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Democratic representative for Pennsylvania’s 5th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Scanlon votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Scanlon’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 Scanlon votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Scanlon’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+31.1% | 100.0% | +1.0 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Scanlon 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) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| Dec. 1 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| Nov. 30 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.2% | +6.8 |
| Nov. 16 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| Sept. 30 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| Sept. 29 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.7% | +12.3 |
| Sept. 29 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Sept. 22 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.7% | +7.3 |
| Sept. 21 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Sept. 21 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| July 29 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| July 27 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| July 27 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| July 27 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| July 21 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 20 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 19 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.4% | +22.6 |
| July 13 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| June 24 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 23 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| June 22 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| June 16 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| June 15 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| June 9 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 8 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| May 12 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| March 31 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 17 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +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) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Mary Gay Scanlon'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) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Mary Gay Scanlon'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) Mary Gay Scanlon'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) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Mary Gay Scanlon'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) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.0% | +7.0 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Mary Gay Scanlon'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) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Mary Gay Scanlon'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) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.4% | +3.6 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| 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) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Mary Gay Scanlon'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) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Mary Gay Scanlon'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) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.3% | +3.7 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Mary Gay Scanlon'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) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Mary Gay Scanlon'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) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Mary Gay Scanlon'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) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Mary Gay Scanlon'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) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Mary Gay Scanlon's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.6% | +9.4 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.0% | +1.0 | |||
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