Thad Cochran
Former senator for Mississippi · Republican; served until April 1, 2018
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Seats held: Senator for MS, 1979–2018 · Representative for MS-4, 1973–1979.
Mississippi has about 3 million residents, represented by two senators.
Votes compared with what constituents said
- Cooperative Election Study: voted with 23 of 37 surveyed votes where Mississippi's estimated majority was clear.
| Survey question | Vote | How they voted | What constituents said | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repeal only the Affordable Care Act's requirement that everyone have health insurance | December 20, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (49.2% support, likely 43.1–55.3%) | Related bill, not counted |
| The 2017 tax bill (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) | December 20, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (65.6% support, likely 59.6–71.5%) | With the majority |
| Impose sanctions on countries and firms doing business with North Korea | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (70% support, likely 64.2–75.8%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Require the President to get Congress's approval to ease sanctions on Russia | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (67.4% support, likely 61.5–73.3%) | With the majority |
| Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea) | July 27, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (71.1% support, likely 63.7–78.4%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the entire Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (53.6% support, likely 47–60.2%) | Too close to call |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | July 26, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (52.9% support, likely 45.5–60.2%) | Too close to call |
| Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (government funding through September 2017) | May 4, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (64.3% support, likely 56.9–71.7%) | With the majority |
| Appoint Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (47.7% support, likely 41.6–53.8%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court | April 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (53% support, likely 45.6–60.3%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education | February 7, 2017 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (48.5% support, likely 41.1–55.8%) | Too close to call |
| Education reform (Every Student Succeeds Act, replacing No Child Left Behind) | December 9, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (78.8% support, likely 73.7–84%) | With the majority |
| Repeal the Affordable Care Act | December 3, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (62% support, likely 56–68%) | With the majority |
| Highway and transportation funding (FAST Act) | December 3, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (83.3% support, likely 78.6–88.1%) | With the majority |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (50.4% support, likely 44.5–56.3%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement | June 24, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (59.8% support, likely 52.1–67.5%) | Related bill, not counted |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (72.8% support, likely 64.6–81.1%) | Against the majority |
| USA Freedom Act (end bulk collection of phone records) | June 2, 2015 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (67% support, likely 58.7–75.2%) | Against the majority |
| Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (change how Medicare pays doctors) | April 14, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (65.6% support, likely 59.9–71.3%) | With the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | January 29, 2015 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (63.3% support, likely 55.7–70.8%) | With the majority |
| Raise the debt ceiling | February 12, 2014 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (43.2% support, likely 37.3–49.2%) | With the majority |
| Agriculture bill (farm programs and food stamps, 2014 Farm Bill) | February 4, 2014 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (62.5% support, likely 56.7–68.3%) | With the majority |
| Let states collect sales tax on online purchases from out-of-state sellers (Marketplace Fairness Act) | May 6, 2013 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (45.5% support, likely 37.7–53.3%) | Too close to call |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (89.3% support, likely 83–95.6%) | With the majority |
| Renew the Violence Against Women Act | February 12, 2013 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (89.3% support, likely 82.9–95.8%) | With the majority |
| Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) | July 25, 2012 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (56.9% support, likely 50.6–63.1%) | Against the majority |
| Middle Class Tax Cut Act (extend the Bush-era income tax cuts for incomes under $250,000) | July 25, 2012 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (47.3% support, likely 41.3–53.2%) | Too close to call |
| Ryan budget plan (House budget resolution for 2013) | May 16, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most oppose (18.3% support, likely 13.1–23.5%) | Against the majority |
| Approve the Keystone XL pipeline | March 8, 2012 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (71.6% support, likely 65.6–77.5%) | With the majority |
| Let employers and insurers refuse to cover birth control for religious or moral reasons (Blunt amendment) | March 1, 2012 · official record | Nay (for the proposal) | Most oppose (38.8% support, likely 32.7–44.9%) | Against the majority |
| U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement | October 12, 2011 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (53.5% support, likely 47.3–59.7%) | Too close to call |
| End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (let gay people serve openly in the military) | December 18, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (58.8% support, likely 51.6–66%) | Against the majority |
| End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (let gay people serve openly in the military) | December 18, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (60.7% support, likely 54.2–67.3%) | Against the majority |
| Confirm Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court | August 5, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (44% support, likely 37.6–50.4%) | Too close to call |
| Financial reform (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) | July 15, 2010 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (72.4% support, likely 66.4–78.4%) | Against the majority |
| Health care reform (Affordable Care Act) | December 24, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (49.7% support, likely 42.5–56.9%) | Too close to call |
| Affordable Care Act of 2010 | December 24, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (53.4% support, likely 46.7–60.2%) | Too close to call |
| Health care reform (Affordable Care Act) | December 24, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (51.2% support, likely 44.5–58%) | Too close to call |
| Confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court | August 6, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (44.6% support, likely 37.4–51.9%) | Too close to call |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 stimulus) | February 13, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (49.1% support, likely 41.9–56.4%) | Too close to call |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 stimulus) | February 13, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (60.6% support, likely 53.6–67.7%) | Against the majority |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the 2009 stimulus) | February 13, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Too close to call (53.9% support, likely 47.5–60.3%) | Too close to call |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | January 29, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (74.9% support, likely 68–81.9%) | Against the majority |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | January 29, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (74.9% support, likely 66.6–83.1%) | Against the majority |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) | January 29, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (75.8% support, likely 70–81.6%) | Against the majority |
| Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (more time to sue over pay discrimination) | January 22, 2009 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (61.8% support, likely 54.5–69%) | Against the majority |
| The 2008 bank bailout (Troubled Asset Relief Program) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (30.7% support, likely 22.4–39%) | With the majority |
| The 2008 bank bailout (Troubled Asset Relief Program) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (28.7% support, likely 19.7–37.8%) | With the majority |
| The $700 billion bank bailout (Emergency Economic Stabilization Act) | October 1, 2008 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most oppose (24.9% support, likely 19.6–30.3%) | With the majority |
| Federal help for homeowners facing foreclosure (Housing and Economic Recovery Act) | July 26, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (49.8% support, likely 43.5–56%) | Too close to call |
| Allow eavesdropping on overseas terrorist suspects without a court order (FISA Amendments Act) | July 9, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (75.5% support, likely 69–82.1%) | With the majority |
| Allow eavesdropping on overseas communications without a court order (FISA Amendments Act) | July 9, 2008 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (69% support, likely 63.7–74.3%) | With the majority |
| Extend NAFTA-style free trade to Peru (U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement) | December 4, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Too close to call (44.6% support, likely 38.1–51%) | Related bill, not counted |
| Expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) | September 27, 2007 · official record | Nay (against the proposal) | Most support (72.1% support, likely 66.5–77.6%) | Against the majority |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | April 11, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (62% support, likely 54.8–69.2%) | With the majority |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | April 11, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (62% support, likely 55.6–68.4%) | With the majority |
| Fund research using embryonic stem cells (Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act) | April 11, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (59.7% support, likely 53.5–65.8%) | With the majority |
| Raise the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour (Fair Minimum Wage Act) | February 1, 2007 · official record | Yea (for the proposal) | Most support (81% support, likely 76.2–85.8%) | With the majority |
Attendance
In the 115th Congress, Thad Cochran missed 37 of 388 Senate votes (9.5%). On votes where most of their party voted one way, they voted with their party 99.7% of the time.