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Republican representative for Illinois’s 12th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Bost votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Bost’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 Bost votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Bost’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-14.2% | 17.9% | -2.3 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Bost 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) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No |  | 12.2% | -12.2 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| 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) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.6% | -12.6 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.7% | -40.7 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| 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) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.6% | -29.6 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| 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) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 70.8% | +29.2 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.6% | -34.6 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.8% | +46.2 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.0% | -65.0 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.2% | -16.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.9% | -35.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.9% | -25.9 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| 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) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.8% | +19.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.7% | -9.7 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.1% | -10.1 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| 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) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.7% | -5.7 |
| 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) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.1% | -49.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.0% | -24.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.6% | +3.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.2% | -18.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.1% | -35.1 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.6% | -7.6 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| 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) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.2% | -34.2 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.9% | +24.1 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.9% | -35.9 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.3% | -11.3 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.8% | +26.2 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.3% | +5.7 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.1% | -10.1 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.5% | -14.5 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.6% | -2.6 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.7% | -2.7 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.2% | -32.2 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 52.6% | +47.4 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.7% | -7.7 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.2% | -12.2 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.1% | -3.1 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.7% | -32.7 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Mike Bost's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 31.9% | ||
| 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) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.1% | +27.9 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 69.6% | -69.6 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 52.3% | -52.3 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Mike Bost'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) Mike Bost'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) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Mike Bost'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) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.3% | -20.3 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.2% | -6.2 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.2% | -43.2 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.5% | -31.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Mike Bost'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) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Mike Bost'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) Mike Bost'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) Mike Bost'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) Mike Bost'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) Mike Bost'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) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Mike Bost'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) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.9% | -5.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 16.5% | +83.5 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Mike Bost'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) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 16.3% | +83.7 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.2% | -42.2 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Mike Bost'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) Mike Bost'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) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.8% | +17.2 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.6% | +33.4 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Mike Bost'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) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Mike Bost'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) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 32.8% | +67.2 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 23.3% | +76.7 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 24.3% | +75.7 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.4% | -2.4 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Mike Bost'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) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Mike Bost'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) Mike Bost's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 3.1% | ||
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Mike Bost's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Mike Bost's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.2% | +25.8 |
| Average | 17.9% | 20.1% | -2.3 | |||
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