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Republican representative for South Carolina’s 4th district
Biden’s share of the vote in the 2020 election minus Trump’s
How often Timmons votes in line with Biden’s position
Difference between Timmons’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 Timmons votes in line with Biden’s position | Difference between Timmons’s actual and predicted Biden support scores |
-20.4% | 9.6% | -5.5 |
| Date | Measure | Biden position | Timmons 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) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No |  | 4.8% | -4.8 |
| Dec. 15, 2022 | Providing collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration health care workers (219-201) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.2% | -4.2 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement training in de-escalation tactics and in responding to mental and behavior health crises (264-162) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 30.5% | -30.5 |
| Dec. 14, 2022 | Updating regulations to address conflicts of interest in federal acquisitions (219-205) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.7% | -15.7 |
| Dec. 6, 2022 | Making it easier for noncitizen veterans to get lawful permanent resident status (220-208) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| 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) William Timmons's Vote: Yes | support | Yes |  | 62.8% | +37.2 |
| Dec. 1, 2022 | Establishing grants for reentry programs for previously incarcerated people (259-167) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 21.8% | -21.8 |
| Nov. 30, 2022 | Requiring certain railroad and labor organizations to accept a labor agreement (290-137) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 46.2% | -46.2 |
| Nov. 16, 2022 | Prohibiting the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements and nondisparagement clauses agreed to before a sexual assault or harassment dispute arises (315-109) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 55.7% | -55.7 |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | Extending government funding and providing money for economic and security assistance to Ukraine (230-201) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.3% | -7.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Modifying merger filing fees and requiring disclosure of foreign merger subsidies (242-184) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.5% | -28.5 |
| Sept. 29, 2022 | Expanding access to mental and substance use health services (220-205) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for law enforcement agencies to investigate unsolved homicides and nonfatal shootings (250-178) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 13.5% | -13.5 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Providing money for anti-violence programs (220-207) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 22, 2022 | Authorizing grants for law enforcement agencies with fewer than 125 officers (360-64) William Timmons's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 78.5% | +21.5 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Revising the process of casting and counting electoral votes for presidential elections (229-203) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.9% | -2.9 |
| Sept. 21, 2022 | Allowing federal student loan borrowers to separate consolidated loans (232-193) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 2.6% | -2.6 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Establishing and expanding whistleblower protections for federal employees (221-203) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 15, 2022 | Prohibiting certain federal positions from losing civil-service status (225-204) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| 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) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Revising restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats (278-134) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 36.2% | -36.2 |
| July 29, 2022 | Establishing wildfire preparedness and drought resiliency programs (218-199) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 29, 2022 | Prohibiting the sale, manufacture, transfer and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (217-213) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 28, 2022 | Supporting the domestic production of semiconductors (243-187) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.8% | -12.8 |
| July 27, 2022 | Extending certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (416-12) William Timmons's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 95.7% | +4.3 |
| July 27, 2022 | Establishing programs to support heart-disease research and awareness among the South Asian American population (237-192) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 8.2% | -8.2 |
| July 27, 2022 | Restoring full pension benefits terminated by Delphi Corporation's bankruptcy in 2009 (254-175) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 24.3% | -24.3 |
| July 21, 2022 | Protecting the right to access and use contraceptives (228-195) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.9% | -1.9 |
| July 20, 2022 | Authorizing appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for fiscal year 2023 (220-207) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.4% | -19.4 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to out-of-state abortion services (223-205) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| July 15, 2022 | Prohibiting restrictions on access to abortion services (219-210) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| July 14, 2022 | Authorizing Department of Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2023 (329-101) William Timmons's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 75.7% | +24.3 |
| July 13, 2022 | Establishing the Active Shooter Alert Communications Network (260-169) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 23.4% | -23.4 |
| June 24, 2022 | Expanding firearm regulations (234-193) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.5% | -3.5 |
| June 23, 2022 | Improving the collection of data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (220-201) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 22, 2022 | Establishing and funding agency for innovations in health care (336-85) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 65.7% | -65.7 |
| June 22, 2022 | Reauthorizing mental health and substance use disorder programs (402-20) William Timmons's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 92.7% | +7.3 |
| June 16, 2022 | Developing strategies to lower food and fuel costs (221-204) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.7% | -3.7 |
| June 15, 2022 | Expanding access to credit, mortgage and banking services (215-207) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 14, 2022 | Providing funding for the conservation of fish and wildlife (231-190) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.7% | -5.7 |
| June 9, 2022 | Allowing federal courts to temporarily prohibit individuals from purchasing and possessing firearms (224-202) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| June 8, 2022 | Changing federal firearms laws, including prohibiting sales of certain weapons to people under 21 years old (223-204) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| May 18, 2022 | Expanding the availability of information on domestic terrorism (222-203) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| May 17, 2022 | Expanding employment and training programs (220-196) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| May 13, 2022 | Reauthorizing block grants for antipoverty activities (246-169) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 20.8% | -20.8 |
| May 12, 2022 | Making Transportation Security Administration employees part of the standard federal personnel management system (220-201) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| May 11, 2022 | Making it easier for federally employed firefighters to get workers' compensation (288-131) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 40.2% | -40.2 |
| March 31, 2022 | Capping out-of-pocket insulin costs (232-193) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.7% | -1.7 |
| March 18, 2022 | Prohibiting discrimination based on a person's hair texture or style (235-189) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 3.9% | -3.9 |
| March 17, 2022 | Prohibiting certain forced arbitration clauses (222-209) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| March 9, 2022 | The 2022 fiscal year appropriations bill (260-171) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.4% | -19.4 |
| March 3, 2022 | Expanding health care eligibility for veterans exposed to toxic substances (256-174) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.6% | -19.6 |
| 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) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Feb. 8, 2022 | Improving the U.S. Postal Service's finances, services and transparency (342-92) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 64.1% | -64.1 |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Ending forced arbitration for sexual assault and sexual harrassment cases (335-97) William Timmons's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 61.1% | +38.9 |
| Feb. 4, 2022 | Providing money for semiconductor manufacturing, supply chain improvements and scientific research (222-210) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Jan. 13, 2022 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance regulations and election administration rules (220-203) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 12, 2022 | Expanding GI Bill eligibility for National Guard and Reserve members (287-135) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 41.9% | -41.9 |
| Dec. 15, 2021 | Increasing the debt limit (221-209) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Dec. 14, 2021 | Creating a State Department position to monitor and combat Islamophobia around the world (219-212) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 9, 2021 | Limiting the power of the executive branch and increasing disclosure requirements for presidential and vice presidential candidates (220-208) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Dec. 2, 2021 | Extending government funding (221-212) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Providing money to expand social safety programs, fight climate change and lower health care costs (220-213) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Nov. 5, 2021 | Providing money for transportation, utility and environmental infrastructure (228-206) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 12.6% | -12.6 |
| Nov. 4, 2021 | Protecting older job applicants from discrimination in the hiring process (224-200) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.4% | -0.4 |
| Oct. 26, 2021 | Reauthorizing and expanding funding for preventing domestic violence (228-200) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.2% | -1.2 |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | Expanding workplace requirements for breastfeeding accommodations (276-149) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 28.1% | -28.1 |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (254-175) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.3% | -19.3 |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Suspending the debt limit through Dec. 16, 2022 (219-212) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 24, 2021 | Protecting the right to an abortion and health care providers’ ability to provide abortion services (218-211) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Sept. 21, 2021 | Extending government funding and raising the debt ceiling (220-211) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Strengthening the Voting Rights Act (219-212) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Aug. 24, 2021 | $3.5 trillion budget plan (220-212) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) William Timmons's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 98.7% | +1.3 |
| July 28, 2021 | Making appropriations for the State Department, foreign operations and related programs (217-212) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 4.1% | -4.1 |
| 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 Timmons's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 94.3% | +5.7 |
| July 21, 2021 | Requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to implement regulations around certain chemicals (241-183) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 7.4% | -7.4 |
| July 20, 2021 | Allowing the Federal Trade Commission to recover money for victims of illegal business practices (221-205) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| July 1, 2021 | Providing money for transportation and water infrastructure (221-201) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| June 25, 2021 | Repealing an Environmental Protection Agency rule that removed limits on methane leaks (229-191) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 1.0% | -1.0 |
| June 24, 2021 | Providing contraceptives to veterans without co-pays (245-181) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.6% | -5.6 |
| June 24, 2021 | Repealing a rule that changed the workplace discrimination settlement process (219-210) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 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) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| June 23, 2021 | Protecting older employees from workplace discrimination (247-178) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.1% | -5.1 |
| June 17, 2021 | Repealing the 2002 authorization of military force against Iraq (268-161) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 31.4% | -31.4 |
| May 20, 2021 | Providing money for Capitol security in response to the Jan. 6 attack (213-212) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 5.6% | -5.6 |
| May 19, 2021 | Establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol (252-175) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 15.6% | -15.6 |
| May 18, 2021 | Taking steps to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic (364-62) William Timmons's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 76.6% | +23.4 |
| May 14, 2021 | Protecting pregnant employees from workplace discrimination (315-101) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 55.6% | -55.6 |
| May 13, 2021 | Providing consumers with debt-related protections (215-207) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 22, 2021 | Admitting Washington, D.C., as a state (216-208) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Requiring that people detained while trying to enter the country have access to legal counsel (217-207) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 21, 2021 | Limiting the president's authority over immigration restrictions (218-208) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| April 16, 2021 | Requiring health care and social service employers to have plans for preventing workplace violence (254-166) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 19.5% | -19.5 |
| April 15, 2021 | Strengthening rules against wage discrimination (217-210) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Allowing farmworkers to get legal immigration status (247-174) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.0% | -11.0 |
| March 18, 2021 | Creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children (228-197) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.5% | -0.5 |
| March 17, 2021 | Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (244-172) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 11.6% | -11.6 |
| March 11, 2021 | Increasing the waiting period for federal gun background checks (219-210) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 11, 2021 | Requiring background checks for all gun sales (227-203) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.2% | -0.2 |
| March 10, 2021 | Providing $1.9 trillion for COVID-19 relief (220-211) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| March 9, 2021 | Expanding unionization and collective bargaining rights (225-206) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Expanding voting rights, changing campaign finance regulations and strengthening ethics rules (220-210) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| March 3, 2021 | Combating brutality and racial discrimination by police (220-212) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.1% | -0.1 |
| Feb. 26, 2021 | Protecting wilderness areas in Colorado, California, Washington and Arizona from development (227-200) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.3% | -0.3 |
| Feb. 25, 2021 | Prohibiting discrimination because of sex, gender identity and sexual orientation (224-206) William Timmons's Vote: No | support | No | | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Jan. 21, 2021 | Waiver allowing Lloyd Austin to become secretary of defense (326-78) William Timmons's Vote: Yes | support | Yes | | 71.2% | +28.8 |
| Average | 9.6% | 15.2% | -5.5 | |||
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