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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% | 16.7% | +6.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Bucshon 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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No |  | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Larry Bucshon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 15.4% | +84.6 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 46.7% | +53.3 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.8% | -6.8 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.6% | -32.6 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Larry Bucshon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 38.0% | +62.0 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.9% | -16.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.9% | +26.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.5% | -16.5 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.6% | -2.6 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Larry Bucshon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.7% | +6.3 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.0% | -10.0 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Larry Bucshon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.3% | +24.7 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.9% | -7.9 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Larry Bucshon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 48.6% | +51.4 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Larry Bucshon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.0% | +11.0 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.0% | -7.0 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 20.2% | +79.8 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.0% | -5.0 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.8% | -5.8 |
| 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) Larry Bucshon'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) Larry Bucshon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 47.7% | +52.3 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | 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, 2022 | 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, 2022 | 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, 2022 | 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. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Larry Bucshon's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.7% | -5.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 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 | 16.7% | 10.2% | +6.5 | |||
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