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Republican representative for Indiana’s 8th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Bucshon votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Bucshon’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 Bucshon votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Bucshon’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-32.0% | 16.4% | +7.0 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Bucshon vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxins (256-174) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No |  | 5.8% | -5.8 |
| 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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Larry Bucshon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 47.7% | +52.3 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Larry Bucshon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 44.2% | +55.8 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Larry Bucshon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 24.3% | +75.7 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.1% | -4.1 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.9% | -8.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| 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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.5% | +8.5 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.4% | -15.4 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Larry Bucshon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.5% | +37.5 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Larry Bucshon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 34.5% | +65.5 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 5.1% | +94.9 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Larry Bucshon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.0% | +35.0 |
| Average | 16.4% | 9.4% | +7.0 | |||
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