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Republican representative for Texas’s 5th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Gooden votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Gooden’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 Gooden votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Gooden’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-23.0% | 8.8% | -4.9 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Gooden 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) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No |  | 3.0% | -3.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.4% | -2.4 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.7% | -26.7 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.4% | -11.4 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Lance Gooden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 59.3% | +40.7 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.4% | -17.4 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.1% | -43.1 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Lance Gooden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.7% | +48.3 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.0% | -5.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.6% | -25.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.8% | -9.8 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 77.5% | -77.5 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| 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) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Lance Gooden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 31.1% | +68.9 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.4% | -9.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Lance Gooden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.5% | -5.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.4% | -20.4 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.6% | -14.6 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 75.6% | -75.6 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.9% | -18.9 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.0% | -62.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Lance Gooden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.0% | +8.0 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.2% | -2.2 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.6% | -3.6 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.8% | -16.8 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.2% | -35.2 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.2% | -2.2 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.0% | -15.0 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.5% | -15.5 |
| 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) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.6% | -60.6 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.4% | -57.4 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.6% | -37.6 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.1% | -10.1 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.6% | -22.6 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.2% | -15.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Lance Gooden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.7% | -2.7 |
| 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) Lance Gooden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.7% | +6.3 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.7% | -4.7 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Lance Gooden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 27.3% | +72.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.9% | -3.9 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.5% | -11.5 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 73.8% | -73.8 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.8% | -50.8 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.1% | -15.1 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.6% | -7.6 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.0% | -8.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Lance Gooden's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 0.0% | +100.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Lance Gooden's Vote: No | support | No | | 69.8% | -69.8 |
| Average | 8.8% | 13.7% | -4.9 | |||
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