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Republican representative for North Carolina’s 13th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Budd votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Budd’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 Budd votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Budd’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-35.3% | 13.2% | +3.4 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Budd 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) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No |  | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Ted Budd's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 12.2% | +87.8 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.6% | -1.6 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.1% | -42.1 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.5% | -4.5 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Ted Budd's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 29.0% | +71.0 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.2% | -33.2 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Ted Budd's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 14.3% | +85.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 1.4% | +98.6 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.5% | +27.5 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Ted Budd's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 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) Ted Budd's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Ted Budd's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 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) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.5% | -12.5 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.5% | -1.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Ted Budd's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.9% | +7.1 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.4% | -7.4 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Ted Budd's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.1% | +24.9 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.4% | -5.4 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Ted Budd's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 43.7% | +56.3 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Ted Budd's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 87.7% | +12.3 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Ted Budd's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Ted Budd's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 4.8% | ||
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Ted Budd's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Ted Budd's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 15.8% | ||
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.1% | ||
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.1% | -3.1 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| 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) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 43.0% | +57.0 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Ted Budd's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.5% | +60.5 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.1% | -20.1 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.9% | -5.9 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.7% | -3.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| 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) Ted Budd's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 90.6% | +9.4 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.0% | -12.0 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.0% | -58.0 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.0% | -29.0 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.2% | -3.2 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Ted Budd'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) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Ted Budd's Vote: No | support | No | | 63.2% | -63.2 |
| Average | 13.2% | 9.8% | +3.4 | |||
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