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Former Republican representative for Mississippi’s 4th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Palazzo votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Palazzo’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 Palazzo votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Palazzo’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-38.0% | 10.6% | +1.8 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Palazzo 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) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.9% | -9.9 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.4% | -38.4 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 26.2% | -26.2 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Steven Palazzo's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 29.5% | +70.5 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.3% | -12.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.3% | +28.7 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Steven Palazzo's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 9.8% | +90.2 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.7% | -5.7 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Steven Palazzo's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.1% | +24.9 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.9% | -3.9 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Steven Palazzo's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.7% | +60.3 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Steven Palazzo's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.6% | +13.4 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Steven Palazzo's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.7% | -12.7 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.2% | -39.2 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.7% | -35.7 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Steven Palazzo's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 17.0% | +83.0 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.1% | -4.1 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.7% | -9.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 54.3% | -54.3 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.8% | -24.8 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Steven Palazzo'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) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Steven Palazzo's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Steven Palazzo's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.7% | +38.3 |
| Average | 10.6% | 8.8% | +1.8 | |||
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