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Democratic representative for Massachusetts’s 9th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Keating votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Keating’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 Keating votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Keating’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
+17.6% | 100.0% | +2.8 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Keating vote | Agree with Biden? | Predicted chance of voting with Biden | Plus-minus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 3 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxins (256-174) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 93.3% | +6.7 |
| Feb. 9 | 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) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| Feb. 8 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.8% | +4.2 |
| Feb. 7 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.4% | +4.6 |
| Feb. 4 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| Jan. 13 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Jan. 12 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.1% | +7.9 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.4% | +21.6 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.3% | +1.7 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.3% | +2.7 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through December 16, 2022 (219-212) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| 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) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 84.3% | +15.7 |
| 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) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.8% | +3.2 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.0% | +2.0 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.0% | +1.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.6% | +1.4 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that allowed borrowers to get loans at interest rates above the limit set by their state (218-208) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 89.8% | +10.2 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 81.5% | +18.5 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.7% | +4.3 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.1% | +1.9 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.2% | +2.8 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.7% | +0.3 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.4% | +4.6 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 96.6% | +3.4 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.3% | +0.7 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 97.0% | +3.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.4% | +0.6 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.6% | +0.4 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.2% | +1.8 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.1% | +0.9 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.2% | +0.8 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 99.8% | +0.2 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) William Keating's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 86.8% | +13.2 |
| Average | 100.0% | 97.2% | +2.8 | |||
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