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Republican representative for Missouri’s 6th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Graves votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Graves’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 Graves votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Graves’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-28.3% | 12.4% | +1.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Graves 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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No |  | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.6% | -19.6 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.4% | -5.4 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 51.9% | +48.1 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.3% | -10.3 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Sam Graves's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 36.8% | +63.2 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Sam Graves's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 43.6% | +56.4 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.2% | -20.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.6% | -4.6 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.4% | +24.6 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.9% | -21.9 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.6% | -4.6 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Sam Graves's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.4% | +5.6 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.2% | -2.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.7% | -13.7 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.5% | -7.5 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Sam Graves's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.4% | +24.6 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.6% | -11.6 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Sam Graves's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.2% | +45.8 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Sam Graves's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.3% | +9.7 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.3% | -10.3 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.8% | -25.8 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.2% | -8.2 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.9% | -8.9 |
| 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) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 53.1% | +46.9 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Sam Graves's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 49.7% | +50.3 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.4% | -29.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.1% | -6.1 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.6% | -13.6 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.8% | -8.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| 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) Sam Graves's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.5% | +7.5 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.8% | -19.8 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.7% | -5.7 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Sam Graves's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 67.3% | +32.7 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.0% | -41.0 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.3% | -8.3 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Sam Graves'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) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Sam Graves's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Sam Graves's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 67.0% | ||
| Average | 12.4% | 10.9% | +1.5 | |||
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