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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% | 12.4% | -11.3 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Sessions 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) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No |  | 18.3% | -18.3 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.2% | -2.2 |
| 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) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.1% | -20.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 46.2% | -46.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.3% | -2.3 |
| 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) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.4% | -38.4 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| 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) Pete Sessions's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 74.5% | ||
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.1% | -42.1 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.7% | -57.7 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 69.5% | -69.5 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.8% | -22.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Pete Sessions's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 40.0% | +60.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.1% | -34.1 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.4% | -2.4 |
| 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) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.0% | -3.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.9% | -81.9 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.0% | -16.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.4% | -17.4 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.0% | -3.0 |
| 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) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.0% | -11.0 |
| 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) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Pete Sessions's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.9% | +44.1 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.4% | -31.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Pete Sessions's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.0% | +3.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Pete Sessions's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 25.6% | +74.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.2% | -41.2 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.5% | -13.5 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| 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) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.1% | -43.1 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Pete Sessions's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.0% | +24.0 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.2% | -43.2 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.4% | -18.4 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.4% | -3.4 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Pete Sessions's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.6% | +22.4 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Pete Sessions's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.0% | +5.0 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.6% | -15.6 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.4% | -21.4 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.4% | -6.4 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.5% | -6.5 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.4% | -3.4 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.0% | -39.0 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 59.0% | -59.0 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.2% | -14.2 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.6% | -19.6 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.1% | -7.1 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Pete Sessions's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 40.8% | +59.2 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.3% | -39.3 |
| 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) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.7% | -4.7 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | 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, 2022 | 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, 2022 | 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, 2022 | 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, 2022 | 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. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Pete Sessions's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.8% | -38.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 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 | 12.4% | 23.6% | -11.3 | |||
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