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Republican representative for Pennsylvania’s 10th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Perry votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Perry’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 Perry votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Perry’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-2.9% | 5.3% | -39.3 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Perry 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) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No |  | 40.2% | -40.2 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.7% | -26.7 |
| 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) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.3% | -47.3 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.4% | -60.4 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.7% | -26.7 |
| 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) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.6% | -62.6 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.5% | -29.5 |
| 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) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.8% | -82.8 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.7% | -61.7 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 67.1% | -67.1 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.5% | -79.5 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.4% | -44.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 50.8% | -50.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.5% | -25.5 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.4% | -57.4 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.3% | -25.3 |
| 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) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.7% | -27.7 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Scott Perry's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 84.5% | +15.5 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.2% | -41.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.1% | -47.1 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.0% | -27.0 |
| 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) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.7% | -24.7 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.1% | -37.1 |
| 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) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.4% | -21.4 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 71.9% | -71.9 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.0% | -22.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.0% | -21.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 53.0% | -53.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Scott Perry's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.8% | +2.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.1% | -49.1 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.4% | -57.4 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.8% | -39.8 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.5% | -21.5 |
| 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) Scott Perry's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 66.3% | +33.7 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.3% | -28.3 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.8% | -20.8 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.3% | -76.3 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.1% | -62.1 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.3% | -45.3 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.7% | -27.7 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 85.6% | -85.6 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Scott Perry's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.4% | +3.6 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.7% | -36.7 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.1% | -19.1 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.3% | -45.3 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.6% | -32.6 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.8% | -31.8 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.1% | -27.1 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.1% | -30.1 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.3% | -57.3 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.6% | -26.6 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 73.8% | -73.8 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.1% | -43.1 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 46.8% | -46.8 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.8% | -31.8 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.2% | -62.2 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 59.1% | -59.1 |
| 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) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.9% | -32.9 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 84.0% | -84.0 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 82.3% | -82.3 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.6% | -26.6 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.3% | -21.3 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 70.5% | -70.5 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.7% | -26.7 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.5% | -22.5 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.2% | -26.2 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.9% | -26.9 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Scott Perry's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 20.2% | ||
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.9% | -39.9 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.2% | -36.2 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.6% | -40.6 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 71.7% | -71.7 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.6% | -58.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.6% | -24.6 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.8% | -21.8 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.5% | -22.5 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.5% | -22.5 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.5% | -22.5 |
| 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) Scott Perry's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.7% | -31.7 |
| 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) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 97.0% | -97.0 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 52.9% | -52.9 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.5% | -32.5 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.1% | -27.1 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.0% | -43.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 56.1% | -56.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.9% | -22.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.0% | -27.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.2% | -58.2 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.7% | -62.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.8% | -32.8 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 59.6% | -59.6 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.0% | -91.0 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 83.0% | -83.0 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.4% | -20.4 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.9% | -22.9 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.8% | -22.8 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.5% | -23.5 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.2% | -62.2 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.5% | -23.5 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.1% | -57.1 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.2% | -39.2 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.6% | -58.6 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.7% | -22.7 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.0% | -35.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.2% | -20.2 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.9% | -29.9 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.4% | -25.4 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.1% | -26.1 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.1% | -36.1 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.5% | -27.5 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Scott Perry's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.3% | -79.3 |
| Average | 5.3% | 44.6% | -39.3 | |||
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