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Republican representative for Texas’s 1st district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Gohmert votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Gohmert’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
Biden margin | Biden score | Biden plus-minus |
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Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s | How often Gohmert votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Gohmert’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-44.4% | 9.6% | +2.2 |
Date | Measure | Biden position | Gohmert vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
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March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxins (256-174) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
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) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.7% | -30.7 |
Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Louie Gohmert's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 27.4% | +72.6 |
Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Louie Gohmert'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) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Louie Gohmert's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 11.0% | +89.0 |
Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Louie Gohmert'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) Louie Gohmert'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) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Louie Gohmert'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) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Louie Gohmert'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) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Louie Gohmert'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) Louie Gohmert's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
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) Louie Gohmert's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.7% | +12.3 |
July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Louie Gohmert's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Louie Gohmert'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) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Louie Gohmert's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 5.5% | +94.5 |
May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.3% | -45.3 |
May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.4% | -16.4 |
May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Louie Gohmert'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) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Louie Gohmert'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) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Louie Gohmert's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.1% | ||
March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Louie Gohmert's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Louie Gohmert'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) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Louie Gohmert'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) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Louie Gohmert's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.1% | -58.1 |
Average | 9.6% | 7.4% | +2.2 |
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