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Democratic representative for Illinois’s 14th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Underwood votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Underwood’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 Underwood votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Underwood’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+2.4% | 100.0% | +34.2 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Underwood 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) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 57.2% | +42.8 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.3% | +38.7 |
| 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) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.8% | +33.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.0% | +31.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.9% | +39.1 |
| 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) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.5% | +23.5 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.3% | +40.7 |
| 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) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.2% | +12.8 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.3% | +26.7 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.8% | +27.2 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.8% | +15.2 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.1% | +39.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.8% | +42.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.6% | +42.4 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.8% | +28.2 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.5% | +42.5 |
| 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) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.8% | +40.2 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.1% | +13.9 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.2% | +38.8 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.9% | +31.1 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.4% | +41.6 |
| 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) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.1% | +43.9 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.2% | +39.8 |
| 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) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.3% | +45.7 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.6% | +19.4 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.1% | +45.9 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 50.5% | +49.5 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.1% | +32.9 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.3% | +34.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.5% | +32.5 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.6% | +38.4 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.3% | +45.7 |
| 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) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.1% | +20.9 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.4% | +41.6 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.9% | +47.1 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.4% | +23.6 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.2% | +26.8 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.3% | +34.7 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.3% | +41.7 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.7% | +10.3 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.0% | +46.0 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 50.4% | +49.6 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.6% | +37.4 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.9% | +40.1 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.3% | +41.7 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.3% | +42.7 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.9% | +38.1 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.7% | +31.3 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.2% | +37.8 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.7% | +18.3 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.1% | +33.9 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.6% | +33.4 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.0% | +43.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.7% | +25.3 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.2% | +28.8 |
| 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) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.2% | +35.8 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.2% | +11.8 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.0% | +13.0 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.8% | +44.2 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.4% | +44.6 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.7% | +22.3 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.0% | +43.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.1% | +43.9 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.6% | +43.4 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.5% | +42.5 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.2% | +44.8 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 50.6% | +49.4 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.7% | +36.3 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.4% | +35.6 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.2% | +17.8 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.7% | +29.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.6% | +45.4 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.9% | +45.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.3% | +43.7 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.3% | +43.7 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.3% | +43.7 |
| 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) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 46.3% | +53.7 |
| 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) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.2% | +29.8 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.7% | +42.3 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.8% | +40.2 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.3% | +31.7 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.3% | +24.7 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.6% | +43.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.8% | +42.2 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.8% | +22.2 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.6% | +28.4 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 46.1% | +53.9 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.3% | +26.7 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.7% | +6.3 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.5% | +11.5 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.2% | +46.8 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.6% | +43.4 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.6% | +43.4 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.2% | +41.8 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.7% | +25.3 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.2% | +41.8 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.7% | +27.3 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.5% | +33.5 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.1% | +25.9 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 57.1% | +42.9 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.2% | +35.8 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.2% | +44.8 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.9% | +38.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.1% | +47.9 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.4% | +44.6 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.9% | +36.1 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.7% | +38.3 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.4% | +18.6 |
| Average | 100.0% | 65.8% | +34.2 | |||
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