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Democratic representative for Texas’s 16th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Escobar votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Escobar’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 Escobar votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Escobar’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+34.4% | 100.0% | +0.8 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Escobar 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) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.4% | +5.6 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.8% | +1.2 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.8% | +10.2 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 93.3% | +6.7 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.5% | +0.5 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 77.5% | +22.5 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| 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) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.9% | +1.1 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.0% | +5.0 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.2% | +3.8 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| 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) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 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) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.7% | +2.3 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.9% | +0.1 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 100.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) Veronica Escobar's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 91.4% | +8.6 |
| Average | 100.0% | 99.2% | +0.8 | |||
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