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Republican representative for Oklahoma’s 4th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Cole votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Cole’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 Cole votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Cole’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-33.0% | 28.3% | +18.3 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Cole 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) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No |  | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 14.4% | +85.6 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.5% | -2.5 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 45.3% | +54.7 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 6.0% | +94.0 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 31.5% | +68.5 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 36.5% | +63.5 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 16.1% | +83.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 73.5% | +26.5 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 15.2% | +84.8 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 2.2% | +97.8 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.5% | +6.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 9.2% | +90.8 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.7% | -3.7 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.2% | +24.8 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 7.1% | +92.9 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 47.1% | +52.9 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 88.6% | +11.4 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 0.4% | +99.6 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 6.3% | +93.7 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 18.8% | +81.2 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 4.4% | +95.6 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.1% | -5.1 |
| 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) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 46.3% | +53.7 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 42.8% | +57.2 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 22.9% | +77.1 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.7% | -3.7 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 0.0% | +100.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.9% | -7.9 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 5.0% | +95.0 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| 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) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.3% | +8.7 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 14.3% | +85.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.2% | -61.2 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 32.8% | +67.2 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 4.4% | +95.6 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 1.3% | +98.7 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Tom Cole'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) Tom Cole's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.0% | ||
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Tom Cole's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Tom Cole's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.5% | +35.5 |
| Average | 28.3% | 10.0% | +18.3 | |||
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