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| Measure Bill or nomination on which the Biden administration has taken a public position | Biden position | House | Senate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 Biden position: support | support | Passed Sept. 29 | |
| Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services support | support | Passed Sept. 24 | |
| Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling support | support | Passed Sept. 21 | |
| Strengthening the Voting Rights Act support | support | Passed Aug. 24 | |
| $3.5 trillion budget plan support | support | Passed Aug. 24 | Passed Aug. 11 |
| Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure support | support | Passed Aug. 10 | |
| Providing emergency funding for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack and for the expansion of the Afghan visa program support | support | Passed July 29 (2/3 required) | Passed July 29 (60 votes required) |
| Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs support | support | Passed July 28 | |
| Increasing the number of and expediting the process for visas available to Afghans who worked on behalf of the U.S. government in Afghanistan support | support | Passed July 22 | |
| Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals support | support | Passed July 21 | |
| Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices support | support | Passed July 20 | |
| Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure support | support | Passed July 1 | |
| Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks support | support | Passed June 25 | Passed April 28 |
| Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays support | support | Passed June 24 | |
| Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process support | support | Passed June 24 | Passed May 19 |
| Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state support | support | Passed June 24 | Passed May 11 |
| Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination support | support | Passed June 23 | |
| Expanding voting rights and strengthening campaign finance regulations and ethics rules support | support | Failed June 22 (60 votes required) | |
| Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq support | support | Passed June 17 | |
| Strengthening rules against wage discrimination support | support | Passed April 15 | Failed June 8 (60 votes required) |
| Investing in science and technology manufacturing and research support | support | Passed June 8 (60 votes required) | |
| Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol support | support | Passed May 19 | Failed May 28 (60 votes required) |
| Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack support | support | Passed May 20 | |
| Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic support | support | Passed May 18 (2/3 required) | Passed April 22 (60 votes required) |
| Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination support | support | Passed May 14 | |
| Providing consumers with debt-related protections support | support | Passed May 13 | |
| Providing money for safe drinking water and other water infrastructure support | support | Passed April 29 (60 votes required) | |
| Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state support | support | Passed April 22 | |
| Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel support | support | Passed April 21 | |
| Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions support | support | Passed April 21 | |
| Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence support | support | Passed April 16 | |
| Nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh to be secretary of labor support | support | Confirmed March 22 | |
| Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status support | support | Passed March 18 | |
| Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children support | support | Passed March 18 | |
| Nomination of Xavier Becerra to be secretary of health and human services support | support | Confirmed March 18 | |
| Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act support | support | Passed March 17 | |
| Nomination of Katherine C. Tai to be United States trade representative support | support | Confirmed March 17 | |
| Nomination of Isabella Casillas Guzman to be administrator of the Small Business Administration support | support | Confirmed March 16 | |
| Nomination of Debra Anne Haaland to be secretary of the interior support | support | Confirmed March 15 | |
| Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks support | support | Passed March 11 | |
| Requiring background checks for all gun sales support | support | Passed March 11 | |
| Nomination of Michael Stanley Regan to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency support | support | Confirmed March 10 | |
| Nomination of Merrick Brian Garland to be attorney general support | support | Confirmed March 10 | |
| Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief support | support | Passed March 10 | Passed March 6 |
| Nomination of Marcia Louise Fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development support | support | Confirmed March 10 | |
| Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights support | support | Passed March 9 | |
| Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules support | support | Passed March 3 | |
| Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police support | support | Passed March 3 | |
| Nomination of Cecilia Elena Rouse to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers support | support | Confirmed March 2 | |
| Nomination of Gina Marie Raimondo to be secretary of commerce support | support | Confirmed March 2 | |
| Nomination of Miguel A. Cardona to be secretary of education support | support | Confirmed March 1 | |
| Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development support | support | Passed Feb. 26 | |
| Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation support | support | Passed Feb. 25 | |
| Nomination of Jennifer Mulhern Granholm to be secretary of energy support | support | Confirmed Feb. 25 | |
| Nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations support | support | Confirmed Feb. 23 | |
| Nomination of Thomas J. Vilsack to be secretary of agriculture support | support | Confirmed Feb. 23 | |
| Nomination of Denis Richard McDonough to be secretary of veterans affairs support | support | Confirmed Feb. 8 | |
| Nomination of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas to be secretary of homeland security support | support | Confirmed Feb. 2 | |
| Nomination of Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg to be secretary of transportation support | support | Confirmed Feb. 2 | |
| Nomination of Antony John Blinken to be secretary of state support | support | Confirmed Jan. 26 | |
| Nomination of Janet Louise Yellen to be secretary of the treasury support | support | Confirmed Jan. 25 | |
| Nomination of Lloyd James Austin to be secretary of defense support | support | Confirmed Jan. 22 | |
| Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense support | support | Passed Jan. 21 | Passed Jan. 21 (60 votes required) |
| Nomination of Avril Danica Haines to be director of national intelligence support | support | Confirmed Jan. 20 |
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