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Republican representative for Pennsylvania’s 16th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Kelly votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Kelly’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 Kelly votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Kelly’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-18.7% | 13.3% | -3.1 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Kelly 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 Kelly's Vote: No | support | No |  | 6.3% | -6.3 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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 Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.8% | -5.8 |
| 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 Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.2% | -33.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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 Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.0% | -19.0 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| 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 Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.1% | -65.1 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.0% | -25.0 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.3% | -48.3 |
| 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 Kelly's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 58.3% | +41.7 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.3% | -9.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.5% | -30.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.4% | -16.4 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Mike Kelly's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 79.1% | +20.9 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.9% | -3.9 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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 Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| 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 Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.6% | -39.6 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.5% | -15.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Mike Kelly's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.0% | +4.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.4% | -10.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Mike Kelly's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 27.1% | +72.9 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Mike Kelly's Vote: Present | support | Present | 2.8% | ||
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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 Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.0% | -23.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Mike Kelly's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.7% | +24.3 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.6% | -26.6 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.0% | -5.0 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Mike Kelly's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.0% | +32.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Mike Kelly's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.2% | +6.8 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.9% | -4.9 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.6% | -7.6 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.7% | -23.7 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.5% | -43.5 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.7% | -2.7 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.5% | -5.5 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.7% | -22.7 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.7% | -22.7 |
| 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 Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Mike Kelly's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.4% | +33.6 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Mike Kelly's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.5% | +36.5 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.7% | -44.7 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.5% | -14.5 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Mike Kelly's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 32.0% | +68.0 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.4% | -22.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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 Kelly's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.3% | -5.3 |
| 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 Kelly's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.6% | +5.4 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.7% | -9.7 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.8% | -7.8 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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 Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.3% | -7.3 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.2% | -34.2 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.9% | -6.9 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.7% | -18.7 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Mike Kelly's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.4% | +21.6 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.7% | -58.7 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.8% | -22.8 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.8% | -13.8 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.5% | -14.5 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Mike Kelly's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Mike Kelly's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.0% | +28.0 |
| Average | 13.3% | 16.4% | -3.1 | |||
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