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Democratic representative for Texas’s 7th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Fletcher votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Fletcher’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 Fletcher votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Fletcher’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+8.5% | 99.1% | +13.2 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Fletcher 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) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 75.1% | +24.9 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.9% | +9.1 |
| 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) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.5% | +15.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.8% | +22.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.6% | +9.4 |
| 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) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.2% | +11.8 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.1% | +12.9 |
| 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) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.1% | +8.9 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.1% | +15.9 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.6% | +21.4 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.7% | +10.3 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.2% | +23.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: No | support | No |  | 65.6% | -65.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.9% | +12.1 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.8% | +15.2 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.9% | +12.1 |
| 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) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.8% | +11.2 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.8% | +12.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.7% | +19.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.3% | +12.7 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.8% | +12.2 |
| 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) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.8% | +13.2 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.4% | +17.6 |
| 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) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.4% | +12.6 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.3% | +11.7 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.6% | +13.4 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.0% | +17.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.6% | +19.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.8% | +19.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.7% | +22.3 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.4% | +17.6 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.4% | +12.6 |
| 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) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.6% | +10.4 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.8% | +13.2 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.3% | +13.7 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.6% | +23.4 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.6% | +16.4 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.7% | +16.3 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.2% | +12.8 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.2% | +6.8 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.8% | +27.2 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.8% | +15.2 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.7% | +20.3 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.5% | +14.5 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.9% | +16.1 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.4% | +13.6 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.4% | +10.6 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.8% | +20.2 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.7% | +8.3 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.7% | +11.3 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.3% | +13.7 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.5% | +15.5 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.2% | +17.8 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.9% | +14.1 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.5% | +17.5 |
| 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) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.2% | +9.8 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.0% | +8.0 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.1% | +8.9 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.9% | +15.1 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.7% | +11.3 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.7% | +15.3 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.4% | +13.6 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.5% | +11.5 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.3% | +13.7 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.7% | +13.3 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.2% | +10.8 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.7% | +37.3 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.7% | +12.3 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.8% | +14.2 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.7% | +9.3 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.2% | +17.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.1% | +14.9 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.7% | +12.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.7% | +11.3 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.7% | +11.3 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.7% | +11.3 |
| 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) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.6% | +36.4 |
| 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) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.5% | +14.5 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.7% | +17.3 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.2% | +10.8 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.0% | +11.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.2% | +9.8 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.8% | +11.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.0% | +13.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.0% | +8.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.3% | +19.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.8% | +38.2 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.6% | +14.4 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.9% | +4.1 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.1% | +6.9 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.0% | +13.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.8% | +11.2 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.8% | +11.2 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.0% | +10.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.8% | +14.2 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.0% | +10.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.3% | +13.7 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.2% | +10.8 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.3% | +12.7 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.4% | +10.6 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.0% | +11.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.2% | +10.8 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.6% | +10.4 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.9% | +19.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.8% | +15.2 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.0% | +12.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.7% | +9.3 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Lizzie Pannill Fletcher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.8% | +16.2 |
| Average | 99.1% | 85.9% | +13.2 | |||
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