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Measure Bill or nomination on which the Biden administration has taken a public position | Biden position | House | Senate |
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Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency Biden position: support | support | Passed Feb. 8 | Passed March 8 |
Providing for congressional disapproval of the national COVID-19 emergency declaration oppose | oppose | Passed March 3 | |
Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxins support | support | Passed March 3 | |
Providing for congressional disapproval of vaccine mandates for health care workers oppose | oppose | Passed March 2 | |
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 support | support | Passed Feb. 9 | |
Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases support | support | Passed Feb. 7 | |
Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research support | support | Passed Feb. 4 | |
Keeping Senate filibuster rules in place to block voting-rights legislation oppose | oppose | Passed Jan. 19 | |
Imposing additional sanctions over a Russian gas pipeline oppose | oppose | Failed Jan. 13 (60 votes required) | |
Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules support | support | Passed Jan. 13 | |
Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members support | support | Passed Jan. 12 | |
Increasing the debt limit support | support | Passed Dec. 15, 2021 | Passed Dec. 14, 2021 |
Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world support | support | Passed Dec. 14, 2021 | |
Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates support | support | Passed Dec. 9, 2021 | |
Providing for congressional disapproval of COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandates for large businesses oppose | oppose | Passed Dec. 8, 2021 | |
Providing for congressional disapproval of the sale of certain weapons to Saudi Arabia oppose | oppose | Failed Dec. 7, 2021 | |
Extending government funding support | support | Passed Dec. 2, 2021 | Passed Dec. 2, 2021 (60 votes required) |
Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs support | support | Passed Nov. 19, 2021 | |
Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure support | support | Passed Nov. 5, 2021 | Passed Aug. 10, 2021 |
Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process support | support | Passed Nov. 4, 2021 | |
Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence support | support | Passed Oct. 26, 2021 | |
Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations support | support | Passed Oct. 22, 2021 | |
Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 support | support | Passed Sept. 29, 2021 | |
Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services support | support | Passed Sept. 24, 2021 | |
Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling support | support | Passed Sept. 21, 2021 | |
Strengthening the Voting Rights Act support | support | Passed Aug. 24, 2021 | |
$3.5 trillion budget plan support | support | Passed Aug. 24, 2021 | Passed Aug. 11, 2021 |
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, 2021 (2/3 required) | Passed July 29, 2021 (60 votes required) |
Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs support | support | Passed July 28, 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 support | support | Passed July 22, 2021 | |
Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals support | support | Passed July 21, 2021 | |
Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices support | support | Passed July 20, 2021 | |
Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure support | support | Passed July 1, 2021 | |
Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks support | support | Passed June 25, 2021 | Passed April 28, 2021 |
Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays support | support | Passed June 24, 2021 | |
Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process support | support | Passed June 24, 2021 | Passed May 19, 2021 |
Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state support | support | Passed June 24, 2021 | Passed May 11, 2021 |
Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination support | support | Passed June 23, 2021 | |
Expanding voting rights and strengthening campaign finance regulations and ethics rules support | support | Failed June 22, 2021 (60 votes required) | |
Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq support | support | Passed June 17, 2021 | |
Strengthening rules against wage discrimination support | support | Passed April 15, 2021 | Failed June 8, 2021 (60 votes required) |
Investing in science and technology manufacturing and research support | support | Passed June 8, 2021 (60 votes required) | |
Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol support | support | Passed May 19, 2021 | Failed May 28, 2021 (60 votes required) |
Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack support | support | Passed May 20, 2021 | |
Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic support | support | Passed May 18, 2021 (2/3 required) | Passed April 22, 2021 (60 votes required) |
Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination support | support | Passed May 14, 2021 | |
Providing consumers with debt-related protections support | support | Passed May 13, 2021 | |
Providing money for safe drinking water and other water infrastructure support | support | Passed April 29, 2021 (60 votes required) | |
Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state support | support | Passed April 22, 2021 | |
Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel support | support | Passed April 21, 2021 | |
Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions support | support | Passed April 21, 2021 | |
Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence support | support | Passed April 16, 2021 | |
Nomination of Martin Joseph Walsh to be secretary of labor support | support | Confirmed March 22, 2021 | |
Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status support | support | Passed March 18, 2021 | |
Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children support | support | Passed March 18, 2021 | |
Nomination of Xavier Becerra to be secretary of health and human services support | support | Confirmed March 18, 2021 | |
Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act support | support | Passed March 17, 2021 | |
Nomination of Katherine C. Tai to be United States trade representative support | support | Confirmed March 17, 2021 | |
Nomination of Isabella Casillas Guzman to be administrator of the Small Business Administration support | support | Confirmed March 16, 2021 | |
Nomination of Debra Anne Haaland to be secretary of the interior support | support | Confirmed March 15, 2021 | |
Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks support | support | Passed March 11, 2021 | |
Requiring background checks for all gun sales support | support | Passed March 11, 2021 | |
Nomination of Michael Stanley Regan to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency support | support | Confirmed March 10, 2021 | |
Nomination of Merrick Brian Garland to be attorney general support | support | Confirmed March 10, 2021 | |
Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief support | support | Passed March 10, 2021 | Passed March 6, 2021 |
Nomination of Marcia Louise Fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development support | support | Confirmed March 10, 2021 | |
Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights support | support | Passed March 9, 2021 | |
Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules support | support | Passed March 3, 2021 | |
Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police support | support | Passed March 3, 2021 | |
Nomination of Cecilia Elena Rouse to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers support | support | Confirmed March 2, 2021 | |
Nomination of Gina Marie Raimondo to be secretary of commerce support | support | Confirmed March 2, 2021 | |
Nomination of Miguel A. Cardona to be secretary of education support | support | Confirmed March 1, 2021 | |
Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development support | support | Passed Feb. 26, 2021 | |
Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation support | support | Passed Feb. 25, 2021 | |
Nomination of Jennifer Mulhern Granholm to be secretary of energy support | support | Confirmed Feb. 25, 2021 | |
Nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations support | support | Confirmed Feb. 23, 2021 | |
Nomination of Thomas J. Vilsack to be secretary of agriculture support | support | Confirmed Feb. 23, 2021 | |
Nomination of Denis Richard McDonough to be secretary of veterans affairs support | support | Confirmed Feb. 8, 2021 | |
Nomination of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas to be secretary of homeland security support | support | Confirmed Feb. 2, 2021 | |
Nomination of Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg to be secretary of transportation support | support | Confirmed Feb. 2, 2021 | |
Nomination of Antony John Blinken to be secretary of state support | support | Confirmed Jan. 26, 2021 | |
Nomination of Janet Louise Yellen to be secretary of the treasury support | support | Confirmed Jan. 25, 2021 | |
Nomination of Lloyd James Austin to be secretary of defense support | support | Confirmed Jan. 22, 2021 | |
Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense support | support | Passed Jan. 21, 2021 | Passed Jan. 21, 2021 (60 votes required) |
Nomination of Avril Danica Haines to be director of national intelligence support | support | Confirmed Jan. 20, 2021 |
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