Christopher A. Coons

U.S. Senator · DE

Democrat

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Where Christopher stands

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What should the federal government's overall approach to taxes and spending be?
Some evidence
Raise taxes on high earners to fund expanded programs
Lower taxes, smaller governmentHigher taxes, expanded programs
Cosponsored American Family Act and Working Families Tax Relief Act expanding refundable credits and programs; opposed the 2025 reconciliation bill (H.R. 1).
The record we reviewed on this issue — 12 votes · 32 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted No · Apr 2026 — A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035.
Voted No · Mar 2026 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.
Voted Yes · Mar 2026 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to "Beginning of Construction Requirements for Purposes of the Termination of Clean Electricity Production Credits and Clean Electricity Investment Credits for Applicable Wind and Solar Facilities".
Voted No · Feb 2026 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025.
Voted Yes · Feb 2026 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to "Interim Guidance Simplifying Application of the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax to Partnerships".
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Cosponsorships
Sponsored — Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025
Sponsored — Financing Our Energy Future Act
Sponsored — Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024
Sponsored — Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022
Sponsored — FORWARD Act
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How should Social Security and Medicare be changed, if at all?
Some evidence
Expand benefits and broaden eligibility
Reduce or restructure benefitsExpand benefits
Cosponsored Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act and numerous Medicare coverage-expansion bills; sponsored ASSET Act eliminating SSI asset tests.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 3 votes · 21 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted No · Nov 2025 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026
Voted No · Jul 2025 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Voted Yes · Dec 2024 — Social Security Fairness Act of 2023
Cosponsorships
Sponsored — Retirement Security for American Hostages Act of 2025
Sponsored — ASSET Act
Cosponsored — Alternatives to PAIN Act
Cosponsored — Social Security Fairness Act
Cosponsored — Medicare Audiology Access Improvement Act of 2025
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What should the federal government's role be in setting wages and protecting workers?
Clear record
Significantly raise the minimum wage and strengthen union organizing rights
Less federal labor regulationStronger federal worker protections
Cosponsored Raise the Wage Act of 2025 and Richard L. Trumka PRO Act; voted for Paycheck Fairness Act cloture (2021).
The record we reviewed on this issue — 7 votes · 38 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted No · Jul 2025 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Voted No · Apr 2024 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to "Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status".
Voted Yes · Jul 2023 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
Voted Yes · Dec 2022 — Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.J. Res. 100.
Voted Yes · Dec 2022 — To provide for a resolution with respect to the unresolved disputes between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and certain of their employees.
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Cosponsorships
Sponsored — Armed Forces Pay Act of 2025
Sponsored — BRIDGE for Workers Act
Sponsored — Apprenticeship Hubs Across America Act of 2023
Cosponsored — JOBS Act of 2023
Cosponsored — Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2025
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How should the federal government structure healthcare coverage and costs?
Clear record
Keep and strengthen the ACA; add a public option for those who want it
Market-based, private insuranceSingle-payer government insurance
Voted for Lower Health Care Costs Act extending ACA premium tax credits; cosponsored Health Care Affordability Act and SAME Act Medicaid expansion.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 6 votes · 56 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted Yes · Jan 2026 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability".
Voted No · Dec 2025 — Health Care Freedom for Patients Act of 2025
Voted Yes · Dec 2025 — Lower Health Care Costs Act
Voted No · Nov 2025 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026
Voted Yes · Oct 2025 — Continuing Appropriations and Extensions and Other Matters Act, 2026
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Cosponsorships
Sponsored — PATHS Act
Sponsored — Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act
Cosponsored — Health Care Affordability Act of 2024
Cosponsored — PrEP Access and Coverage Act
Cosponsored — INSULIN Act of 2026
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How should the federal government address climate change and energy policy?
Clear record
Continue current climate investments and emissions standards
Prioritize energy production and affordabilityRapid transition off fossil fuels
Sponsored hydrogen and carbon-capture bills (SCALE Act, Financing Our Energy Future Act); voted against resolutions reopening federal lands to oil, gas, coal leasing.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 16 votes · 55 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted Yes · Jun 2026 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units: Final Repeal".
Voted Yes · Apr 2026 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Air Plan Disapproval; Colorado; Regional Haze Plan for the Second Implementation Period".
Voted No · Apr 2026 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN.
Voted Yes · Mar 2026 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to "Beginning of Construction Requirements for Purposes of the Termination of Clean Electricity Production Credits and Clean Electricity Investment Credits for Applicable Wind and Solar Facilities".
Voted Yes · Jan 2026 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026
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Cosponsorships
Sponsored — Energy Security Pacts Act
Sponsored — Energy Savings and Weatherization Reauthorization Act of 2025
Sponsored — Federal Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act of 2024
Sponsored — National Coordination on Adaptation and Resilience for Security Act of 2023
Sponsored — Financing Our Energy Future Act
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What should federal abortion policy be?
Clear record
Federal protection up to viability (~24 weeks) with later-term exceptions
Federal restrictions on abortionFederal protection for abortion access
Cosponsored Women's Health Protection Act of 2023 and 2025; voted for its cloture and the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 10 votes · 25 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted Yes · Mar 2026 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to "Reproductive Health Services".
Voted No · Jan 2026 — Pregnant Students’ Rights Act
Voted No · Jul 2025 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Voted No · Jan 2025 — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
Voted Yes · Sep 2024 — Right to IVF Act
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Cosponsorships
Cosponsored — Access to Family Building Act
Cosponsored — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to "Reproductive Health Services".
Cosponsored — Protect IVF Act
Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that every person has the basic right to emergency health care, including abortion care.
Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that over 25 years of real-world evidence and hundreds of peer-reviewed studies proving that mifepristone is safe and effective should be respected, and law and policy governing access to lifesaving, time-sensitive medication abortion care in the United States should be equitable, transparent, and based on the best available peer-reviewed evidence-based science.
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What should federal firearms policy be?
Clear record
Restrict semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines; broader background checks
Expand firearm rightsExpand firearm restrictions
Cosponsored Assault Weapons Ban of 2025 and Background Check Expansion Act; voted for Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (2022).
The record we reviewed on this issue — 3 votes · 23 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted No · Jul 2025 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
Did not vote · Jun 2023 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives relating to "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces'".
Voted Yes · Jun 2022 — Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
Cosponsorships
Sponsored — NICS Denial Notification Act of 2021
Cosponsored — Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act
Cosponsored — Age 21 Act
Cosponsored — Keep Americans Safe Act
Cosponsored — Assault Weapons Ban of 2023
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What should US immigration policy be?
Some evidence
Expand legal immigration; humane asylum and refugee policies
Reduced immigration, stricter enforcementExpanded immigration, humane policy
Sponsored NO BAN Act; cosponsored U.S. Citizenship Act path-to-citizenship and GRACE Act raising the refugee ceiling, plus numerous immigrant-protection bills.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 8 votes · 38 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted Yes · Jun 2026 — Secure America Act
Voted Yes · Apr 2026 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services relating to "Removal of the Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization Documents".
Voted No · Apr 2026 — A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035.
Voted No · Mar 2026 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025
Voted No · Jul 2025 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
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Cosponsorships
Sponsored — ICE Accountability Act
Sponsored — NO BAN Act
Sponsored — Uyghur Human Rights Protection Act
Cosponsored — GRACE Act
Cosponsored — America’s Children Act
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How should the federal government approach criminal justice and policing?
Some evidence
Modest reforms: training standards, body cameras, sentencing review
Stronger enforcement, expanded authorityDecarceration and federal reform
Cosponsored EQUAL Act and Solitary Confinement Reform Act alongside COPS Reauthorization and Invest to Protect police-funding bills; sponsored Safer Supervision Act.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 7 votes · 52 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted No · Jun 2026 — Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act
Voted Yes · Mar 2025 — HALT Fentanyl Act
Voted Yes · Apr 2024 — Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act
Voted No · May 2023 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022.
Voted Yes · Mar 2023 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022.
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Cosponsorships
Sponsored — NDO Fairness Act of 2026
Sponsored — Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act
Sponsored — Safer Supervision Act of 2023
Sponsored — Driving for Opportunity Act of 2023
Sponsored — Safer Supervision Act of 2022
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What should drive US foreign policy?
Clear record
Active leadership of democratic alliances against authoritarian powers
Sponsored the Madeleine K. Albright Democracy Act and USAID resolution; cosponsored Taiwan Assurance Implementation Act and Ukraine-support resolutions countering authoritarian powers.
The record we reviewed on this issue — 12 votes · 60 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted Yes · Jun 2026 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Voted Yes · Jun 2026 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
Voted Yes · Jun 2026 — A resolution requesting information on Honduras's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Voted No · Jun 2026 — Fallen Servicemembers Religious Heritage Restoration Act
Voted No · Apr 2026 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Republic of Cuba that have not been authorized by Congress.
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Cosponsorships
Sponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding critical elements of the United States policy towards the People's Republic of China.
Sponsored — A joint resolution to direct removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress.
Sponsored — Global Fragility Reauthorization Act
Sponsored — UNITED Act
Sponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Agency for International Development is essential for advancing the national security interests of the United States.
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How should the federal government approach democratic institutions and elections?
Clear record
Pass federal voting access protections and ban partisan gerrymandering
Cosponsored Freedom to Vote Act and For the People Act; voted against the SAVE Act citizenship-proof voting requirement (2026).
The record we reviewed on this issue — 10 votes · 31 cosponsorships
Votes
Voted No · Mar 2026 — Veterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act of 2025
Voted Yes · Sep 2022 — DISCLOSE Act of 2022
Voted No · Jan 2022 — Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act
Voted Yes · Nov 2021 — John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021
Voted Yes · Oct 2021 — Freedom to Vote Act
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Cosponsorships
Cosponsored — Insurrection Act of 2025
Cosponsored — Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act
Cosponsored — John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025
Cosponsored — Washington, D.C. Admission Act
Cosponsored — DISCLOSE Act of 2021
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