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Democratic representative for California’s 20th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Panetta votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Panetta’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 Panetta votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Panetta’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+47.7% | 100.0% | +0.3 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Panetta vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 29 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.2% | +4.8 |
| July 28 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 22 | 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) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| July 21 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Jimmy Panetta's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.1% | +5.9 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.7% | +0.3 | |||
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