Senator Daniel Coats (R)

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2016
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Marsha; 3 Children
Birth date: 05/16/1943
Birthplace: Jackson, MI
Home City: Fort Wayne IN
Religion: Presbyterian

Profession

District Representative, Office of Representative Dan Quayle, United States House of Representatives, 1976-1980 Private Practice Attorney, 1972 Staff Sergeant, United States Army, 1966-1968 Ambassador, Federal Republic of Germany, United States Department of State Special Counsel, Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand Law Firm of King & Spalding Life Insurance Company Employee

Education

JD, Indiana University, 1971 BA, Wheaton College, 1965

Committees

Appropriations
Energy and Natural Resources
Joint Economic Committee
Select Committee on Intelligence
Subcommittee on Defense
Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

Recent Votes

HR 2072 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2343 Prohibits Increase in Interest Rates for Student Loans
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay

S 1925 Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1789 United States Postal Service Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 2230 Establishes a Minimum 30 Percent Tax Rate for High-Income Taxpayers
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Nay

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