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Republican representative for Iowa’s 4th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Feenstra votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Feenstra’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 Feenstra votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Feenstra’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-27.0% | 16.7% | +4.8 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Feenstra 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) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No |  | 1.4% | -1.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Randy Feenstra'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) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.2% | -21.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Randy Feenstra'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) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.6% | -6.6 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Randy Feenstra's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 53.7% | +46.3 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.8% | -11.8 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Randy Feenstra's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 38.3% | +61.7 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Randy Feenstra's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 45.6% | +54.4 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.6% | -2.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.5% | -21.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.6% | -5.6 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Randy Feenstra's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.9% | +24.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.0% | -24.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Randy Feenstra'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) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.6% | -5.6 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Randy Feenstra's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.6% | +5.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.2% | -15.2 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Randy Feenstra'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) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.9% | -8.9 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Randy Feenstra's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.4% | +24.6 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.2% | -13.2 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 56.1% | -56.1 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Randy Feenstra's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.7% | +9.3 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Randy Feenstra's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 1.0% | +99.0 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.7% | -11.7 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Randy Feenstra'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) Randy Feenstra's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 28.0% | +72.0 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.6% | -9.6 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.3% | -10.3 |
| 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) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Randy Feenstra's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.9% | +45.1 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Randy Feenstra's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 51.6% | +48.4 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.4% | -31.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Randy Feenstra'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) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.9% | -6.9 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Randy Feenstra's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 15.5% | +84.5 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.1% | -10.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Randy Feenstra'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) Randy Feenstra's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| 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) Randy Feenstra's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.8% | +7.2 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.2% | -2.2 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Randy Feenstra'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) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Randy Feenstra's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 21.5% | +78.5 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.9% | -6.9 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Randy Feenstra's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 69.0% | +31.0 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Randy Feenstra's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 43.4% | +56.6 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Randy Feenstra'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) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Randy Feenstra'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) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.7% | -9.7 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.0% | -4.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Randy Feenstra's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Randy Feenstra's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.7% | +32.3 |
| Average | 16.7% | 11.9% | +4.8 | |||
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