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Republican representative for California’s 23rd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often McCarthy votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between McCarthy’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 McCarthy votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between McCarthy’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-16.6% | 14.6% | -2.1 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | McCarthy vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 15 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No |  | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Sept. 15 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| 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) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 29 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 44.0% | ||
| July 29 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.1% | ||
| July 29 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| July 28 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.2% | -19.2 |
| July 27 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 96.3% | +3.7 |
| July 27 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.7% | -13.7 |
| July 27 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.7% | -30.7 |
| July 21 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.6% | -4.6 |
| July 20 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 19 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.0% | -28.0 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 14 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.8% | +24.2 |
| July 13 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.8% | -30.8 |
| June 24 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.5% | -7.5 |
| June 23 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| June 22 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.8% | +29.2 |
| June 22 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.7% | +6.3 |
| June 16 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.0% | -7.0 |
| June 15 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 14 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.4% | -10.4 |
| June 9 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| June 8 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| May 18 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| May 17 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| May 13 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.5% | -27.5 |
| May 12 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| May 11 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 47.7% | +52.3 |
| March 31 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.5% | -4.5 |
| March 18 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.2% | -8.2 |
| March 17 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| March 9 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.1% | -27.1 |
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.8% | -26.8 |
| 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) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.1% | +30.9 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.4% | +33.6 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.2% | -48.2 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.0% | -17.0 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.5% | -3.5 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.1% | -37.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.1% | -7.1 |
| 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) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.0% | +5.0 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.2% | -13.2 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 11.3% | +88.7 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.8% | -10.8 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.9% | -37.9 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.9% | -8.9 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.0% | -23.0 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.5% | +19.5 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.4% | +37.6 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.3% | -27.3 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.9% | -17.9 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.7% | -18.7 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Kevin McCarthy's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.0% | +27.0 |
| Average | 14.6% | 16.7% | -2.1 | |||
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