Thaddeus “Thad” McCotter, former Representative for Michigan's 11th Congressional District

McCotter was the representative for Michigan’s 11^th congressional district and was a Republican. He served from 2003 to 2012.

Photo of Rep. Thaddeus “Thad” McCotter [R-MI11, 2003-2012]

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

McCotter is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2013 positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills McCotter sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

McCotter was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:

H.R. 2215 (111th): To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 Merriman Road in Garden City, Michigan, as the “John J. Shivnen Post Office Building”.

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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 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

McCotter sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Taxation (22%) International Affairs (21%) Government Operations and Politics (19%) Health (10%) Economics and Public Finance (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (7%) Crime and Law Enforcement (7%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (5%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

McCotter’s Vote	Vote Description
Yea	H.R. 5972 (112th): Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 Jun 29, 2012. Passed 261/163.
Aye	S. 365 (112th): Budget Control Act of 2011 Aug 1, 2011. Passed 269/161. The Budget Control Act of 2011 (Pub.L. 112–25, S. 365, 125 Stat. 240, enacted August 2, 2011) is a federal statute in the United States that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on August 2, 2011. The Act brought conclusion to the United ...
No	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
No	H.J.Res. 48 (112th): Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011 Mar 15, 2011. Passed 271/158.
Nay	S. 3729 (111th): National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 Sep 29, 2010. Passed 304/118.
Yea	H.R. 6707 (110th): Taking Responsible Action for Community Safety Act Sep 27, 2008. Failed 243/175.
Nay	H.Res. 1031 (110th): Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 895) establishing within the House of Representatives an ... Mar 11, 2008. Passed 229/182.
No	H.Res. 801 (110th): Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3688) to implement the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement. Nov 7, 2007. Passed 349/55.
Nay	H.R. 3087 (110th): A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress reports on the status of ... Oct 2, 2007. Passed 377/46.
Yea	H.R. 1830 (110th): To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008. Jun 27, 2007. Passed 365/59.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2003 to Jun 2012, McCotter missed 160 of 7,364 roll call votes, which is 2.2%. This is on par with the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jun 2012. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2003 Jan-Mar	94	5	5.3%	78^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	1	0.5%	19^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	25	16.6%	96^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	6	5.8%	60^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	7	7.8%	82^nd
2005 Apr-Jun	272	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	3	1.8%	39^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	1	0.5%	19^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	5	1.3%	41^st
2007 Jul-Sep	317	3	0.9%	23^rd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	2	0.8%	15^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	2	1.3%	19^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	10	3.1%	53^rd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	7	4.0%	74^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	1	0.3%	9^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	2	0.7%	22^nd
2009 Oct-Dec	246	2	0.8%	17^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	1	0.5%	12^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	8	3.7%	59^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	1	0.5%	26^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	26	9.3%	92^nd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	29	11.7%	94^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	4	1.9%	47^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	3	2.0%	53^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	6	2.0%	55^th

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
Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

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Rep. Thaddeus “Thad” McCotter

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