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Republican representative for California’s 48th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Steel votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Steel’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 Steel votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Steel’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+1.4% | 17.9% | -42.6 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Steel vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 29 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No |  | 48.6% | -48.6 |
| Sept. 24 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.1% | -48.1 |
| Sept. 21 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.5% | -49.5 |
| Aug. 24 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.5% | -49.5 |
| Aug. 24 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.5% | -49.5 |
| July 29 | Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (416-11) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| July 28 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.4% | -43.4 |
| July 22 | 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) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
| July 21 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 67.2% | -67.2 |
| July 20 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 52.9% | -52.9 |
| July 1 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 53.4% | -53.4 |
| June 25 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 63.8% | -63.8 |
| June 24 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.0% | +28.0 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.8% | -49.8 |
| June 24 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.7% | -51.7 |
| June 23 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 74.5% | -74.5 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.0% | +30.0 |
| May 20 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.5% | -43.5 |
| May 19 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 70.9% | -70.9 |
| May 18 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.2% | +6.8 |
| May 14 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.6% | +12.4 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 46.4% | -46.4 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.8% | -49.8 |
| April 21 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.8% | -49.8 |
| April 21 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.3% | -51.3 |
| April 16 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 72.5% | -72.5 |
| April 15 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.3% | -51.3 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 70.0% | -70.0 |
| March 18 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.6% | -61.6 |
| March 17 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 71.4% | -71.4 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.2% | -50.2 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.8% | -58.8 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.9% | -47.9 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 55.8% | -55.8 |
| March 3 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 46.7% | -46.7 |
| March 3 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.6% | -49.6 |
| Feb. 26 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.8% | -58.8 |
| Feb. 25 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 55.1% | -55.1 |
| Jan. 21 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.0% | +19.0 |
| Average | 17.9% | 60.6% | -42.6 | |||
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