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Republican representative for Texas’s 8th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Brady votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Brady’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 Brady votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Brady’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-42.5% | 12.9% | +4.4 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Brady vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 21 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Kevin Brady's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| July 28 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Kevin Brady's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.3% | +11.7 |
| July 21 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Kevin Brady's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
| July 20 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.6% | -6.6 |
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| May 18 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Kevin Brady's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 48.0% | +52.0 |
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.7% | -18.7 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Kevin Brady's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Kevin Brady's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 1.0% | +99.0 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Kevin Brady's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.1% | ||
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Kevin Brady's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Kevin Brady's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.1% | ||
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Kevin Brady's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Kevin Brady's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 59.2% | ||
| Average | 12.9% | 8.5% | +4.4 | |||
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