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While in office Dan Coats supported numerous [[gun control]] measures including the 1991 Crime Bill [http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=102&session=1&vote=00125 S.1241] sponsored by then senator [[Joseph Biden]] that instituted a national waiting period for handgun purchases as well as a federal ban on semi-automatic firearms.<ref>{{cite web |last=Biden |first=Joseph |title=S.1241 |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d102:SN1241: |date=June 6, 1991 |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |accessdate=June 6, 1991}}</ref> |
While in office Dan Coats supported numerous [[gun control]] measures including the 1991 Crime Bill [http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=102&session=1&vote=00125 S.1241] sponsored by then senator [[Joseph Biden]] that instituted a national waiting period for handgun purchases as well as a federal ban on semi-automatic firearms.<ref>{{cite web |last=Biden |first=Joseph |title=S.1241 |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d102:SN1241: |date=June 6, 1991 |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |accessdate=June 6, 1991}}</ref> |
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In 1993 Coats voted for the [[Brady Bill]] (see [http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=103&session=1&vote=00394 U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote] here), and the Feinstein Amendment to ban the purchase, sale and transfer of certain semi-automatic rifles<ref>{{cite web |last=Coats |first=Dan |title=Gun Control and the Indiana Senate Primary |url=http://gunowners.org/op02112010tm.htm |date=February 11, 2010 |publisher=[[Gun Owners of America]] |accessdate=April 24, 2010}}</ref> |
In 1993 Coats voted for the [[Brady Bill]] (see [http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=103&session=1&vote=00394 U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote] here), and the Feinstein Amendment to ban the purchase, sale and transfer of certain semi-automatic rifles.<ref>{{cite web |last=Coats |first=Dan |title=Gun Control and the Indiana Senate Primary |url=http://gunowners.org/op02112010tm.htm |date=February 11, 2010 |publisher=[[Gun Owners of America]] |accessdate=April 24, 2010}}</ref> In November of 1994 Coats voted for additional gun control measures contained in H.R.3355 (see [http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=103&session=1&vote=00384 U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote] here), a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. |
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In 1998, Coats voted for Barbra Boxer's Trigger Lock amendment (see [http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=105&session=2&vote=00216 U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote] here), an unfunded mandate requiring the purchase of a trigger lock with the slae of each handgun. Firearm's dealers who do not comply to force the transaction are guilty of a federal crime and face revocation of their [[Federal Firearms License]]. |
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Coats made headlines in August 1998, when he publicly questioned the timing of President [[Bill Clinton]]’s [[Operation Infinite Reach|attack on terrorist bases in Afghanistan and Sudan]], suggesting it might be linked to the [[Lewinsky scandal]]. |
Coats made headlines in August 1998, when he publicly questioned the timing of President [[Bill Clinton]]’s [[Operation Infinite Reach|attack on terrorist bases in Afghanistan and Sudan]], suggesting it might be linked to the [[Lewinsky scandal]]. |
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Daniel Coats | |
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United States Senator from Indiana | |
In office January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1999 | |
Preceded by | Dan Quayle |
Succeeded by | Evan Bayh |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 4th District | |
In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1989 | |
Preceded by | Dan Quayle |
Succeeded by | Jill L. Long |
29th United States Ambassador to Germany | |
In office August 15, 2001 – February 28, 2005 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | John C. Kornblum |
Succeeded by | William R. Timken, Jr. |
Personal details | |
Nationality | American |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Marcia Coats |
Alma mater | Wheaton College Indiana University-Indianapolis |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1966-1968 |
- For the American football player, see Daniel Coats (American football).
Daniel Ray Coats (born May 16, 1943) is an American lawyer, politician, lobbyist, and diplomat. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1989 to 1999. Coats was appointed to fill the seat vacated by Dan Quayle following his election as Vice President of the United States in 1988. He won the 1990 special election to serve the remainder of Quayle's unexpired term, as well as the 1992 election for his own full six-year term. He did not seek re-election in 1998.
Prior to his service in the U.S. Senate, Coats was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Indiana's 4th congressional district from 1981 to 1989. After retiring from the Senate Coats served as U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 2001 to 2005.
Coats is currently residing in Virginia as a senior Lobbyist and policy adviser at King & Spalding's Washington DC offices serving large corporate concerns and banking interests such as Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch[1] and Chrysler in their successful pursuit of TARP and federal government bailout funds and also supporting billionaire Chinese bio-fuels investor Julian Robertson in his push for a new cap-and-trade scheme and Lieberman-Warner climate change legislation to prop up foreign bio-fuels markets.[2]
On February 10, 2010, Coats confirmed that he would relocate to Indiana to challenge leading[3] former Indiana Republican Congressman John Hostettler of the Tea Party movement for the open US Senate seat being vacated by Evan Bayh in the 2010 U.S. Senate election. On February 15, Bayh revealed that he will not be running for reelection.[4]
Early life
Coats was born in Jackson, Michigan, to Edward R. and Vera E. Coats. He attended local public schools, and graduated from Jackson High School in 1961. He then studied at Wheaton College in Illinois, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1965. At Wheaton, he was an active student athlete on the soccer team. He served in the United States Army from 1966 to 1968, and earned a Juris Doctor from Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis in 1971. He was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1972, and began practice as a lawyer in Fort Wayne. He also served as assistant vice president of a Fort Wayne life insurance company.
U.S. Congress
From 1976 to 1980, Coats worked for then-U.S. Representative Dan Quayle, a Republican from Indiana's 4th congressional district, as Quayle's district representative. When Quayle decided to challenge three-term Democratic incumbent Birch Bayh in the 1980 U.S. Senate election, Coats ran for and won Quayle's seat in the U.S. House. When Quayle resigned from the Senate after being elected Vice President of the United States in 1988, Coats was appointed to Quayle’s former seat. Coats served in the Senate until January 1999.
While in office Dan Coats supported numerous gun control measures including the 1991 Crime Bill S.1241 sponsored by then senator Joseph Biden that instituted a national waiting period for handgun purchases as well as a federal ban on semi-automatic firearms.[5]
In 1993 Coats voted for the Brady Bill (see U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote here), and the Feinstein Amendment to ban the purchase, sale and transfer of certain semi-automatic rifles.[6] In November of 1994 Coats voted for additional gun control measures contained in H.R.3355 (see U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote here), a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.
In 1998, Coats voted for Barbra Boxer's Trigger Lock amendment (see U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote here), an unfunded mandate requiring the purchase of a trigger lock with the slae of each handgun. Firearm's dealers who do not comply to force the transaction are guilty of a federal crime and face revocation of their Federal Firearms License.
Coats made headlines in August 1998, when he publicly questioned the timing of President Bill Clinton’s attack on terrorist bases in Afghanistan and Sudan, suggesting it might be linked to the Lewinsky scandal.
- “While there is clearly much more we need to learn about this attack and why it was ordered today, given the president’s personal difficulties this week, it is legitimate to question the timing of this action.”[7]
After Congress
Coats worked as Special Counsel member in the firm Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand in 2000 and 2001.
In 2001, Coats was reportedly one of George W. Bush’s top choices to be Defense Secretary, a job eventually given to Donald Rumsfeld, who had previously served as United States Secretary of Defense.
From August 15, 2001 to February 28, 2005, Coats was the United States Ambassador to Germany.[8] His second day on the job was September 11, 2001. Dan worked closely with a strong ally and friend during one of the most crucial periods in our Nation’s history. As Ambassador, Dan played a critical role in establishing robust relations with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and in the construction of a new United States Embassy in the heart of Berlin next to the Brandenburg Gate.[9]
In 2005, Coats drew attention when he was chosen by President George W. Bush to shepherd Harriet Miers' failed nomination to the Supreme Court through the Senate. Echoing Senator Roman Hruska's famous 1970 speech in defense of Harrold Carswell, Coats said to CNN regarding the nomination:
- “If great intellectual powerhouse is a qualification to be a member of the court and represent the American people and the wishes of the American people and to interpret the Constitution, then I think we have a court so skewed on the intellectual side that we may not be getting representation of America as a whole.” [10]
After retiring as ambassador, Coats became a lobbyist.[11] Coats was a senior Lobbyist and policy adviser at King & Spalding's Washington DC offices serving large corporate concerns and banking interests such as Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch[12] and Chrysler in their successful pursuit of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and federal government bailout funds and also supporting billionaire Chinese bio-fuels investor Julian Robertson in his push for a new cap-and-trade scheme and Lieberman-Warner climate change legislation to prop up foreign bio-fuels markets.[13]
2010 U.S. Senate campaign
On February 10, 2010, Coats confirmed that he would relocate to Indiana to challenge former Indiana Republican Congressman John Hostettler for the open US Senate seat being vacated by Evan Bayh in the 2010 United States Senate election.[14] Bayh announced on February 15, 2010, he will not be running for reelection. Democrat Congressman and former Sheriff Brad Ellsworth is the candidate running for the seat. Both the non-partisan CQ Politics and Cook Political Report rate the election as "Leaning Republican."
Rasmussen Polling from April 2010 reveals that Coats leads Ellsworth twenty one percentage points in the general election; but unfortunately for Coats the report also states that "Hostettler, a former congressman, is the Republican candidate, he picks up 50% of voters."[15]
In 2008, Coats told the North Carolina delegates at the Republican National Convention that "If you don't tell the good people of Indiana, Marcia and I decided that there might be a better place where some of these older bones can absorb.... We have a home down there (in North Carolina) that we use as a second home but hope it will be our first home, and then I'll be able to register and vote for your two senators and congressmen and be a North Carolinian." [16] Coats' major banking clients as a lobbyist, such as Bank of America who acquired Merill Lynch, are headquartered in North Carolina.
In February 2010, a Coats spokesman said that the couple was likely going to sell the house, since Coats now had no plans to retire.[17] According to heraldargus.com, Coats, who has lived outside of Indiana for twelve years since he left elected office, has "listed his North Carolina home for sale"[18]
He describes the familiar conservative litany: “Limited government, lower taxes, a balanced budget, strong defense”[19], but as a lobbyist Dan Coats' worked tirelessly to promote a new Cap-and-Trade Tax and to push through corporate welfare solutions that contributed substantially to recent spikes in budget shortfalls.[20]
References
- ^ Lobbyist (Dan Coats) who wants Senate seat back receiving criticism, February 11, 2010, Washington Post.
- ^ Dan Coats, lobbyist for fat cats, plots Senate return, February 10, 2010, San Francisco Examiner.
- ^ Kyle Trygstad, "Indiana US Senate Poll: Hostettler Outpolling Coats", Real Clear Politics at TIME.COM, March 1, 2010.
- ^ http://www.indystar.com/article/20100215/NEWS05/100215009/Evan-Bayh-will-not-seek-reelection
- ^ Biden, Joseph (June 6, 1991). "S.1241". Library of Congress. Retrieved June 6, 1991.
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(help) - ^ Coats, Dan (February 11, 2010). "Gun Control and the Indiana Senate Primary". Gun Owners of America. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
- ^ Most Lawmakers Support Clinton’s Military Strikes, August 20, 1998, CNN.
- ^ Speeches by Ambassador Coats
- ^ [1]
- ^ AMERICAN MORNING: Miers Confirmation Battle, October 7, 2005, transcript of CNN American Morning.
- ^ Schneider, Mary Beth (February 3, 2010). "Dan Coats prepares to take on Sen. Evan Bayh". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
- ^ Lobbyist (Dan Coats) who wants Senate seat back receiving criticism, February 11, 2010, Washington Post.
- ^ Dan Coats, lobbyist for fat cats, plots Senate return, February 10, 2010, San Francisco Examiner.
- ^ Ryan Elijah (February 10, 2010). "Dan Coats Confirms Bid for U.S. Senate". Indiana's NewsCenter. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
- ^ http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/indiana/election_2010_indiana_senate
- ^ Bradner, Eric (February 6, 2010). "Indiana wasn't in Coats' plan". Evansville Courier & Press. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ Bradner, Eric (February 6, 2010). "Indiana wasn't in Coats' plan". Evansville Courier & Press. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ {{cite news|url=http://heraldargus.com/articles/2010/03/23/news/local/doc4ba84238e639b605010529.txt%7Ctitle=Dan Coats outlines his priorities|last=Flynn, Bridget|date=March 23, 2010|publisher=Herald Argus
- ^ [2]"Once More Unto the Breach"|date=25 March, 2010|last=Thomas, Cal|
- ^ Dan Coats, lobbyist for fat cats, plots Senate return, February 10, 2010, San Francisco Examiner.