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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% | +34.8 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Underwood 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) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 71.2% | +28.8 |
| 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) Lauren Underwood's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.2% | +35.8 |
| Feb. 8 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 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% | 65.2% | +34.8 | |||
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