Sen. Herbert “Herb” Kohl

Former Senator from Wisconsin

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1989-2013	Senator	Wisconsin

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Sponsorship Analysis

Kohl was a rank-and-file Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Kohl’s time serving in the Senate.

Use this chart to compare Kohl to other members of the Senate in the 112^th Congress on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Jan 1989 to Jan 2013, Kohl missed 69 of 7,907 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. This is better than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Jan 2013. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1989 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Apr-Jun	77	1	1.3%	64^th
1989 Jul-Sep	118	0	0.0%	0^th
1989 Oct-Nov	91	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Jan-Mar	48	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Apr-Jun	95	3	3.2%	61^st
1990 Jul-Sep	114	0	0.0%	0^th
1990 Oct-Oct	69	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Jan-Mar	41	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Apr-Jun	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Jul-Sep	96	0	0.0%	0^th
1991 Oct-Nov	69	2	2.9%	65^th
1992 Jan-Mar	61	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Apr-Jun	74	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Jul-Sep	117	0	0.0%	0^th
1992 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Feb-Mar	93	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Apr-Jun	99	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Jul-Sep	109	0	0.0%	0^th
1993 Oct-Nov	94	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Jan-Mar	86	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Apr-Jun	92	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Jul-Sep	136	0	0.0%	0^th
1994 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Jan-Mar	125	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Apr-Jun	171	1	0.6%	13^th
1995 Jul-Sep	184	0	0.0%	0^th
1995 Oct-Dec	133	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jan-Mar	60	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Apr-Jun	122	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Jul-Sep	121	0	0.0%	0^th
1996 Oct-Oct	3	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jan-Mar	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	125	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Jul-Sep	103	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Oct-Nov	35	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jan-Mar	52	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Apr-Jun	131	1	0.8%	51^st
1998 Jul-Sep	109	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	111	4	3.6%	75^th
1999 Jul-Sep	112	2	1.8%	68^th
1999 Oct-Nov	70	2	2.9%	73^rd
2000 Feb-Mar	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Apr-Jun	120	3	2.5%	68^th
2000 Jul-Sep	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2000 Oct-Dec	38	3	7.9%	63^rd
2001 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Apr-Jun	157	14	8.9%	98^th
2001 Jul-Sep	68	0	0.0%	0^th
2001 Oct-Dec	92	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jan-Mar	59	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Apr-Jun	107	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Jul-Sep	61	0	0.0%	0^th
2002 Oct-Nov	26	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jan-Mar	112	1	0.9%	48^th
2003 Apr-Jun	150	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jul-Sep	108	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Oct-Nov	89	4	4.5%	79^th
2004 Jan-Mar	64	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Apr-Jun	88	2	2.3%	69^th
2004 Jul-Sep	42	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Oct-Dec	22	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	89	2	2.2%	59^th
2005 Jul-Sep	76	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Oct-Dec	120	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jan-Mar	83	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	107	3	2.8%	73^rd
2006 Jul-Sep	73	1	1.4%	61^st
2006 Nov-Dec	16	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	126	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Apr-Jun	112	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jul-Sep	119	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Oct-Dec	85	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jan-Mar	85	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Apr-Jun	77	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jul-Sep	47	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Oct-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	118	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jul-Sep	89	1	1.1%	58^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Jan-Mar	108	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Apr-Jun	96	1	1.0%	36^th
2010 Jul-Sep	44	1	2.3%	55^th
2010 Nov-Dec	51	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	46	3	6.5%	75^th
2011 Apr-Jun	58	3	5.2%	73^rd
2011 Jul-Sep	49	6	12.2%	91^st
2011 Oct-Dec	82	4	4.9%	80^th
2012 Jan-Mar	63	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Jul-Sep	28	1	3.6%	56^th
2012 Nov-Dec	50	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Signed by the President

S.J.Res. 44 (112th): A joint resolution granting the consent of Congress to the State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding.

Last Action: Became Public Law No: 112-282.

Explanation: This resolution was enacted after being signed by the President on January 14, 2013.

Jan 14, 2013

Bill Text

S.J.Res. 44 (112th): A joint resolution granting the consent of Congress to the State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding.

This resolution’s text for status Passed Congress/Enrolled Bill (Jan 02, 2013) is now available.

Jan 04, 2013 5:19 p.m.

Elections and Offices

Sen. Herbert “Herb” Kohl [D-WI, 1989-2013] leaves office as Senator from Wisconsin

Jan 03, 2013

At President

S.J.Res. 44 (112th): A joint resolution granting the consent of Congress to the State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding.

Last Action: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 12/30/2012 H7462-7464)

Explanation: This resolution was passed by Congress on January 1, 2013 but was not enacted before the end of its Congressional session. (It is possible this bill is waiting for the signature of the President.)

Jan 01, 2013

Vote

H.R. 8 (112th): American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (On Passage of the Bill)

Bill Passed 89/8

Sen. Kohl [D-WI, 1989-2013]: Yea

Jan 01, 2013 1:39 a.m.