Rep. Thaddeus “Thad” McCotter

Former Representative from Michigan's 11^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title / State / District
2003-2012	Representative, Michigan's 11^th District

Sponsorship Analysis

McCotter was a far-right Republican according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from McCotter’s time serving in the House of Representatives. McCotter’s bills had a total of 82 cosponsors in the 112^th Congress.

Use this chart to compare McCotter to other members of the House of Representatives 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.

Bills Sponsored

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

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Voting Record

From Jan 2003 to Jun 2012, McCotter missed 160 of 7,364 roll call votes, which is 2.2%. This is better than 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 Elligible	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:

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

Bill Text

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”.

This bill’s text for status Passed Congress/Enrolled Bill (Aug 25, 2010) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 8:20 p.m.

Bill Text

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”.

This bill’s text for status Passed the House (Engrossed) (Sep 23, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:26 p.m.

Bill Text

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”.

This bill’s text for status Reported by Senate Committee (Sep 24, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:21 p.m.

Bill Text

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”.

This bill’s text for status Referred to Senate Committee (Sep 24, 2009) is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 6:21 p.m.

Bill Text

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”.

This bill’s text is now available.

Sep 16, 2012 5:33 p.m.