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Summary

Senator Daniel R. Coats

Full Name: Daniel R. Coats
Office: U.S. Senate (IN) - Sr, Republican
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2016
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Marsha; 3 Children
Birth Date: 05/16/1943
Birth Place: Jackson, MI
Home City: Fort Wayne, IN
Religion: Presbyterian

Recent Key Votes

S 3220 - Paycheck Fairness Act
Legislation (Nay)

June 5, 2012 - Prohibits employers from paying a wage rate to employees of one sex that is lower than the rate paid to employees of the opposite ...

S 1789 - United States Postal Service Amendments
Legislation (Nay)

April 25, 2012 - Authorizes the U.S. Postal Service to offer early retirement incentive payments to postal employees who voluntarily retire before October 1, 2015 (Sec. 102). ...

S 1917 - Extends Payroll Tax Cut and Establishes Tax on Income Over $1 Million
Legislation (Nay)

Dec. 1, 2011 - Reduces the payroll tax rate from 4.2 percent to 3.1 percent for both employers and employees for the 2012 calendar year (Sec. 101). ...

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Recent Public Statements

Coats: Immigration Reform Bill Must Be Improved

June 11, 2013 - Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.), ranking Republican on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, today issued the following statement after voting for a procedural motion ...

Coats Supports Cost-Saving, Bipartisan Farm Bill

June 10, 2013 - Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) today voted for the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013, also known as the farm bill. The bipartisan bill ...

The Fiscal Crisis

June 4, 2013 - Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I thank my colleague and couldn't agree with him more on a number of the things he listed; in particular, the ...

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Recent Interest Group Ratings

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Campaign Finances

Election Cycle 2012
Total Income $5,266,196.00
Total Spent $4,967,405.00
Cash On Hand $241,739.00
Debt $0.00
Source OpenSecrets.org
Updated 12/31/2012
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Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

Daniel Coats refused to tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the 2010 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.

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Contact Information

Washington, D.C. Webmail
http://www.coats.senate.gov/contact/

Washington, D.C. Website
http://coats.senate.gov/

Capitol Website - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/SenatorCoats

Capitol Website - Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Senator-Dan-Coats/180671148633644

Capitol Website - Twitter
http://twitter.com/#!/SenDanCoats

Washington, D.C.
493 Russell Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-5623
Fax: 202-228-1820

District
1650 Market Tower
10 West Market Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317-554-0750

District
11035 Broadway
Suite A
Crown Point, IN 46307
Phone: 219-663-2595
Fax: 219-663-4586

District
101 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
Evansville, IN 47708
Phone: 812-465-6500
Fax: 812-465-6503

District
1300 South Harrison Street
Suite 3161
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
Phone: 260-426-3151
Fax: 260-420-0060

District
2 East McClain Avenue
Suite 2-A
Scottsburg, IN 47170
Phone: 812-754-0520
Fax: 812-754-0539

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