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Democratic representative for Maryland’s 7th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Mfume votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Mfume’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 Mfume votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Mfume’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+58.4% | 100.0% | +0.3 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Mfume vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 94.2% | +5.8 |
| July 28 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| July 21 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Kweisi Mfume'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) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Kweisi Mfume'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) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Kweisi Mfume'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) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Kweisi Mfume'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) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Kweisi Mfume'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) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Kweisi Mfume'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) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Kweisi Mfume'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) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Kweisi Mfume's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.7% | +4.3 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.7% | +0.3 | |||
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