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Republican representative for California’s 25th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Garcia votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Garcia’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 Garcia votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Garcia’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+10.1% | 24.8% | -64.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Garcia 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 Garcia's Vote: No | support | No |  | 79.0% | -79.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 94.6% | -94.6 |
| 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) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 87.9% | -87.9 |
| 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 Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.8% | -79.8 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 94.4% | -94.4 |
| 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 Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 90.5% | +9.5 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.4% | -91.4 |
| 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 Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.0% | +8.0 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 86.3% | -86.3 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 80.0% | -80.0 |
| 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 Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.8% | +9.2 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.7% | -79.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.6% | +32.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.3% | -92.3 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.4% | +12.6 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.3% | -92.3 |
| 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 Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.9% | -92.9 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.2% | +11.8 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 84.6% | -84.6 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 90.6% | -90.6 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.1% | -92.1 |
| 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 Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.4% | -91.4 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 86.6% | -86.6 |
| 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 Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.2% | -92.2 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.9% | +10.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.5% | -91.5 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 88.5% | -88.5 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 83.5% | +16.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 84.0% | -84.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 80.0% | -80.0 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 86.3% | -86.3 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.1% | -92.1 |
| 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 Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.6% | +8.4 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.2% | -91.2 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.3% | -91.3 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.7% | -76.7 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.9% | +14.1 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 87.2% | -87.2 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.6% | -91.6 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.0% | +6.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Mike Garcia's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 77.0% | ||
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 90.2% | -90.2 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 83.2% | -83.2 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 89.8% | -89.8 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 88.4% | -88.4 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 90.9% | -90.9 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.3% | -93.3 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.3% | -82.3 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 95.2% | -95.2 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.2% | +9.8 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 89.8% | -89.8 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 87.8% | -87.8 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 86.9% | -86.9 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.1% | +11.9 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.0% | +15.0 |
| 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) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.8% | -93.8 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.8% | +7.2 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.0% | +8.0 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 89.7% | -89.7 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.2% | -93.2 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 86.2% | -86.2 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.0% | -91.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.0% | -93.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 90.9% | -90.9 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.3% | -91.3 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.7% | -93.7 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.7% | -65.7 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.5% | -91.5 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 89.5% | -89.5 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.4% | +7.6 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 84.6% | -84.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 90.0% | -90.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.4% | -92.4 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.2% | -93.2 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.2% | -93.2 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.2% | -93.2 |
| 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 Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.6% | +2.4 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 67.9% | -67.9 |
| 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 Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 88.5% | -88.5 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 87.2% | -87.2 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.2% | -93.2 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.2% | -92.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.7% | -92.7 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.2% | -93.2 |
| 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 Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.5% | -91.5 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 94.3% | -94.3 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 82.3% | +17.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.8% | -65.8 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 88.0% | -88.0 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.4% | +3.6 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.1% | +5.9 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.9% | -91.9 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.2% | -93.2 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.2% | -93.2 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 94.1% | -94.1 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.1% | +11.9 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 94.1% | -94.1 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 88.9% | -88.9 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.6% | -92.6 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 89.8% | -89.8 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.7% | -93.7 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 92.7% | -92.7 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.7% | -93.7 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.4% | -93.4 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 86.2% | -86.2 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 89.6% | -89.6 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.8% | +8.2 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Mike Garcia's Vote: No | support | No | | 94.5% | -94.5 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Mike Garcia's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.3% | +15.7 |
| Average | 24.8% | 89.3% | -64.5 | |||
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