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Republican representative for Wisconsin’s 8th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Gallagher votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Gallagher’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 Gallagher votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Gallagher’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-15.9% | 13.3% | -4.2 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Gallagher vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 15 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No |  | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Sept. 15 | Establishing greater congressional oversight of the U.S. Census Bureau and prohibiting the removal of the bureau director without cause (220-208) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Sept. 15 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.9% | -3.9 |
| Aug. 12 | 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 Gallagher's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.1% | ||
| July 29 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Mike Gallagher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 45.5% | +54.5 |
| July 29 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| July 29 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| July 28 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.5% | -20.5 |
| July 27 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Mike Gallagher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.4% | +3.6 |
| July 27 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.9% | -14.9 |
| July 27 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.0% | -32.0 |
| July 21 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.3% | -5.3 |
| July 20 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 19 | Repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and requiring states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed out-of-state (267-157) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.7% | -29.7 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| July 15 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 14 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Mike Gallagher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.8% | +24.2 |
| July 13 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.2% | -32.2 |
| June 24 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.5% | -8.5 |
| June 23 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| June 22 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Mike Gallagher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.7% | +28.3 |
| June 22 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Mike Gallagher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.9% | +6.1 |
| June 16 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.8% | -7.8 |
| June 15 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 14 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.5% | -11.5 |
| June 9 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| June 8 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| May 18 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| May 17 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| May 13 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.9% | -28.9 |
| May 12 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| May 11 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.2% | -49.2 |
| March 31 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.3% | -5.3 |
| March 18 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.2% | -9.2 |
| March 17 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| March 9 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.7% | -28.7 |
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.2% | -28.2 |
| 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) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Mike Gallagher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 70.0% | +30.0 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 67.3% | -67.3 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.4% | -49.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Mike Gallagher'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) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.0% | -18.0 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.8% | -38.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Mike Gallagher'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) Mike Gallagher'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) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.8% | -7.8 |
| 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 Gallagher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.1% | +4.9 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Mike Gallagher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 14.6% | +85.4 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.7% | -12.7 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Mike Gallagher'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) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.3% | -12.3 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Mike Gallagher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.1% | +60.9 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.7% | -9.7 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.5% | -24.5 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Mike Gallagher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.2% | +18.8 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Mike Gallagher's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.7% | +36.3 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Mike Gallagher'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) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Mike Gallagher'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) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.8% | -28.8 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.4% | -19.4 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.3% | -2.3 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.2% | -20.2 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Mike Gallagher's Vote: No | support | No | | 73.4% | -73.4 |
| Average | 13.3% | 17.5% | -4.2 | |||
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