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+23.6% | 99.1% | +1.0 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Cooper 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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.4% | +7.6 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.0% | +3.0 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.3% | +2.7 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.6% | +10.4 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.7% | +3.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Jim Cooper's Vote: No | support | No |  | 81.8% | -81.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.3% | +8.7 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| 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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.6% | +6.4 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.1% | +22.9 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| 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) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.4% | +2.6 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.2% | +4.8 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.3% | +13.7 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.5% | +7.5 |
| 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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.9% | +6.1 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.2% | +9.8 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Jim Cooper'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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.6% | +11.4 |
| Average | 99.1% | 98.2% | +1.0 | |||
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