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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% | 100.0% | +1.4 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Cooper vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxins (256-174) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| 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) Jim Cooper's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 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 | 100.0% | 98.6% | +1.4 | |||
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