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Congress Biden Score

Congress Biden Score

This directory contains the data behind “How often every member of Congress voted with Biden in 2023.”

biden_score_2023.xlsx contains data on all House and Senate floor votes taken in 2023 for which President Joe Biden had a clear position (support or opposition) before the vote. It also includes data on each bill (and nomination) that was voted on and aggregate data on how often each member of Congress voted with Biden in 2023. For a full methodology, please see the article.

This file has five sheets.

The sheet biden_agreement has the following columns:

HeaderDefinition
bioguideCongressional biography number.
nameMember’s name.
chamberWhether the member is part of the House or the Senate.
stateThe state each senator represents.
districtThe district each representative represents.
partyMember’s party affiliation, listed as Democrat, Republican or Independent.
agree_pctThe percentage of votes on which each member voted in line with Biden’s position in 2023.
biden_marginThe difference between Biden’s vote share and former President Donald Trump’s vote share in the relevant state or district in 2020.

The sheet biden_agreement_senate_no_noms has the following columns:

HeaderDefinition
bioguideCongressional biography number.
nameMember’s name.
stateThe state each senator represents.
partyMember’s party affiliation, listed as Democrat, Republican or Independent.
agree_pctThe percentage of votes on which each member voted in line with Biden’s position in 2023.
biden_marginThe difference between Biden’s vote share and Trump’s vote share in the relevant state or district in 2020.

The sheet bills has the following columns:

HeaderDefinition
bill_numberThe bill number for each bill.
position_linkA link to the source of Biden’s stated position on the bill.
bill_linkA link to view details for each bill on Congress.gov.
house_vote_dateThe date the House took the final vote on a bill, if applicable.
senate_vote_dateThe date the Senate took the final vote on a bill, if applicable.
override_vote_dateThe date the veto override vote took place, if applicable.
house_passedLogical. Whether the bill passed the House.
senate_passedLogical. Whether the bill passed the Senate.
lawLogical. Whether the bill became law.
vetoLogical. Whether Biden vetoed the bill.
biden_positionWhether Biden supported (support) or opposed (oppose) each bill.
summaryA brief summary of each bill.
notesAny miscellaneous notes on each bill.
house_rollThe roll call number of the final vote taken on the bill in the House, if applicable. Does not include veto override votes.
house_dem_agreeThe percentage of House Democrats that voted in line with Biden’s position on the bill.
house_rep_agreeThe percentage of House Republicans that voted in line with Biden’s position on the bill.
senate_rollThe roll call number of the final vote taken on the bill in the Senate, if applicable. Does not include veto override votes.
senate_dem_agreeThe percentage of Senate Democrats that voted in line with Biden’s position on the bill. Does not include independents who caucus with the Democrats.
senate_rep_agreeThe percentage of Senate Republicans that voted in line with Biden’s position on the bill.
veto_override_rollThe House or Senate roll call number of the veto override vote, if applicable. Veto override votes occur in the chamber the bill originated in.
veto_dem_agreeThe percentage of Democrats in the applicable chamber that voted in line with Biden’s position on the bill on the veto override vote.
veto_rep_agreeThe percentage of Republicans in the applicable chamber that voted in line with Biden’s position on the bill on the veto override vote.

The sheet nominations has the following columns:

HeaderDefinition
nomination_linkA link to view details for each Senate nomination on Congress.gov.
nomination_rollThe roll call number of the confirmation vote taken on a nominee.
nomination_vote_dateThe date of the confirmation vote.
nominationThe nominee being voted on and the position they were nominated for.

The sheet votes has the following columns:

HeaderDefinition
roll_idThe roll call number of each vote.
chamberWhether the member is part of the House or the Senate.
nameMember’s name.
bioguideCongressional biography number.
partyMember’s party affiliation, listed as Democrat, Republican or Independent.
voteWhether the member supported (support) or opposed (oppose) the bill or nomination.
biden_positionWhether Biden supported or opposed the bill or nomination. Biden’s position is listed as support for all nomination votes.

Sources: U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, White House Office of Management and Budget, Voteview, Congress.gov, Daily Kos Elections, Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, news reports.

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