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Former Republican representative for Texas’s 3rd district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Taylor votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Taylor’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 Taylor votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Taylor’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-1.1% | 6.2% | -45.0 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Taylor 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) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No |  | 45.9% | -45.9 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.7% | -37.7 |
| 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) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 54.1% | -54.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 63.4% | -63.4 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.6% | -37.6 |
| 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) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 67.6% | -67.6 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 39.1% | -39.1 |
| 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) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 84.4% | -84.4 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.8% | -65.8 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 69.1% | -69.1 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 81.4% | -81.4 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 49.7% | -49.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 53.2% | -53.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.6% | -35.6 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.5% | -62.5 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.4% | -35.4 |
| 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) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.9% | -37.9 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 85.1% | -85.1 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.0% | -48.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 54.7% | -54.7 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.9% | -36.9 |
| 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) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.5% | -34.5 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.8% | -44.8 |
| 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) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.3% | -31.3 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 75.0% | -75.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.8% | -31.8 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 29.9% | -29.9 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 57.9% | -57.9 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Van Taylor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 54.7% | -54.7 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 60.9% | -60.9 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 47.2% | -47.2 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.4% | -31.4 |
| 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) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 71.0% | -71.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.9% | -37.9 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.4% | -30.4 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.3% | -76.3 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 66.0% | -66.0 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 52.2% | -52.2 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.4% | -37.4 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 87.1% | -87.1 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 96.7% | -96.7 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 42.5% | -42.5 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.3% | -28.3 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.2% | -51.2 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.6% | -41.6 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.5% | -40.5 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.7% | -36.7 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.5% | -40.5 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 61.3% | -61.3 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.9% | -37.9 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 76.7% | -76.7 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.0% | -51.0 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 53.7% | -53.7 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.0% | -40.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 66.7% | -66.7 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Van Taylor's Vote: Not Voting | support | Didn't Vote | 63.4% | ||
| 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) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.3% | -43.3 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 85.5% | -85.5 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 84.0% | -84.0 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.8% | -35.8 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.6% | -31.6 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 73.1% | -73.1 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.3% | -36.3 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.8% | -32.8 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.8% | -35.8 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.6% | -36.6 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.6% | -30.6 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 43.5% | -43.5 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.4% | -45.4 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.7% | -48.7 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 75.5% | -75.5 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.9% | -62.9 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.0% | -34.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.9% | -31.9 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.9% | -32.9 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.8% | -32.8 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 32.8% | -32.8 |
| 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) Van Taylor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.5% | -36.5 |
| 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) Van Taylor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 59.0% | -59.0 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.8% | -40.8 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.5% | -37.5 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 51.8% | -51.8 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 63.1% | -63.1 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.2% | -33.2 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.8% | -36.8 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.4% | -65.4 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.8% | -65.8 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 37.1% | -37.1 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Van Taylor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 64.5% | +35.5 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Van Taylor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.0% | +8.0 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 85.0% | -85.0 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.2% | -30.2 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.2% | -33.2 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.2% | -33.2 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.2% | -34.2 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 66.7% | -66.7 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 34.2% | -34.2 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 62.7% | -62.7 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 48.5% | -48.5 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 64.2% | -64.2 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.3% | -33.3 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 44.8% | -44.8 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.6% | -30.6 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.3% | -40.3 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 33.8% | -33.8 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 35.3% | -35.3 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 45.5% | -45.5 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Van Taylor's Vote: No | support | No | | 38.5% | -38.5 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Van Taylor's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 80.0% | +20.0 |
| Average | 6.2% | 51.2% | -45.0 | |||
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