UPDATED Mar. 9, 2022, at 9:10 AM

Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden?

An updating tally of how often every member of the House and the Senate votes with or against the president.

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Ted CruzR

Republican senator for Texas

Biden margin

Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s

Biden score

How often Cruz votes in line with Biden’s position

Biden plus-minus

Difference between Cruz’s actual and predicted Biden support scores

Biden marginBiden scoreBiden plus-minus
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’sHow often Cruz votes in line with Biden’s positionDifference between Cruz’s actual and predicted Biden support scores
-5.6%
15.9%
-52.4-52.4
-52.4

117th Congress (2021-22)

Republican senator for Texas

DateMeasureBiden positionCruz voteAgree with Biden?Predicted chance of voting with Biden Plus-minus
March 8Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (79-19)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 82.2%-82.2
March 3Providing for congressional disapproval of the national COVID-19 emergency declaration (48-47)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
Yes
oppose
Yes
 42.2%+57.8
March 2Providing for congressional disapproval of vaccine mandates for health care workers (49-44)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
Yes
oppose
Yes
 39.9%+60.1
Jan. 19Keeping Senate filibuster rules in place to block voting-rights legislation (52-48)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
Yes
oppose
Yes
 28.7%+71.3
Jan. 13Imposing additional sanctions over a Russian gas pipeline (55-44)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
Yes
oppose
Yes
 34.6%+65.4
Dec. 14, 2021Increasing the debt limit (50-49)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 41.8%-41.8
Dec. 8, 2021Providing for congressional disapproval of COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandates for large businesses (52-48)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
Yes
oppose
Yes
 20.2%+79.8
Dec. 7, 2021Providing for congressional disapproval of the sale of certain weapons to Saudi Arabia (30-67)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
oppose
No
 77.9%-77.9
Dec. 2, 2021Extending government funding (69-28)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 75.1%-75.1
Aug. 11, 2021$3.5 trillion budget plan (50-49)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 41.9%-41.9
Aug. 10, 2021Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (69-30)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 72.7%-72.7
July 29, 2021Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program (98-0)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
June 22, 2021Expanding voting rights and strengthening campaign finance regulations and ethics rules (50-50)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 41.8%-41.8
June 8, 2021Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (49-50)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 41.8%-41.8
June 8, 2021Investing in science and technology manufacturing and research (68-32)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 69.1%-69.1
May 28, 2021Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (54-35)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 59.4%-59.4
May 19, 2021Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (50-48)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 43.5%-43.5
May 11, 2021Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (52-47)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 49.8%-49.8
April 29, 2021Providing money for safe drinking water and other water infrastructure (89-2)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 97.9%-97.9
April 28, 2021Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (52-42)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 50.7%-50.7
April 22, 2021Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (94-1)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 99.1%+0.9
March 22, 2021Nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh to be secretary of labor (68-29)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 75.3%-75.3
March 18, 2021Nomination of Xavier Becerra to be secretary of health and human services (50-49)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 44.2%-44.2
March 17, 2021Nomination of Katherine C. Tai to be United States trade representative (98-0)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 100.0%0.0
March 16, 2021Nomination of Isabella Casillas Guzman to be administrator of the Small Business Administration (81-17)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 85.9%-85.9
March 15, 2021Nomination of Debra Anne Haaland to be secretary of the interior (51-40)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 54.5%-54.5
March 10, 2021Nomination of Michael Stanley Regan to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (66-34)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 71.2%-71.2
March 10, 2021Nomination of Merrick Brian Garland to be attorney general (70-30)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 75.3%-75.3
March 10, 2021Nomination of Marcia Louise Fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development (66-34)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 68.7%-68.7
March 6, 2021Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (50-49)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 42.5%-42.5
March 2, 2021Nomination of Cecilia Elena Rouse to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (95-4)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 97.1%+2.9
March 2, 2021Nomination of Gina Marie Raimondo to be secretary of commerce (84-15)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 89.3%-89.3
March 1, 2021Nomination of Miguel A. Cardona to be secretary of education (64-33)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 71.4%-71.4
Feb. 25, 2021Nomination of Jennifer Mulhern Granholm to be secretary of energy (64-35)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 67.3%-67.3
Feb. 23, 2021Nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (78-21)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 81.8%-81.8
Feb. 23, 2021Nomination of Thomas J. Vilsack to be secretary of agriculture (92-7)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 92.9%-92.9
Feb. 8, 2021Nomination of Denis Richard McDonough to be secretary of veterans affairs (87-7)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 93.0%-93.0
Feb. 2, 2021Nomination of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas to be secretary of homeland security (56-43)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 56.8%-56.8
Feb. 2, 2021Nomination of Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg to be secretary of transportation (86-13)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 88.9%-88.9
Jan. 26, 2021Nomination of Antony John Blinken to be secretary of state (78-22)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 84.8%-84.8
Jan. 25, 2021Nomination of Janet Louise Yellen to be secretary of the treasury (84-15)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 90.6%-90.6
Jan. 22, 2021Nomination of Lloyd James Austin to be secretary of defense (93-2)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 98.3%+1.7
Jan. 21, 2021Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (69-27)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
Yes
support
Yes
 72.4%+27.6
Jan. 20, 2021Nomination of Avril Danica Haines to be director of national intelligence (84-10)
Ted Cruz's Vote:
No
support
No
 91.3%-91.3
Average15.9%68.3%-52.4

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