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Republican representative for Texas’s 26th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Burgess votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Burgess’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 Burgess votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Burgess’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-14.2% | 20.4% | +2.9 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Burgess 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) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No |  | 31.9% | -31.9 |
| 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) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Michael Burgess's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 72.1% | +27.9 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Michael Burgess's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.6% | +30.4 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Michael Burgess's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.3% | +47.7 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.3% | -20.3 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.2% | -6.2 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Michael Burgess's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 43.2% | +56.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| 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) Michael Burgess's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.5% | +1.5 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.8% | -9.8 |
| 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) Michael Burgess's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.4% | +4.6 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.2% | -18.2 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.9% | -5.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Michael Burgess's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 16.5% | +83.5 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.3% | -16.3 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Michael Burgess's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 42.2% | +57.8 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.8% | -11.8 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.5% | -28.5 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Michael Burgess's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.8% | +17.2 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Michael Burgess's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.6% | +33.4 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Michael Burgess's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 32.8% | ||
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.3% | -23.3 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.3% | -24.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.4% | -2.4 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.1% | -3.1 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Michael Burgess's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Michael Burgess's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.2% | +25.8 |
| Average | 20.4% | 17.5% | +2.9 | |||
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