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Republican representative for Minnesota’s 6th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Emmer votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Emmer’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 Emmer votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Emmer’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-20.2% | 15.8% | +0.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Emmer 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 Emmer's Vote: No | support | No |  | 4.9% | -4.9 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Tom Emmer'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 Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.3% | -4.3 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.9% | -30.9 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Tom Emmer'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 Emmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 16.0% | +84.0 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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 Emmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.1% | +36.9 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.2% | -22.2 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 46.5% | -46.5 |
| 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 Emmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 56.1% | +43.9 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.6% | -7.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.7% | -28.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Tom Emmer'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 Emmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 13.8% | +86.2 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Tom Emmer'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 Emmer'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 Emmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.6% | +21.4 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.1% | -3.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Tom Emmer'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 Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| 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 Emmer'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 Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.6% | -36.6 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Tom Emmer'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 Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.1% | -13.1 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Tom Emmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.8% | +4.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.4% | -8.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.7% | -24.7 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.0% | -2.0 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Tom Emmer'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 Emmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 19.8% | +80.2 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Tom Emmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.7% | +24.3 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.7% | -23.7 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.7% | -3.7 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Tom Emmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 65.9% | +34.1 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Tom Emmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.8% | +7.2 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.8% | -3.8 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.9% | -5.9 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.1% | -21.1 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Tom Emmer'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 Emmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 40.6% | +59.4 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.1% | -4.1 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.8% | -19.8 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.0% | -20.0 |
| 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 Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Tom Emmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.4% | +35.6 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Tom Emmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.4% | +38.6 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Tom Emmer'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 Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.2% | -42.2 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Tom Emmer'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 Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.8% | -12.8 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.3% | -1.3 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.5% | -28.5 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.7% | -19.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Tom Emmer'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 Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Tom Emmer'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 Emmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| 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) Tom Emmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.3% | +5.7 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.7% | -7.7 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Tom Emmer'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 Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.1% | -1.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.8% | -5.8 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Tom Emmer'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 Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.3% | -5.3 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.7% | -31.7 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.7% | -5.7 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.9% | -15.9 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Tom Emmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.9% | +23.1 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Tom Emmer's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 55.9% | +44.1 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Tom Emmer'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 Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Tom Emmer'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 Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.9% | -19.9 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.3% | -11.3 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.9% | -11.9 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Tom Emmer's Vote: No | support | No | | 71.3% | -71.3 |
| Average | 15.8% | 15.3% | +0.5 | |||
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