UPDATED Jul. 30, 2021, at 10:36 AM

Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden?

An updating tally of how often every member of the House and the Senate votes with or against the president.

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Maxine WatersD

Democratic representative for California’s 43rd district

Biden margin

Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s

Biden score

How often Waters votes in line with Biden’s position

Biden plus-minus

Difference between Waters’s actual and predicted Biden support scores

Biden marginBiden scoreBiden plus-minus
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’sHow often Waters votes in line with Biden’s positionDifference between Waters’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
+56.0%
100.0%
+0.3+0.3
+0.3

117th Congress (2021-22)

Democratic representative for California’s 43rd district

DateMeasureBiden positionWaters voteAgree with Biden?Predicted chance of voting with Biden Plus-minus
July 29Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 94.4%+5.6
July 28Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
July 22Increasing 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)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 99.8%+0.2
July 21Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
July 20Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
July 1Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
June 25Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
June 24Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
June 24Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
June 24Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
June 23Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
June 17Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 99.9%+0.1
May 20Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
May 19Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
May 18Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
May 14Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
May 13Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
April 22Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
April 21Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
April 21Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
April 16Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
April 15Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
March 18Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
March 18Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
March 17Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
March 11Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
March 11Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
March 10Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
March 9Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
March 3Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
March 3Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
Feb. 26Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
Feb. 25Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
Jan. 21Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78)
Maxine Waters's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 95.4%+4.6
Average100.0%99.7%+0.3

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