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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% | 21.9% | -39.7 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Steel 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) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No |  | 54.0% | -54.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 54.6% | -54.6 |
| 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) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 63.3% | -63.3 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 67.5% | +32.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 54.3% | -54.3 |
| 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) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 74.1% | -74.1 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 53.6% | -53.6 |
| 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) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.4% | +13.6 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 71.3% | -71.3 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 71.8% | -71.8 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.9% | +16.1 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.2% | -57.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 56.5% | -56.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.3% | -51.3 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 69.3% | -69.3 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.1% | -51.1 |
| 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) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.6% | +46.4 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.8% | +14.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.5% | -57.5 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.0% | -65.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 52.3% | -52.3 |
| 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) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.8% | -49.8 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 55.8% | -55.8 |
| 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) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.5% | -47.5 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.1% | +20.9 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.5% | -47.5 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.3% | -44.3 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 64.5% | -64.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 62.3% | +37.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.7% | -65.7 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.5% | -57.5 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.6% | -47.6 |
| 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) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 77.0% | -77.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 52.5% | -52.5 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 46.3% | -46.3 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.4% | +23.6 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.3% | +28.7 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.7% | -61.7 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 52.3% | -52.3 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.0% | +11.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.0% | +3.0 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.7% | -50.7 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.8% | -43.8 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 59.4% | -59.4 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 54.7% | -54.7 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 53.2% | -53.2 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.4% | -51.4 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 55.8% | -55.8 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.6% | +33.4 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 55.3% | -55.3 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 80.3% | -80.3 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.9% | -61.9 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 63.0% | -63.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 52.1% | -52.1 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.5% | +27.5 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 69.0% | -69.0 |
| 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) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.4% | -58.4 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 87.5% | -87.5 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.2% | +13.8 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.0% | -50.0 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.4% | -48.4 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.4% | +23.6 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.1% | -51.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.3% | -49.3 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.6% | -50.6 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.4% | -51.4 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.9% | -47.9 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.5% | -48.5 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.6% | -58.6 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.0% | -60.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.4% | +19.6 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 68.5% | -68.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.6% | -48.6 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.5% | -49.5 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.5% | -49.5 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.5% | -49.5 |
| 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) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| July 28, 2021 | 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, 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) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.5% | +2.5 |
| July 21, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 53.4% | -53.4 |
| June 25, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.0% | +28.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 74.5% | -74.5 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.0% | +30.0 |
| May 20, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.6% | +12.4 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 46.4% | -46.4 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.8% | -49.8 |
| April 21, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.3% | -51.3 |
| April 16, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.3% | -51.3 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 70.0% | -70.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 71.4% | -71.4 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.2% | -50.2 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.8% | -58.8 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.9% | -47.9 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 55.8% | -55.8 |
| March 3, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Michelle Steel's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.6% | -49.6 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | 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, 2021 | 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, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Michelle Steel's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.0% | +19.0 |
| Average | 21.9% | 61.6% | -39.7 | |||
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