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Democratic representative for Connecticut’s 2nd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Courtney votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Courtney’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 Courtney votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Courtney’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+11.0% | 100.0% | +9.3 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Courtney 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) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 81.0% | +19.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.1% | +3.9 |
| 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) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.5% | +10.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.9% | +19.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.9% | +4.1 |
| 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) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.6% | +8.4 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.3% | +6.7 |
| 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) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.5% | +7.5 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.5% | +12.5 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.8% | +19.2 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.4% | +8.6 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.6% | +18.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.6% | +31.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.2% | +5.8 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.7% | +11.3 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.2% | +5.8 |
| 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) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.7% | +5.3 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.4% | +11.6 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.5% | +13.5 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.1% | +7.9 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.0% | +6.0 |
| 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) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.4% | +6.6 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.7% | +11.3 |
| 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) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.2% | +5.8 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.7% | +9.3 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.5% | +6.5 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.9% | +9.1 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.0% | +15.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.7% | +14.3 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.3% | +18.7 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.3% | +11.7 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.1% | +5.9 |
| 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) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.5% | +7.5 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.1% | +6.9 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.5% | +6.5 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.7% | +23.3 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.0% | +13.0 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.0% | +11.0 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.5% | +6.5 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.4% | +5.6 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.2% | +20.8 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.6% | +7.4 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.1% | +14.9 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.8% | +8.2 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.5% | +9.5 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.9% | +7.1 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.9% | +5.1 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.6% | +16.4 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.6% | +3.4 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.0% | +9.0 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.5% | +8.5 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.5% | +10.5 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.1% | +10.9 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.3% | +10.7 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.2% | +13.8 |
| 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) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.2% | +6.8 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.5% | +7.5 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.9% | +8.1 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.0% | +5.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.0% | +13.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.0% | +7.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.8% | +5.2 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.9% | +7.1 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.2% | +6.8 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.4% | +32.6 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.2% | +6.8 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.2% | +8.8 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.2% | +6.8 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.9% | +14.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.2% | +7.8 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.4% | +5.6 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.0% | +5.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.0% | +5.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.0% | +5.0 |
| 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) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.2% | +29.8 |
| 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) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.9% | +10.1 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.4% | +10.6 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.0% | +5.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.7% | +6.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.8% | +6.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.0% | +5.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.4% | +6.6 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.3% | +16.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.9% | +32.1 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.3% | +10.7 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.7% | +3.3 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.5% | +5.5 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.0% | +6.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.0% | +5.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.0% | +5.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.7% | +4.3 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.3% | +10.7 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.7% | +4.3 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.2% | +9.8 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.1% | +5.9 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.0% | +9.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.4% | +4.6 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.3% | +5.7 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.1% | +4.9 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.7% | +11.3 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.8% | +8.2 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.5% | +6.5 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.0% | +4.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Joe Courtney's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.6% | +15.4 |
| Average | 100.0% | 90.7% | +9.3 | |||
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