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Republican representative for Texas’s 17th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Sessions votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Sessions’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 Sessions votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Sessions’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-11.0% | 9.1% | -12.3 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Sessions vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxins (256-174) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No |  | 39.3% | -39.3 |
| 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) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.7% | -4.7 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Pete Sessions's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 75.8% | +24.2 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 73.6% | -73.6 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.6% | -3.6 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.7% | -57.7 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.1% | -3.1 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.2% | -25.2 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.6% | -7.6 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.1% | -12.1 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.6% | -51.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| 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) Pete Sessions's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.4% | +1.6 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.4% | -14.4 |
| 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) Pete Sessions's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.9% | +4.1 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.4% | -26.4 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.4% | -7.4 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.7% | -2.7 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.1% | -12.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.7% | -25.7 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.9% | -25.9 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.0% | -48.0 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.4% | -16.4 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.8% | -36.8 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Pete Sessions's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 85.5% | +14.5 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 71.8% | -71.8 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.9% | -40.9 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.9% | -31.9 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.9% | -8.9 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.1% | -33.1 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.3% | -6.3 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.6% | -3.6 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.0% | -4.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.4% | -3.4 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.5% | -7.5 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Pete Sessions's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.7% | +24.3 |
| Average | 9.1% | 21.4% | -12.3 | |||
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