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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% | 14.5% | -0.7 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Waltz 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 Waltz's Vote: No | support | No |  | 25.0% | -25.0 |
| 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) Michael Waltz's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Feb. 8 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 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 | 14.5% | 15.2% | -0.7 | |||
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