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Joe Biden, Jr.'s Voting Records

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About the Selection and Descriptions of Key Votes

Vote Smart provides easy access to congressional and state voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:

The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
The vote should be clear for any person to understand
The vote has received media attention
The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
Occasionally, if a specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voter's Research Hotline, the vote will be added

Vote Smart provides a summary of the version of the bill text associated with each selected key vote. Our summaries are written by Vote Smart's staff and interns, who adhere to our strict policies and procedures in order to guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. They do not necessarily reflect the content of the final version of the bill, but rather the version voted on in that stage. While many procedural votes take place before a full chamber vote, our voting stages reflect the final reading of each chamber vote. Each key vote selection is reviewed by the project's community of advisors, who are political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.

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Executive Actions

03/23/2024

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.

Sign


Bill No.	HR 2882
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	03/23/2024

03/01/2024

Extension of Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2024

Sign


Bill No.	HR 7463
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	03/01/2024

01/24/2024

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Highway Administration relating to "Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Electric Vehicle Chargers".

Veto


Bill No.	S J Res 38
Outcome	Vetoed - Executive
Date	01/24/2024

01/19/2024

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.

Sign


Bill No.	HR 2872
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	01/19/2024

12/19/2023

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Small Business Lending Under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Regulation B)".

Veto


Bill No.	S J Res 32
Outcome	Vetoed - Executive
Date	12/19/2023

11/16/2023

Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024

Sign


Bill No.	HR 6363
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	11/16/2023

09/30/2023

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions Act

Sign


Bill No.	HR 5860
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	09/30/2023

09/26/2023

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Northern Long-Eared Bat".

Sign


Bill No.	S J Res 24
Outcome	Vetoed - Executive
Date	09/26/2023

09/26/2023

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Lesser Prairie-Chicken; Threatened Status with Section 4(d) Rule for the Northern Distinct Population Segment and Endangered Status for the Southern Distinct Population Segment".

Veto


Bill No.	S J Res 9
Outcome	Vetoed - Executive
Date	09/26/2023

06/14/2023

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards".

Veto


Bill No.	S J Res 11
Outcome	Vetoed - Executive
Date	06/14/2023

06/07/2023

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Waivers and Modifications of Federal Student Loans".

Veto


Bill No.	H J Res 45
Outcome	Vetoed - Executive
Date	06/07/2023

06/03/2023

Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023

Sign


Bill No.	HR 3746
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	06/03/2023

05/25/2023

Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022.

Veto


Bill No.	H J Res 42
Outcome	Vetoed - Executive
Date	05/25/2023

05/16/2023

Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Commerce relating to "Procedures Covering Suspension of Liquidation, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord with Presidential Proclamation 10414"

Veto


Bill No.	H J Res 39
Outcome	Vetoed - Executive
Date	05/16/2023

04/06/2023

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States' "

Veto


Bill No.	H J Res 27
Outcome	Vetoed - Executive
Date	04/06/2023

03/30/2023

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights"

Veto


Bill No.	H J Res 30
Outcome	Vetoed - Executive
Date	03/30/2023

12/29/2022

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Sign


Bill No.	HR 2617
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	12/29/2022

12/20/2022

Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act

Sign


Bill No.	S 2796
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	12/20/2022

12/16/2022

Further Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2023

Sign


Bill No.	HR 1437
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	12/16/2022

12/13/2022

Respect for Marriage Act

Sign


Bill No.	HR 8404
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	12/13/2022

12/07/2022

Speak Out Act

Sign


Bill No.	S 4524
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	12/07/2022

12/02/2022

To provide for a resolution with respect to the unresolved disputes between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees.

Sign


Bill No.	H J Res 100
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	12/02/2022

10/11/2022

Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act

Sign


Bill No.	S 1098
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	10/11/2022

09/30/2022

Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023

Sign


Bill No.	HR 6833
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	09/30/2022

08/16/2022

Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sign


Bill No.	HR 5376
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	08/16/2022

08/10/2022

Honoring our PACT Act of 2022

Sign


Bill No.	S 3373
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	08/10/2022

08/09/2022

Supreme Court Security Funding Act of 2022 (CHIPS and Science Act of 2022)

Sign


Bill No.	HR 4346
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	08/09/2022

07/21/2022

Formula Act

Sign


Bill No.	HR 8351
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	07/21/2022

06/25/2022

Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

Sign


Bill No.	S 2938
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	06/25/2022

05/09/2022

Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022

Sign


Bill No.	S 3522
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	05/09/2022

04/08/2022

Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act

Sign


Bill No.	HR 7108
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	04/08/2022

04/08/2022

Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act

Sign


Bill No.	HR 6968
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	04/08/2022

03/29/2022

Emmett Till Antilynching Act

Sign


Bill No.	HR 55
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	03/29/2022

03/15/2022

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022

Sign


Bill No.	HR 2471
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	03/15/2022

02/18/2022

Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act

Sign


Bill No.	HR 6617
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	02/18/2022

12/16/2021

Joint resolution relating to increasing the debt limit

Sign


Bill No.	S J Res 33
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	12/16/2021

12/03/2021

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes.

Sign


Bill No.	HR 6119
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	12/03/2021

11/15/2021

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Sign


Bill No.	HR 3684
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	11/15/2021

09/30/2021

Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act

Sign


Bill No.	HR 5305
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	09/30/2021

06/30/2021

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of Currency relating to "National Banks and Federal Savings Associations as Lenders".

Sign


Bill No.	S J Res 15
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	06/30/2021

06/30/2021

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Review"

Sign


Bill No.	S J Res 14
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	06/30/2021

06/30/2021

A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission relating to "Update of Commission's Conciliation Procedures".

Sign


Bill No.	S J Res 13
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	06/30/2021

06/17/2021

Juneteenth National Independence Day Act

Sign


Bill No.	S 475
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	06/17/2021

05/20/2021

COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act

Sign


Bill No.	S 937
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	05/20/2021

04/14/2021

To prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes

Sign


Bill No.	HR 1868
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	04/14/2021

03/11/2021

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sign


Bill No.	HR 1319
Outcome	Signed - Executive
Date	03/11/2021

National Key Votes

02/28/2022

Nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court of the United States

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 1783
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	02/28/2022

01/04/2022

Nomination of Robert Califf as Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 1593
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	01/04/2022

03/15/2021

Nomination of Amber McReynolds as Governor of the United States Postal Service

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 244
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	03/15/2021

03/15/2021

Nomination of Ronald Stroman as Governor of the United States Postal Service

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 245
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	03/15/2021

02/24/2021

Nomination of Kiran Ahuja to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 220
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	02/24/2021

02/22/2021

Nomation of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as the Adminstor of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 124
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	02/22/2021

02/22/2021

Nomination of Jennifer Abruzzo as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 126
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	02/22/2021

02/13/2021

Nomination of Rachel Levine as Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 121
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	02/13/2021

01/20/2021

Nomination of Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 78-1
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	01/20/2021

01/20/2021

Nomination of Avril Haines as the Director of National Intelligence

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 78-10
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	01/20/2021

01/20/2021

Nomination of Debra Haaland as Secretary of the Interior

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 78-11
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	01/20/2021

01/20/2021

Nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of Homeland Security

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 78-13
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	01/20/2021

01/20/2021

Nomination of Denis McDonough as Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 78-14
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	01/20/2021

01/20/2021

Nomination of Gina Raimondo as Secretary of Commerce

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 78-15
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	01/20/2021

01/20/2021

Nomination of Michael Regan as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 78-16
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	01/20/2021

01/20/2021

Nomination of Xavier Becerra as Secretary of Health and Human Services

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 78-2
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	01/20/2021

01/20/2021

Nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield as Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 78-21
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	01/20/2021

01/20/2021

Nomination of Thomas J. Vilsack as Secretary of Agriculture

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 78-22
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	01/20/2021

01/20/2021

Nomination of Martin Walsh as Secretary of Labor

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 78-23
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	01/20/2021

01/20/2021

Nomination of Janet Yellen as Secretary of the Treasury

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 78-24
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	01/20/2021

01/20/2021

Nomination of Antony Blinken as Secretary of State

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 78-3
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	01/20/2021

01/20/2021

Nomination of Peter Buttigieg as Secretary of Transportation

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 78-4
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	01/20/2021

01/20/2021

Nomination of Miguel Cardona as Secretary of Education

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 78-5
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	01/20/2021

01/20/2021

Nomination of Marcia Fudge as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 78-6
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	01/20/2021

01/20/2021

Nomination of Merrick Garland as Attorney General

Sponsor


Bill No.	PN 78-7
Outcome	Introduced - Senate
Date	01/20/2021

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