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Republican representative for Texas’s 25th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Williams votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Williams’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 Williams votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Williams’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-9.6% | 8.3% | -18.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Williams 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) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No |  | 21.4% | -21.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| 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) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.0% | -24.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Roger Williams's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 48.7% | +51.3 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.9% | -3.9 |
| 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) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.5% | -42.5 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.4% | -6.4 |
| 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) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.1% | -76.1 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.5% | -45.5 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 59.4% | -59.4 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 71.3% | -71.3 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.0% | -26.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.9% | -41.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.9% | -37.9 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.1% | -4.1 |
| 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) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.9% | -4.9 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.4% | -82.4 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.5% | -19.5 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.5% | -21.5 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Roger Williams's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 4.8% | ||
| 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) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.1% | -4.1 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.2% | -14.2 |
| 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) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.7% | -2.7 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.8% | -58.8 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.0% | -3.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.9% | -34.9 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Roger Williams's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.1% | +2.9 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.2% | -29.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.0% | -44.0 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.0% | -17.0 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.7% | -2.7 |
| 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) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.2% | -47.2 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.8% | -5.8 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.7% | -2.7 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.0% | -76.0 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 46.5% | -46.5 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.2% | -22.2 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.4% | -5.4 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.1% | -79.1 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Roger Williams's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.2% | +4.8 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.5% | -18.5 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.3% | -2.3 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.9% | -24.9 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.1% | -9.1 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.1% | -9.1 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.4% | -5.4 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.9% | -5.9 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.1% | -42.1 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.6% | -3.6 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.7% | -61.7 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.9% | -17.9 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.5% | -23.5 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.7% | -9.7 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.5% | -44.5 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.6% | -42.6 |
| 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) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.2% | -7.2 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 77.4% | -77.4 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 75.2% | -75.2 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.5% | -5.5 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Roger Williams's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 2.4% | ||
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Roger Williams's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 60.0% | ||
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.1% | -5.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.9% | -4.9 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.1% | -5.1 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.5% | -27.5 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.7% | -10.7 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Roger Williams's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 15.7% | ||
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 55.2% | -55.2 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.2% | -42.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| 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) Roger Williams'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) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.8% | -16.8 |
| 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) Roger Williams's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.1% | +3.9 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.5% | -30.5 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.1% | -10.1 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Roger Williams's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 4.5% | ||
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.9% | -15.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.4% | -30.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.1% | -5.1 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.9% | -30.9 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.6% | -50.6 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 18.8% | -18.8 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.6% | -40.6 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Roger Williams's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.6% | +13.4 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Roger Williams's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 74.0% | +26.0 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.4% | -2.4 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.5% | -44.5 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.0% | -36.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.3% | -12.3 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.3% | -37.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.7% | -2.7 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.1% | -9.1 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.7% | -5.7 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.9% | -5.9 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.3% | -5.3 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.5% | -10.5 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Roger Williams's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Roger Williams's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.3% | +23.7 |
| Average | 8.3% | 26.8% | -18.5 | |||
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