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Republican representative for Louisiana’s 1st district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Scalise votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Scalise’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 Scalise votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Scalise’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-37.9% | 13.0% | +4.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Scalise 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) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No |  | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.0% | -10.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 38.5% | +61.5 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.3% | -26.3 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Steve Scalise's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 29.7% | +70.3 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.4% | -12.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.8% | ||
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Steve Scalise's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 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) Steve Scalise's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Steve Scalise's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 71.3% | ||
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| 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) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Steve Scalise's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 9.9% | ||
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Steve Scalise's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Steve Scalise's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.3% | +7.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.7% | -5.7 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Steve Scalise's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.1% | +24.9 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.9% | -3.9 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Steve Scalise's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.8% | +60.2 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Steve Scalise's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.7% | +13.3 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.5% | -3.5 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.8% | -12.8 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.6% | -2.6 |
| 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) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.4% | +60.6 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Steve Scalise's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 35.9% | +64.1 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.1% | -17.1 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.6% | -2.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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) Steve Scalise's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.8% | +10.2 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.8% | -9.8 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Steve Scalise's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 54.4% | +45.6 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Steve Scalise's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 25.0% | +75.0 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Steve Scalise'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) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Steve Scalise's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.8% | +38.2 |
| Average | 13.0% | 8.4% | +4.5 | |||
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