Sen. Coons, Christopher A.

Democrat · Delaware · Senate

Christopher Andrew Coons is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Delaware, a seat he has held since 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, Coons served as the county executive of New Castle County from 2005 to 2010.

Voting record

• Participation: shows up to vote 93% of the time.
• Bipartisanship: votes with the opposing party's majority 30.0% of the time.
• Alignment with the district's political lean: 61.5%.
• Bills sponsored: 250; passed into law: 2.

Recent votes by Sen. Coons, Christopher A.

• Voted Not Voting on Study health career training grant outcomes — Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
• Voted Yea on Tightens banking sanctions on Russia — CHIPS and Science Act of 2022
• Voted Yea on Increase Medicare and Medicaid payments to rural hospitals — Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
• Voted Nay on Speaker reserves procedural placeholder for House — Secure the Border Act of 2023
• Voted Nay on Exempts active military pay from federal income tax — National Defense Authorization Act FY2024
• Voted Yea on Procedural placeholder reserved for Speaker — Lower Drug Costs Now Act
• Voted Yea on Increases airport passenger fees through 2030 — Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
• Voted Nay on Speaker reserves bill number for future legislation — Parents Bill of Rights Act
• Voted Yea on Designates Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist group — Clean Energy for America Act
• Voted Yea on Eliminates funding for National Endowment for Humanities — Social Security Fairness Act
• Voted Not Voting on Grants to help foreign-trained health workers — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
• Voted Yea on Large independent banks face stricter oversight — Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act
• Voted Yea on Limits EPA power over wetland disposal sites — FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
• Voted Yea on Farmers gain easier access to carbon credit markets — A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a program to reduce barriers to entry for farmers, ranchers, and private forest landowners in certain voluntary markets, and for other purposes.
• Voted Yea on Boosts crime victims fund with settlement money — A bill to deposit certain funds into the Crime Victims Fund, to waive matching requirements, and for other purposes.

Other Delaware representatives

• Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa (Democrat)
• Rep. McBride, Sarah (Democrat)

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