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Former Republican representative for South Carolina’s 7th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Rice votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Rice’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 Rice votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Rice’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-18.6% | 19.6% | +3.6 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Rice 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 Rice's Vote: No | support | No |  | 6.4% | -6.4 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Tom Rice'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 Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.9% | -5.9 |
| 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 Rice's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 33.4% | +66.6 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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 Rice's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 19.2% | +80.8 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| 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 Rice's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 65.2% | ||
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 25.2% | -25.2 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Tom Rice's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 48.4% | +51.6 |
| 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 Rice's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 58.5% | +41.5 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.4% | -9.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.6% | -30.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 16.6% | -16.6 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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 Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 79.2% | -79.2 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Tom Rice's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 4.3% | +95.7 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Tom Rice's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 4.0% | +96.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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 Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| 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 Rice'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 Rice's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 39.8% | +60.2 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Tom Rice'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 Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.6% | -15.6 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Tom Rice's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.0% | +4.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 10.5% | -10.5 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 27.3% | -27.3 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Tom Rice'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 Rice's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 23.3% | +76.7 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 75.7% | -75.7 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Tom Rice's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 26.7% | +73.3 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Tom Rice's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 5.1% | +94.9 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Tom Rice's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 68.1% | +31.9 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Tom Rice's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.2% | +6.8 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.0% | -5.0 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.7% | -7.7 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.6% | -0.6 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.8% | -23.8 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Tom Rice'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 Rice's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 43.7% | +56.3 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.8% | -2.8 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.7% | -5.7 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.8% | -0.8 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.9% | -22.9 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.9% | -22.9 |
| 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 Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 66.5% | -66.5 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Tom Rice's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 63.7% | +36.3 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Tom Rice'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 Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.9% | -44.9 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Tom Rice'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 Rice'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 Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Tom Rice'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 Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.6% | -14.6 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.1% | -2.1 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.2% | -32.2 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 22.5% | -22.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Tom Rice'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 Rice'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 Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.3% | -5.3 |
| 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 Rice's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.6% | +5.4 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 9.9% | -9.9 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Tom Rice's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 0.1% | ||
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.8% | -1.8 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.9% | -7.9 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Tom Rice'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 Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.4% | -7.4 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Tom Rice's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 34.4% | +65.6 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.0% | -7.0 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Tom Rice's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 18.9% | +81.1 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 78.5% | -78.5 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 58.9% | -58.9 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Tom Rice'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 Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Tom Rice'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 Rice's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 23.0% | +77.0 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.0% | -14.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.9% | -0.9 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 14.6% | -14.6 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Tom Rice'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 Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.7% | -0.7 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Tom Rice's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Tom Rice's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 72.1% | +27.9 |
| Average | 19.6% | 16.0% | +3.6 | |||
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