Sen. Thomas Coburn

State:: Oklahoma
Party:: Republican

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2005-2017	Senator	Oklahoma
1995-2000	Representative	Oklahoma's 2^nd District

Track Him

Official Website: http://www.coburn.senate.gov
@TomCoburn

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Sponsorship Analysis

Coburn is a far-right Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship.

Use this chart to compare Coburn to other members of the Senate on leadership and ideology.

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

Committee Membership

Thomas Coburn sits on the following committees:

Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District of Columbia
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs and the Federal Workforce
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Member, Subcommittee on Economic Policy
- Member, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
- Member, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Some of Coburn’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

From Jan 2005 to May 2013, Coburn missed 112 of 2,611 roll call votes, which is 4.3%. This is worse than the median of 1.6% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2005 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	89	2	2.2%	62^nd
2005 Jul-Sep	76	1	1.3%	40^th
2005 Oct-Dec	120	1	0.8%	42^nd
2006 Jan-Mar	83	2	2.4%	67^th
2006 Apr-Jun	107	1	0.9%	35^th
2006 Jul-Sep	73	1	1.4%	63^rd
2006 Nov-Dec	16	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	126	8	6.3%	91^st
2007 Apr-Jun	112	25	22.3%	95^th
2007 Jul-Sep	119	3	2.5%	64^th
2007 Oct-Dec	85	2	2.4%	64^th
2008 Jan-Mar	85	3	3.5%	86^th
2008 Apr-Jun	77	5	6.5%	84^th
2008 Jul-Sep	47	4	8.5%	79^th
2008 Oct-Dec	6	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	118	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Apr-Jun	96	4	4.2%	79^th
2009 Jul-Sep	89	2	2.2%	77^th
2009 Oct-Dec	94	4	4.3%	87^th
2010 Jan-Mar	108	1	0.9%	45^th
2010 Apr-Jun	96	3	3.1%	75^th
2010 Jul-Sep	44	2	4.5%	81^st
2010 Nov-Dec	51	1	2.0%	42^nd
2011 Jan-Mar	46	2	4.3%	71^st
2011 Apr-Jun	58	5	8.6%	90^th
2011 Jul-Sep	49	3	6.1%	81^st
2011 Oct-Dec	82	11	13.4%	98^th
2012 Jan-Mar	63	1	1.6%	59^th
2012 Apr-Jun	109	6	5.5%	92^nd
2012 Jul-Sep	28	2	7.1%	80^th
2012 Nov-Dec	50	2	4.0%	68^th
2013 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	92	3	3.3%	89^th
2013 Apr-May	35	2	5.7%	85^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

Vote

On the Nomination PN193: Ernest J. Moniz, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of Energy

Nomination Confirmed 97/0

Sen. Coburn [R-OK]: Not Voting

May 16, 2013 1:51 p.m.

Introduced

S. 972: A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services replacing ICD-9 with ICD-10 in implementing the HIPAA code set standards.

Sponsor: Sen. Thomas Coburn [R-OK]

This bill is in the first stage of the legislative process. It was introduced into Congress on May 16, 2013. It will typically be considered by committee next.

May 16, 2013

Vote

On the Nomination PN138: Marilyn B. Tavenner, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Nomination Confirmed 91/7

Sen. Coburn [R-OK]: Yea

May 15, 2013 5:03 p.m.

Vote

On the Nomination PN24: William H. Orrick, III, of the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California

Nomination Confirmed 56/41

Sen. Coburn [R-OK]: Nay

May 15, 2013 4:38 p.m.

Vote

S. 601: Water Resources Development Act of 2013

Bill Passed 83/14

Sen. Coburn [R-OK]: Nay

May 15, 2013 11:51 a.m.