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Republican representative for Kentucky’s 4th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Massie votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Massie’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 Massie votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Massie’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-31.4% | 1.8% | -8.7 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Massie 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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No |  | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.0% | -16.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.3% | -3.3 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.5% | -47.5 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.3% | -7.3 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.2% | -33.2 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.9% | -38.9 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.4% | -17.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 74.1% | -74.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 17.3% | -17.3 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 93.8% | -93.8 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.6% | -10.6 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.8% | -4.8 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 75.3% | -75.3 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.4% | -8.4 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.5% | -49.5 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 89.2% | -89.2 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Thomas Massie's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.5% | -7.5 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.0% | -21.0 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.5% | -5.5 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Thomas Massie's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 6.2% | +93.8 |
| 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) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.6% | -48.6 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.1% | -45.1 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.1% | -25.1 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.4% | -4.4 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.6% | -9.6 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 6.1% | -6.1 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 99.0% | -99.0 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| 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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 91.7% | -91.7 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Thomas Massie's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 16.0% | +84.0 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.6% | -3.6 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 63.3% | -63.3 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.5% | -35.5 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.5% | -5.5 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Thomas Massie'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) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Thomas Massie's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.4% | -65.4 |
| Average | 1.8% | 10.5% | -8.7 | |||
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