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Democratic representative for California’s 11th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often DeSaulnier votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between DeSaulnier’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 DeSaulnier votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between DeSaulnier’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+50.7% | 100.0% | +0.2 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | DeSaulnier 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) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.9% | +5.1 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Mark DeSaulnier's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.6% | +5.4 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.8% | +0.2 | |||
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