Former member of Congress

Tom Coburn

Sen. for OK, Republican, in the 113th Congress (2013–2014).

No longer in Congress. This page shows their record in the past Congresses on this site, with the seat and party they held then.

Time in office

Every stretch of service in Congress, from the congress-legislators records. Vote counts on this site begin in 2013, so service before then has dates but no scores.

Office	Seat	Party	From	To	Congresses
U.S. Senate, Oklahoma	OK	Republican	Jan. 4, 2005	Jan. 3, 2015	109th–113th
U.S. House, Oklahoma	OK-02	Republican	Jan. 4, 1995	Jan. 3, 2001	104th–106th

Voting record by President

All the votes on this site from their time in office, added up under the President in office on the day of each vote. One President's figures are never combined with another's, and Trump's two terms are separate. A new President can take office partway through a Congress, so these can differ slightly from a Congress's own figures.

President	Congresses	Votes with the President	Party loyalty	Missed votes
Barack Obama (2009–2017)	113th	46% (89 of 194)	96% (339 of 353)	20% (131 of 657)

Every Congress

Each row is that Congress alone, and the President score is for the President of that time. Missed votes are left out of both scores.

Congress	Seat	Party	Party loyalty	Votes with the President	Missed votes
113th Congress (2013–2014)	Senate OK	Republican	96%	Obama: 46%	20%

Where they broke ranks, 113th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (14), or against the position President Obama took publicly before the vote (105).

Dec. 16, 2014
113-S657

A vote to confirm Stephen R. Bough, of Missouri, to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Dec. 16, 2014
113-S654

A vote to end debate on the nomination of Colette Dodson Honorable, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Against own party End debate

Voted Yes
Dec. 16, 2014
113-S653

A vote to confirm Antony Blinken, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of State.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Dec. 16, 2014
113-S651

A vote to confirm Sarah R. Saldana, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security.
Against own party Nomination

Voted Yes
Dec. 15, 2014
113-S647

A vote to confirm Vivek Hallegere Murthy, of Massachusetts, to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service for a term of four years.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Dec. 12, 2014
113-S617

A vote to confirm David Nathan Saperstein, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Dec. 9, 2014
113-S612

A vote to confirm Ronald Anderson Walter, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2019.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Dec. 9, 2014
113-S611

A vote to confirm Virginia Tyler Lodge, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2019.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Nov. 20, 2014
113-S581

A vote to confirm Victor Allen Bolden, of Connecticut, to be a United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Nov. 18, 2014
113-S573

A vote to end debate on S. 2685, the USA FREEDOM Act of 2014, a bill to reform federal surveillance and information-gathering authorities.
Against the President End debate

Voted No
Nov. 18, 2014
113-S571

A vote to pass S. 2280, a bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Against the President Passage

Voted Yes
Nov. 13, 2014
113-S564

A vote to confirm Randolph D. Moss, of Maryland, to be a United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Sept. 18, 2014
113-S561

A vote to pass H.J.Res. 124, the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015, a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
Sept. 16, 2014
113-S557

A vote to confirm Stephen G. Burns, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a five-year term expiring June 30, 2019.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Sept. 16, 2014
113-S556

A vote to confirm Jeffery Martin Baran, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2015.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Sept. 15, 2014
113-S553

A vote to end debate on S. 2199, the Paycheck Fairness Act, a bill on remedies for sex-based wage discrimination.
Against the President End debate

Voted No
Sept. 10, 2014
113-S551

A vote to end debate on moving to S. 2199, the Paycheck Fairness Act, a bill on remedies for sex-based wage discrimination.
Against the President End debate

Voted No
Sept. 8, 2014
113-S549

A vote to confirm Henry J. Aaron, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Social Security Advisory Board.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
July 31, 2014
113-S546

A vote to agree to a motion on H.R. 5021, the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, a bill extending programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund.
Against the President Motion

Voted No
July 30, 2014
113-S541

A vote to end debate on S. 2648, the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2014, a bill making emergency supplemental appropriations.
Against the President End debate

Voted No
July 30, 2014
113-S540

A vote to end debate on S. 2569, the Bring Jobs Home Act.
Against the President End debate

Voted No
July 29, 2014
113-S536

A vote to agree to a substitute amendment to H.R. 5021, the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014.
Against own party Amendment

Voted Yes
July 28, 2014
113-S533

A vote to confirm Pamela Harris, of Maryland, to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
July 17, 2014
113-S522

A vote to pass S. 2244, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014, in the Senate.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
July 16, 2014
113-S519

A vote to end debate on moving to S. 2578, the Protect Women's Health From Corporate Interference Act of 2014.
Against the President End debate

Voted No
July 16, 2014
113-S518

A vote to confirm Ronnie L. White, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
July 15, 2014
113-S515

A vote to confirm Norman C. Bay, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2018.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
July 9, 2014
113-S510

A vote to confirm Julian Castro, of Texas, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
June 25, 2014
113-S505

A vote to pass H.R. 803, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, in the Senate.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
June 24, 2014
113-S502

A vote to confirm Leon Rodriguez, of Maryland, to be Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
June 17, 2014
113-S490

A vote to confirm Peter Joseph Kadzik, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
June 17, 2014
113-S487

A vote to confirm Staci Michelle Yandle, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
June 12, 2014
113-S482

A vote to confirm Stanley Fischer, of New York, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years.
Against own party Nomination

Voted Yes
June 12, 2014
113-S481

A vote to confirm Jerome H. Powell, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Against own party Nomination

Voted Yes
June 12, 2014
113-S480

A vote to confirm Lael Brainard, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
June 12, 2014
113-S479

A vote to confirm Crystal Nix-Hines, of California, with the rank of Ambassador as United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
June 11, 2014
113-S476

A vote to end debate on the motion to proceed to S. 2432, the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act.
Against the President End debate

Voted No
June 10, 2014
113-S472

A vote to confirm Richard Franklin Boulware II, of Nevada, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
June 3, 2014
113-S458

A vote to confirm Sharon Y. Bowen, of New York, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2018.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
June 3, 2014
113-S456

A vote to confirm Keith M. Harper, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United States Representative to the UN Human Rights Council.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
May 22, 2014
113-S453

A vote to confirm David Jeremiah Barron, of Massachusetts, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
May 21, 2014
113-S451

A vote to confirm Stanley Fischer, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Against own party Nomination

Voted Yes
May 15, 2014
113-S446

A vote to confirm James Alan Soto, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
May 15, 2014
113-S445

A vote to confirm Douglas L. Rayes, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
May 15, 2014
113-S444

A vote to confirm Rosemary Marquez, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
May 5, 2014
113-S421

A vote to confirm Nancy L. Moritz, of Kansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
May 1, 2014
113-S420

A vote to confirm Janice Marion Schneider, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
May 1, 2014
113-S418

A vote to confirm Theodore David Chuang, of Maryland as United States District Judge for the District of Maryland.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
May 1, 2014
113-S417

A vote to end debate on the nomination of Nancy L. Moritz, of Kansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit.
Against own party End debate

Voted Yes
April 30, 2014
113-S414

A vote to confirm Jon David Levy, of Maine, to be United States District Judge for the District of Maine.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
April 30, 2014
113-S408

A vote to end debate on the motion to proceed to S. 2223, the Minimum Wage Fairness Act.
Against the President End debate

Voted No
April 28, 2014
113-S401

A vote to confirm David Weil, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
April 28, 2014
113-S399

A vote to confirm Michelle T. Friedland, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
March 31, 2014
113-S382

A vote to confirm John B. Owens, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
March 26, 2014
113-S377

A vote to confirm Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
March 26, 2014
113-S376

A vote to confirm M. Douglas Harpool, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
March 12, 2014
113-S362

A vote to confirm Linda Vivienne Parker, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
March 6, 2014
113-S349

A vote to confirm Rose Eilene Gottemoeller, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
March 5, 2014
113-S347

A vote to confirm Vince Girdhari Chhabria, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
March 5, 2014
113-S339

A vote to end debate on the nomination of Debo P. Adegbile, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
Against the President End debate

Voted No
Feb. 24, 2014
113-S328

A vote to confirm Jeffrey Alker Meyer, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Feb. 6, 2014
113-S315

A vote to end debate on S. 1845, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, a bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits.
Against the President End debate

Voted No
Jan. 14, 2014
113-S301

A vote to end debate on S. 1845, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, a bill to provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits.
Against the President End debate

Voted No
Jan. 13, 2014
113-S298

A vote to confirm Robert Leon Wilkins, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Jan. 6, 2014
113-S292

A vote to confirm Janet L. Yellen, of California, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years.
Against own party Nomination

Voted Yes
Dec. 20, 2013
113-S288

A vote to confirm John Andrew Koskinen, of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the term expiring November 12, 2017.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Dec. 20, 2013
113-S286

A vote to confirm Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Dec. 18, 2013
113-S281

A vote to agree to a Senate motion relating to H.J.Res. 59, a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
Dec. 16, 2013
113-S274

A vote to confirm Anne W. Patterson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs).
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Dec. 12, 2013
113-S264

A vote to confirm Patricia M. Wald, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Dec. 12, 2013
113-S260

A vote to confirm Elizabeth A. Wolford, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of New York.
Against own party Nomination

Voted Yes
Dec. 12, 2013
113-S258

A vote to confirm Chai Rachel Feldblum, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2018.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Dec. 10, 2013
113-S252

A vote to confirm Melvin L. Watt, of North Carolina, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency for a term of five years.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Dec. 10, 2013
113-S247

A vote to confirm Patricia Ann Millett, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Oct. 30, 2013
113-S225

A vote to confirm Katherine Archuleta, of Colorado, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management for a term of four years.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Oct. 29, 2013
113-S222

A vote to confirm Richard F. Griffin, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board for a term of four years.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Oct. 16, 2013
113-S219

A vote to pass H.R. 2775, an act making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes, in the Senate.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
Sept. 30, 2013
113-S211

A vote to table a pending matter relating to H.J.Res. 59, a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014.
Against the President Procedural

Voted No
Sept. 30, 2013
113-S210

A vote to agree to a motion to table relating to H.J.Res. 59, a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014.
Against the President Procedural

Voted No
Sept. 27, 2013
113-S209

A vote to pass H.J.Res. 59, a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes, in the Senate.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
Sept. 27, 2013
113-S208

A vote to agree to an amendment of a perfecting nature to H.J.Res. 59, making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014.
Against the President Amendment

Voted No
Sept. 17, 2013
113-S202

A vote to confirm Elaine D. Kaplan, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Sept. 9, 2013
113-S201

A vote to confirm Valerie E. Caproni, of the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Aug. 1, 2013
113-S199

A vote to end debate on S. 1243, an original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies.
Against the President End debate

Voted No
July 31, 2013
113-S197

A vote to confirm Byron Todd Jones, of Minnesota, to be Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
July 30, 2013
113-S194

A vote to confirm Mark Gaston Pearce, of New York, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2018.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
July 30, 2013
113-S192

A vote to confirm Nancy Jean Schiffer, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2014.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
July 30, 2013
113-S190

A vote to confirm Kent Yoshiho Hirozawa, of New York, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring August 27, 2016.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
July 25, 2013
113-S186

A vote to confirm Derek Anthony West, of California, to be Associate Attorney General.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
July 18, 2013
113-S180

A vote to confirm Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
July 18, 2013
113-S178

A vote to confirm Thomas Edward Perez, of Maryland, to be Secretary of Labor.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
July 17, 2013
113-S176

A vote to confirm Fred P. Hochberg, of New York, to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2017.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
July 16, 2013
113-S174

A vote to confirm Richard Cordray, of Ohio, to be Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection for a term of five years.
Against own party Nomination

Voted Yes
July 10, 2013
113-S171

A vote to end debate on S. 1238, the Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013, to extend the reduced interest rate on undergraduate Stafford Loans for one year.
Against the President End debate

Voted No
July 9, 2013
113-S170

A vote to confirm Jennifer A. Dorsey, of Nevada, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
June 27, 2013
113-S168

A vote to pass S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, in the Senate.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
June 10, 2013
113-S145

A vote to pass S. 954, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, in the Senate.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
June 6, 2013
113-S143

A vote to end debate on S. 953, the Student Loan Affordability Act, which would extend the reduced interest rate for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans.
Against the President End debate

Voted No
May 15, 2013
113-S125

A vote to confirm William H. Orrick, III, of the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
May 7, 2013
113-S114

A vote to confirm David Medine, of Maryland, to be Chairman and Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board for a term expiring January 29, 2018.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
May 6, 2013
113-S113

A vote to pass S. 743, the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013, a bill to restore States' sovereign rights to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
April 17, 2013
113-S103

A vote to agree to an amendment to S. 649, the Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013, that would regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
Against the President Amendment

Voted No
April 17, 2013
113-S101

A vote to adopt an amendment to S. 649, the Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013.
Against the President Amendment

Voted No
April 17, 2013
113-S97

A vote to adopt an amendment to S. 649, the Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013.
Against the President Amendment

Voted No
April 11, 2013
113-S95

A vote to end debate on the motion to proceed to S. 649, the Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013.
Against own party End debate

Voted Yes
April 10, 2013
113-S94

A vote to confirm Sarah Jewell, of Washington, to be Secretary of the Interior.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
April 9, 2013
113-S93

A vote to confirm Patty Shwartz, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
March 23, 2013
113-S78

A vote to adopt an amendment to S.Con.Res. 8, the concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014.
Against own party Amendment

Voted No
March 20, 2013
113-S44

A vote to pass H.R. 933, the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, in the Senate.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
March 7, 2013
113-S32

A vote to confirm John Owen Brennan, of Virginia, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Against own party Nomination

Voted Yes
March 6, 2013
113-S30

A vote to end debate, by invoking cloture, on the nomination of Caitlin Joan Halligan, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Against the President End debate

Voted No
Feb. 28, 2013
113-S27

A vote to end debate, by invoking cloture, on the motion to proceed to S. 388, the American Family Economic Protection Act of 2013.
Against the President End debate

Voted No
Feb. 28, 2013
113-S26

A vote to end debate, by invoking cloture, on the motion to proceed to S. 16, a bill to provide for a sequester replacement.
Against the President End debate

Voted Yes
Feb. 27, 2013
113-S25

A vote to confirm Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Feb. 26, 2013
113-S24

A vote to confirm Charles Timothy Hagel, of Nebraska, to be Secretary of Defense.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Feb. 26, 2013
113-S23

A vote to end debate, by invoking cloture, on the nomination of Charles Timothy Hagel, of Nebraska, to be Secretary of Defense.
Against own party End debate

Voted Yes
Feb. 13, 2013
113-S20

A vote to confirm William J. Kayatta, Jr., of Maine, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit.
Against the President Nomination

Voted No
Feb. 12, 2013
113-S19

A vote to pass S. 47, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.
Against the President Passage

Voted No
Jan. 28, 2013
113-S4

A vote to pass H.R. 152, a bill making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, to improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy.
Against the President Passage

Voted No