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Former Democratic representative for Illinois’s 3rd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Newman votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Newman’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 Newman votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Newman’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+12.6% | 99.1% | +6.3 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Newman 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) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 84.4% | +15.6 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.9% | +2.1 |
| 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) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.0% | +8.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.8% | +17.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.8% | +2.2 |
| 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) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.3% | +6.7 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.8% | +4.2 |
| 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) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.3% | +6.7 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.4% | +10.6 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.1% | +17.9 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.3% | +7.7 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.6% | +15.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.5% | +29.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.6% | +3.4 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.8% | +9.2 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.6% | +3.4 |
| 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) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.9% | +3.1 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.8% | +11.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.6% | +10.4 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.3% | +5.7 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.4% | +3.6 |
| 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) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.1% | +3.9 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.7% | +8.3 |
| 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) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.7% | +3.3 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.0% | +8.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.3% | +3.7 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.3% | +5.7 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.4% | +12.6 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.3% | +11.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.4% | +16.6 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.2% | +8.8 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.7% | +3.3 |
| 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) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.1% | +5.9 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.8% | +4.2 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Marie Newman's Vote: No | support | No |  | 76.8% | -76.8 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.9% | +11.1 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.6% | +8.4 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.0% | +4.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.0% | +5.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.8% | +17.2 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.7% | +4.3 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.9% | +12.1 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.5% | +5.5 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.6% | +6.4 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.6% | +4.4 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.0% | +3.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.7% | +14.3 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.2% | +7.8 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.9% | +6.1 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.0% | +8.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.3% | +7.7 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.1% | +8.9 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.3% | +11.7 |
| 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) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.0% | +6.0 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.3% | +6.7 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.8% | +5.2 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.3% | +2.7 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.4% | +11.6 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.7% | +4.3 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.7% | +4.3 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.9% | +4.1 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.3% | +29.7 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.6% | +4.4 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.8% | +6.2 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.5% | +5.5 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.0% | +12.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.2% | +4.8 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| 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) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.1% | +25.9 |
| 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) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.1% | +7.9 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.6% | +7.4 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.8% | +4.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.6% | +4.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.0% | +4.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.7% | +3.3 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.1% | +14.9 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.6% | +28.4 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.2% | +8.8 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.3% | +4.7 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.6% | +3.4 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.1% | +8.9 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.3% | +7.7 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.9% | +7.1 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.5% | +3.5 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.3% | +7.7 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.8% | +5.2 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.8% | +4.2 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.8% | +2.2 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Marie Newman's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.2% | +14.8 |
| Average | 99.1% | 92.8% | +6.3 | |||
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