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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% | 12.8% | +4.0 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Scalise vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 29 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No |  | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24 | 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 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25 | 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 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24 | 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 | 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 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.8% | -9.8 |
| May 20 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Steve Scalise's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 25.0% | +75.0 |
| May 13 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21 | 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 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16 | 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 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| March 18 | 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 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| March 11 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3 | 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 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Steve Scalise's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26 | 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 | 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 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Steve Scalise's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.8% | +38.2 |
| Average | 12.8% | 8.8% | +4.0 | |||
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