Daniel Coats

Former senator for Indiana · Republican; served until January 3, 2017

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Seats held: Senator for IN, 2011–2017 · Senator for IN, 1989–1999 · Representative for IN-4, 1981–1989.

Indiana has about 7 million residents, represented by two senators.

Votes compared with what constituents said

Cooperative Election Study: voted with 10 of 15 surveyed votes where Indiana's estimated majority was clear.

Each survey is shown on its own, never combined. Votes marked related were on a bill close to what was asked, and aren't counted. How the estimates work.

Survey question	Vote	How they voted	What constituents said	Compared
Education reform (Every Student Succeeds Act, replacing No Child Left Behind) CES 2016	December 9, 2015 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (80.4% support, likely 77.4–83.4%)	With the majority
Repeal the Affordable Care Act CES 2016	December 3, 2015 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (63.3% support, likely 59.7–66.8%)	With the majority
Highway and transportation funding (FAST Act) CES 2016	December 3, 2015 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (82.6% support, likely 79.8–85.5%)	With the majority
Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement CES 2016	June 24, 2015 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Too close to call (52.6% support, likely 49–56.3%)	Related bill, not counted
Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement CES 2015	June 24, 2015 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (62.3% support, likely 56.4–68.1%)	Related bill, not counted
USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) CES 2016	June 2, 2015 · official record	Nay (against the proposal)	Most support (76.2% support, likely 71.1–81.3%)	Against the majority
USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) CES 2015	June 2, 2015 · official record	Nay (against the proposal)	Most support (68.7% support, likely 62.1–75.4%)	Against the majority
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (change how Medicare pays doctors) CES 2016	April 14, 2015 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (68.6% support, likely 65.2–72%)	With the majority
Approve the Keystone XL pipeline CES 2015	January 29, 2015 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (61.2% support, likely 55.4–67%)	With the majority
Raise the debt ceiling CES 2014	February 12, 2014 · official record	Nay (against the proposal)	Most oppose (45.4% support, likely 41.9–49%)	With the majority
Agriculture bill (farm programs and food stamps, 2014 Farm Bill) CES 2014	February 4, 2014 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (61.4% support, likely 58–64.8%)	With the majority
Let states collect sales tax on online purchases from out-of-state sellers (Marketplace Fairness Act) CES 2013	May 6, 2013 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Too close to call (44.5% support, likely 38.7–50.4%)	Too close to call
Renew the Violence Against Women Act CES 2013	February 12, 2013 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (86.2% support, likely 81.6–90.9%)	With the majority
Renew the Violence Against Women Act CES 2015	February 12, 2013 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (92.6% support, likely 89–96.3%)	With the majority
Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) CES 2012	July 25, 2012 · official record	Nay (against the proposal)	Most support (57.5% support, likely 53.3–61.8%)	Against the majority
Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) CES 2014	July 25, 2012 · official record	Nay (against the proposal)	Too close to call (47.9% support, likely 44.4–51.5%)	Too close to call
Ryan budget plan (House budget resolution for 2013) CES 2012	May 16, 2012 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most oppose (20% support, likely 16.5–23.5%)	Against the majority
Approve the Keystone XL pipeline CES 2012	March 8, 2012 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Most support (72.8% support, likely 68.8–76.8%)	With the majority
Let employers and insurers refuse to cover birth control for religious or moral reasons (Blunt amendment) CES 2012	March 1, 2012 · official record	Nay (for the proposal)	Most oppose (42.7% support, likely 38.5–46.9%)	Against the majority
U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement CES 2012	October 12, 2011 · official record	Yea (for the proposal)	Too close to call (48.3% support, likely 44.1–52.6%)	Too close to call

Attendance

In the 114th Congress, Daniel Coats missed 15 of 502 Senate votes (3%). On votes where most of their party voted one way, they voted with their party 92.2% of the time.

Most recent votes

Vote	Date	Their vote
S. 612: A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the "George P. Kazen Federal Building and United States Courthouse". On the Motion · Motion Agreed to	December 10, 2016	Yea
S. 612: A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the "George P. Kazen Federal Building and United States Courthouse". On the Cloture Motion · Cloture Motion Agreed to	December 10, 2016	Yea
H.R. 2028: A bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. On the Motion · Motion Agreed to	December 9, 2016	Yea
H.R. 2028: A bill making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. On the Cloture Motion · Cloture Motion Agreed to	December 9, 2016	Yea
S. 2943: An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. On the Conference Report · Conference Report Agreed to	December 8, 2016	Yea
S. 2943: An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. On the Cloture Motion · Cloture Motion Agreed to	December 7, 2016	Yea
H.R. 34: A bill to authorize and strengthen the tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes. On the Motion · Motion Agreed to	December 7, 2016	Yea
H.R. 34: A bill to authorize and strengthen the tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes. On the Cloture Motion · Cloture Motion Agreed to	December 5, 2016	Yea
H.R. 6297: A bill to reauthorize the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996. On Passage of the Bill · Bill Passed	December 1, 2016	Yea
S. 2873: A bill to require studies and reports examining the use of, and opportunities to use, technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building models to improve programs of the Department of Health and Human Services, and for other purposes. On Passage of the Bill · Bill Passed	November 29, 2016	Yea
S. 3110: A bill to provide for reforms of the administration of the outer Continental Shelf of the United States, to provide for the development of geothermal, solar, and wind energy on public land, and for other purposes. On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected	November 17, 2016	Yea
H.R. 4511: A bill to amend the Veterans' Oral History Project Act to allow the collection of video and audio recordings of biographical histories by immediate family members of members of the Armed Forces who died as a result of their service during a period of war. On Passage of the Bill · Bill Passed	November 15, 2016	Yea
H.R. 5325: A bill making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes. On Passage of the Bill · Bill Passed	September 28, 2016	Yea
H.R. 5325: A bill making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes. On the Cloture Motion · Cloture Motion Agreed to	September 28, 2016	Yea
H.R. 5325: In the nature of a substitute. On the Cloture Motion · Cloture Motion Agreed to	September 28, 2016	Yea

Every vote, with filters, on the interactive page.

Figures as of November 10, 2026, from the official vote records and published survey data listed on the Sources page. The interactive page always shows the latest. Found an error? Tell us.