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Democratic representative for California’s 26th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Brownley votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Brownley’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 Brownley votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Brownley’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+24.9% | 100.0% | +1.4 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Brownley vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 15 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Aug. 12 | 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) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| July 29 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| July 27 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| July 27 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| July 27 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.4% | +5.6 |
| July 21 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| July 20 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 19 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.2% | +22.8 |
| July 13 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.4% | +2.6 |
| June 24 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| June 23 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| June 22 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| June 16 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| June 15 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| June 9 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 8 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| May 18 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Julia Brownley's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 100.0% | ||
| May 13 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
| May 12 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| March 31 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 18 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| March 17 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 9 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
| 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) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.7% | +4.3 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Julia Brownley'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) Julia Brownley'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) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Julia Brownley'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) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.7% | +12.3 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Julia Brownley'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) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Julia Brownley'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) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.8% | +6.2 |
| 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) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Julia Brownley'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) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Julia Brownley'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) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.6% | +5.4 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.6% | +8.4 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Julia Brownley'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) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Julia Brownley'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) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Julia Brownley'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) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Julia Brownley's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.0% | +11.0 |
| Average | 100.0% | 98.6% | +1.4 | |||
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