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Democratic senator for New Mexico
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Heinrich votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Heinrich’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 Heinrich votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Heinrich’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+10.8% | 98.3% | +7.1 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Heinrich vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 1 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (80-15) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 82.2% | +17.8 |
| Nov. 29 | 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 (61-36) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.3% | +7.7 |
| Nov. 15 | Terminating the national COVID-19 emergency declared on March 13, 2020 (61-37) Martin Heinrich's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 67.4% | -67.4 |
| Sept. 29 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (72-25) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.0% | +4.0 |
| Aug. 7 | 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 (50-50) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.2% | +11.8 |
| Aug. 4 | Providing congressional disapproval of a rule that restored environmental regulations (50-47) Martin Heinrich's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 95.5% | -95.5 |
| July 27 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (64-33) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.3% | +10.7 |
| June 23 | Expanding firearm regulations (65-33) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.1% | +4.9 |
| June 16 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (84-14) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| May 26 | Providing congressional disapproval of a policy concerning federal asylum procedures (46-48) Martin Heinrich's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 92.1% | -92.1 |
| May 3 | Providing for congressional disapproval of vaccine and mask requirements in Head Start programs (55-41) Martin Heinrich's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 92.3% | -92.3 |
| April 7 | Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (53-47) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.9% | +9.1 |
| March 15 | Providing congressional disapproval of the CDC's requirement of masks on planes, trains and buses (57-40) Martin Heinrich's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 79.8% | -79.8 |
| March 15 | Nomination of Shalanda D. Young to be director of the Office of Management and Budget (61-36) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.3% | +8.7 |
| March 10 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (68-31) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.8% | +9.2 |
| March 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (79-19) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.4% | +7.6 |
| March 3 | Providing for congressional disapproval of the national COVID-19 emergency declaration (48-47) Martin Heinrich's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 88.4% | -88.4 |
| March 2 | Providing for congressional disapproval of vaccine mandates for health care workers (49-44) Martin Heinrich's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 86.2% | -86.2 |
| Jan. 19 | Keeping Senate filibuster rules in place to block voting-rights legislation (52-48) Martin Heinrich's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 94.3% | -94.3 |
| Jan. 13 | Imposing additional sanctions over a Russian gas pipeline (55-44) Martin Heinrich's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 76.9% | -76.9 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (50-49) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.2% | +11.8 |
| Dec. 8, 2021 | Providing for congressional disapproval of COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandates for large businesses (52-48) Martin Heinrich's Vote: No | oppose | No | | 98.0% | -98.0 |
| Dec. 7, 2021 | Providing for congressional disapproval of the sale of certain weapons to Saudi Arabia (30-67) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | oppose | Yes |  | 55.8% | +44.2 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (69-28) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.4% | +5.6 |
| Aug. 11, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (50-49) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.2% | +11.8 |
| Aug. 10, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (69-30) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.4% | +8.6 |
| 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 (98-0) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2021 | Expanding voting rights and strengthening campaign finance regulations and ethics rules (50-50) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.2% | +11.8 |
| June 8, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (49-50) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.2% | +11.8 |
| June 8, 2021 | Investing in science and technology manufacturing and research (68-32) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.8% | +12.2 |
| May 28, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (54-35) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.7% | +7.3 |
| May 19, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (50-48) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.0% | +11.0 |
| May 11, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (52-47) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 87.5% | ||
| April 29, 2021 | Providing money for safe drinking water and other water infrastructure (89-2) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| April 28, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (52-42) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.7% | +7.3 |
| April 22, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (94-1) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| March 22, 2021 | Nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh to be secretary of labor (68-29) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.3% | +5.7 |
| March 18, 2021 | Nomination of Xavier Becerra to be secretary of health and human services (50-49) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.8% | +9.2 |
| March 17, 2021 | Nomination of Katherine C. Tai to be United States trade representative (98-0) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 16, 2021 | Nomination of Isabella Casillas Guzman to be administrator of the Small Business Administration (81-17) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.4% | +4.6 |
| March 15, 2021 | Nomination of Debra Anne Haaland to be secretary of the interior (51-40) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.7% | +6.3 |
| March 10, 2021 | Nomination of Michael Stanley Regan to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (66-34) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.7% | +5.3 |
| March 10, 2021 | Nomination of Merrick Brian Garland to be attorney general (70-30) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.2% | +5.8 |
| March 10, 2021 | Nomination of Marcia Louise Fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development (66-34) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.3% | +9.7 |
| March 6, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (50-49) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.4% | +11.6 |
| March 2, 2021 | Nomination of Cecilia Elena Rouse to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (95-4) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| March 2, 2021 | Nomination of Gina Marie Raimondo to be secretary of commerce (84-15) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.4% | +2.6 |
| March 1, 2021 | Nomination of Miguel A. Cardona to be secretary of education (64-33) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.5% | +4.5 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Nomination of Jennifer Mulhern Granholm to be secretary of energy (64-35) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.3% | +9.7 |
| Feb. 23, 2021 | Nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (78-21) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.3% | +6.7 |
| Feb. 23, 2021 | Nomination of Thomas J. Vilsack to be secretary of agriculture (92-7) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.3% | +6.7 |
| Feb. 8, 2021 | Nomination of Denis Richard McDonough to be secretary of veterans affairs (87-7) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.4% | +3.6 |
| Feb. 2, 2021 | Nomination of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas to be secretary of homeland security (56-43) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.7% | +9.3 |
| Feb. 2, 2021 | Nomination of Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg to be secretary of transportation (86-13) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.4% | +4.6 |
| Jan. 26, 2021 | Nomination of Antony John Blinken to be secretary of state (78-22) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| Jan. 25, 2021 | Nomination of Janet Louise Yellen to be secretary of the treasury (84-15) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| Jan. 22, 2021 | Nomination of Lloyd James Austin to be secretary of defense (93-2) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (69-27) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.3% | +29.7 |
| Jan. 20, 2021 | Nomination of Avril Danica Haines to be director of national intelligence (84-10) Martin Heinrich's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.6% | +3.4 |
| Average | 98.3% | 91.1% | +7.1 | |||
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