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Republican representative for Iowa’s 2nd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Miller-Meeks votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Miller-Meeks’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 Miller-Meeks votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Miller-Meeks’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-4.0% | 26.0% | -14.6 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Miller-Meeks vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 1 | 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) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 81.8% | +18.2 |
| Dec. 1 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No |  | 59.1% | -59.1 |
| Nov. 30 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.9% | +34.1 |
| Nov. 16 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.3% | +21.7 |
| Sept. 30 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.2% | -41.2 |
| Sept. 29 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.3% | +50.7 |
| Sept. 29 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.2% | -20.2 |
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.2% | +45.8 |
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.0% | -20.0 |
| Sept. 22 | 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) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.1% | -22.1 |
| Sept. 22 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.2% | +15.8 |
| Sept. 21 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.2% | -37.2 |
| Sept. 21 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.5% | -42.5 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.6% | -21.6 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.6% | -19.6 |
| Sept. 15 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.6% | -32.6 |
| Aug. 12 | 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) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.4% | -16.4 |
| July 29 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 69.9% | -69.9 |
| July 29 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.1% | -17.1 |
| July 29 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.5% | -16.5 |
| July 28 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.0% | -50.0 |
| July 27 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| July 27 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.7% | -45.7 |
| July 27 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 55.2% | -55.2 |
| July 21 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.5% | -35.5 |
| July 20 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.4% | -16.4 |
| July 19 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.3% | +36.7 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.0% | -23.0 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.9% | -15.9 |
| July 14 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.2% | +23.8 |
| July 13 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 59.6% | -59.6 |
| June 24 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.1% | -41.1 |
| June 23 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.4% | -22.4 |
| June 22 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.7% | +15.3 |
| June 22 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
| June 16 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 33.3% | +66.7 |
| June 15 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.5% | -14.5 |
| June 14 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.7% | -41.7 |
| June 9 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.5% | -27.5 |
| June 8 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.0% | -27.0 |
| May 18 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.0% | -22.0 |
| May 17 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.5% | -24.5 |
| May 13 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.8% | +45.2 |
| May 12 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.7% | -20.7 |
| May 11 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.9% | +28.1 |
| March 31 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 38.4% | +61.6 |
| March 18 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.7% | -42.7 |
| March 17 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.1% | -27.1 |
| March 9 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 59.3% | +40.7 |
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 56.4% | -56.4 |
| 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) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.1% | -27.1 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.0% | +17.0 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.3% | +18.7 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.7% | -21.7 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.2% | -16.2 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 68.8% | -68.8 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.5% | -21.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.3% | -17.3 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.1% | -21.1 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.7% | -21.7 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.1% | -15.1 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.8% | -37.8 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.9% | -30.9 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.8% | -35.8 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.2% | +30.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.7% | -19.7 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.7% | -16.7 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.3% | -17.3 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.3% | -17.3 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.3% | -17.3 |
| 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) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.9% | -28.9 |
| 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) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.1% | -49.1 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.8% | -27.8 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.5% | -21.5 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.8% | -37.8 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.8% | +48.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.6% | -17.6 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.8% | -21.8 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 53.7% | -53.7 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.8% | -60.8 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.2% | -30.2 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.5% | +43.5 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.4% | +9.6 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.7% | +18.3 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.5% | -15.5 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.6% | -17.6 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.5% | -17.5 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.0% | -18.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 59.4% | -59.4 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.0% | -18.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 53.6% | -53.6 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.7% | -33.7 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.1% | +44.9 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.4% | -17.4 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.4% | -29.4 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.1% | -15.1 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.2% | -24.2 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.9% | -20.9 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.2% | -21.2 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.8% | -30.8 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.7% | -21.7 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Mariannette Miller-Meeks's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.8% | +21.2 |
| Average | 26.0% | 40.6% | -14.6 | |||
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