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Republican representative for Florida’s 6th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Waltz votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Waltz’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 Waltz votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Waltz’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-17.5% | 15.9% | -1.4 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Waltz vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 23, 2022 | Providing appropriations for various federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023; updating the process of appointing and tallying presidential electors; providing money for humanitarian, security and economic assistance to Ukraine (225-201) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No |  | 7.6% | -7.6 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Allowing Puerto Rico to hold a referendum on whether to become a U.S. state, an independent country or a sovereign government (233-191) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.2% | -7.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.2% | -35.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Michael Waltz's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.1% | ||
| Dec. 8, 2022 | 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 (258-169) Michael Waltz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 21.5% | +78.5 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | 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) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 66.6% | -66.6 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.4% | -27.4 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.8% | -49.8 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Michael Waltz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.1% | +39.9 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.9% | -10.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.9% | -31.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.7% | -18.7 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | 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) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Michael Waltz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.6% | +20.4 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.3% | -5.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.2% | -5.2 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.6% | -2.6 |
| Aug. 12, 2022 | 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) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Michael Waltz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 42.1% | +57.9 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.5% | -17.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Michael Waltz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.2% | -12.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.2% | -29.2 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 19, 2022 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Michael Waltz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 25.8% | +74.2 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Michael Waltz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.8% | +24.2 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.9% | -28.9 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.3% | -6.3 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 69.6% | -69.6 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Michael Waltz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.5% | +6.5 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.0% | -6.0 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.1% | -9.1 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.8% | -25.8 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Michael Waltz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 45.9% | +54.1 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.6% | -3.6 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.0% | -7.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.2% | -25.2 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.0% | -25.0 |
| Feb. 9, 2022 | 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 Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Michael Waltz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.9% | +32.1 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Michael Waltz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.2% | +34.8 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Michael Waltz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 46.7% | +53.3 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.9% | -15.9 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Michael Waltz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 34.9% | +65.1 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.6% | -24.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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 Waltz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.3% | -6.3 |
| 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 Waltz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.8% | +5.2 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.6% | -11.6 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.4% | -2.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.6% | -9.6 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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 Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.2% | -9.2 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.3% | -36.3 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.0% | -8.0 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.1% | -21.1 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Michael Waltz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.7% | +20.3 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Michael Waltz's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 60.8% | +39.2 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.3% | -25.3 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.1% | -16.1 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.8% | -16.8 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 72.6% | -72.6 |
| Average | 15.9% | 17.3% | -1.4 | |||
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