![Photo of Sen. Daniel Coats [R-IN, 2011-2016]](/static/legislator-photos/402675-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2016 Report Card for Coats.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Coats is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the Senate in 2016 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Coats sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 5, 2011 to Dec 10, 2016. See full analysis methodology.
Enacted Legislation
Coats was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:
- S. 989 (114th): Residue Entries and Streamlining Trade Act
- S. 1471 (113th): Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for National Cemeteries Act
- S. 2206 (105th): Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998
- S. 919 (104th): Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Amendments of 1996
- S. 1204 (104th): Family Housing Act of 1995
- S.J.Res. 83 (102nd): A joint resolution entitled “National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving”.
- H.J.Res. 375 (99th): A joint resolution designating the week beginning January 12, 1986, as “National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week”.
Does 8 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Coats sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Taxation (26%) International Affairs (13%) Health (13%) Government Operations and Politics (13%) Immigration (9%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (9%) Economics and Public Finance (9%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Coats recently introduced the following legislation:
- S.Res. 635 (114th): A resolution recognizing and commemorating the bicentennial of the State of Indiana.
- S. 4 (114th): Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2016
- S. 3294 (114th): Mandatory BRACC Act
- S. 2998 (114th): Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act of 2016
- S.Res. 475 (114th): A resolution recognizing the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race.
- S. 2762 (114th): RECOUP Act of 2016
- S. 1927 (114th): REVIEW Act of 2015
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1989 to Dec 2016, Coats missed 105 of 5,088 roll call votes, which is 2.1%. This is on par with the median of 1.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Dec 2016. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
