Lawrence Coughlin

Lawrence Coughlin

Republican · PE-13 · House of Representatives

57 years in office

Quylt Score

306
Primary Score
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Party Line

Score Breakdown

Legislative Output35% of score
Laws Enacted0 bills signed into law
515%
Bills Advanced8 of 145 bills out of committee
2812%
Federal Funding Secured$3432552M in federal obligations in district (119th Congress)
1008%
Engagement20% of score
Roll Call Attendance0 of 40 votes (0.0%)
015%
Committee Hearing ParticipationCommittee assignments not yet available
205%
Collaboration15% of score
Bipartisan Cosponsoring9 of 20 cosponsored bills cross-party
7510%
Cross-Aisle Co-Authored Bills8 of 15 sponsored bills have cross-party cosponsors
1005%
Position & Influence20% of score
Leadership RoleNo leadership role
010%
Committee SeniorityNo committee assignments
1010%
Qualifications & Integrity10% of score
Education & Credentials
Pending5%
Ethics RecordNo formal ethics violations on record
505%

Last updated: April 29, 2026

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Sponsored Legislation (145)

HR 4762A bill to add 682.4 acres to Valley Forge National Historical Park, Pennsylvania.

Introduced 1979-07-12 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 34Elementary and Secondary Education Tuition Tax Credit Act of 1979

Introduced 1979-01-15 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

HR 35Higher Education Tuition Tax Credit Act of 1979

Introduced 1979-01-15 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

HCONRES 190A concurrent resolution welcoming his Holiness Pope John Paul II on his visit to the United States.

Introduced 1979-09-20 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Arts, Culture, Religion

HCONRES 50A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the House with respect to the Baltic States.

Introduced 1979-02-15 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

International Affairs

HR 16735Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act

Introduced 1974-09-19 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

HR 16404Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act

Introduced 1974-08-13 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

HR 16405Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act

Introduced 1974-08-13 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

HR 11853A bill for the relief of Produce Factors Corp.

Introduced 1973-12-07 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 11487A bill to provide that daylight savings time shall be observed on a year-round basis.

Introduced 1973-11-14 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Science, Technology, Communications

HR 7931A bill for the relief of Bruce A. Feldman, lieutenant commander, Marine Corps, U.S. Navy Reserve.

Introduced 1973-05-16 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 7932A bill for the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel H. Araya.

Introduced 1973-05-17 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 6894Land Use Policy and Planning Assistance Act

Introduced 1973-04-12 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

HR 5321Federal Animal Damage Control Act

Introduced 1973-03-07 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

Animals

HR 5322News Media Source Protection Act

Introduced 1973-03-07 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

HR 3369News Media Source Protection Act

Introduced 1973-01-31 · Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

HCONRES 691Concurrent resolution requesting release of two Ukrainian intellectuals.

Introduced 1974-12-09 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

International Affairs

HR 14052Consumer Communications Reform Act

Introduced 1976-05-27 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 8917Electric Utilities Rate Reform Act

Introduced 1975-07-25 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Energy

HR 5867Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act

Introduced 1975-04-10 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Cost of living

HR 1816Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act

Introduced 1975-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

HR 1817Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act

Introduced 1975-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Cost of living

HR 231Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act

Introduced 1975-01-15 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

HR 11453Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act

Introduced 1978-03-10 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Income tax

HR 9162Steel Import Equity Act

Introduced 1977-09-16 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Import restrictions

HR 8837Telecommunications Act

Introduced 1977-08-05 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 6808Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act

Introduced 1977-05-02 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Income tax

HR 3870Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act

Introduced 1977-02-23 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Income tax

HR 2406Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act

Introduced 1977-01-26 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Cost of living

HR 2407Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act

Introduced 1977-01-26 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Cost of living

HR 820Automobile Fuel-Economy Act

Introduced 1977-01-04 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Energy

HR 818Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act

Introduced 1977-01-04 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Income tax

HRES 553A resolution to amend the rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit closed rules.

Introduced 1977-05-09 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.

Congress

Introduced 1982-12-14 · Amendment Agreed to by House (en gros).

Introduced 1982-09-21 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 154 - 221 (Record Vote No: 342).

Introduced 1981-09-10 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.

Introduced 1981-07-23 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 186 - 206 (Record Vote No: 161).

Introduced 1981-07-17 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.

HR 6768A bill to amend title 18 to delimit the insanity defense and for other purposes.

Introduced 1982-07-15 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Crime and Law Enforcement

HR 1302Higher Education Tuition Tax Credit Act of 1981

Introduced 1981-01-27 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

HR 1301Elementary and Secondary Education Tuition Tax Credit Act of 1981

Introduced 1981-01-27 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

Introduced 1983-06-22 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Division Vote: 9 - 38.

HR 5852Health Care Cost Containment Act of 1984

Introduced 1984-06-14 · Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.

Health

HR 2890A bill to amend title 18 to delimit the insanity defense and for other purposes.

Introduced 1983-05-04 · Referred to Subcommittee on Criminal Justice.

Crime and Law Enforcement

Introduced 1986-07-31 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.

Introduced 1986-05-08 · Amendment Offered by Representative Coughlin.

Introduced 1985-09-11 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Recorded Vote: 287 - 132 (Record Vote No: 292).

Introduced 1985-06-11 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.

HR 3493Taxpayers' Bill of Rights

Introduced 1985-10-03 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

HR 2927A bill for the relief of Spencer M. Hurtt, Junior and Annie Lawrie D. Hurtt.

Introduced 1985-06-27 · Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.

Private Legislation

HR 1852Health Care Cost Containment Act of 1984

Introduced 1985-04-01 · Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.

Health

HR 1851Professional Football Stabilization Act of 1985

Introduced 1985-04-01 · Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.

Sports and Recreation

Introduced 1988-06-28 · Point of Order Sustained Against Amendment in Committee of the Whole.

HR 3922A bill to amend section 1807(a)(7) of Pub. L. 99-514.

Introduced 1988-02-08 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Taxation

HR 3248A bill for the relief of Spencer M. Hurtt, Junior and Annie Lawrie D. Hurtt.

Introduced 1987-09-09 · Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.

Private Legislation

Introduced 1989-08-03 · On agreeing to the Coughlin amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.

Introduced 1989-07-20 · On agreeing to the Coughlin amendments (A008) Failed by voice vote.

Introduced 1989-07-20 · On agreeing to the Coughlin amendment (A009) Agreed to by voice vote.

HR 5301Airborne Drug Trafficking Deterrence Act

Introduced 1990-07-18 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Crime and Law Enforcement

HR 5024Miscellaneous Firearms Reforms Act of 1990

Introduced 1990-06-13 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

Crime and Law Enforcement

HR 5025Drug Abuse Treatment Improvement Act of 1990

Introduced 1990-06-13 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

Health

HR 4848Transportation Employee Alcohol and Drug Testing Act of 1990

Introduced 1990-05-17 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.

Transportation and Public Works

HR 4587To suspend for a three-year period the duty on composite vials of timolol maleate/pilocarpine hydrochloride solutions and diluent.

Introduced 1990-04-24 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

HR 4382To make effective the Department of Transportation anti-drug program rule for recipients of Federal mass transit assistance.

Introduced 1990-03-27 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.

Transportation and Public Works

HR 1887To suspend for a three-year period the duty on L-alanyl - L-proline, also known as Ala Pro.

Introduced 1989-04-13 · See H.R.1594.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

HR 5810For the relief of Elham Ghandour Cicippio.

Introduced 1992-08-10 · Referred to the Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees.

Private Legislation

HR 3719To suspend until January 1, 1995, the duty on composite vials of timolol maleate/pilocarpine hydrochloride solutions and diluent.

Introduced 1991-11-06 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

HR 3733Campaign Spending Reform Act of 1991

Introduced 1991-11-07 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Government Operations and Politics

HR 3361Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991

Introduced 1991-09-17 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Transportation and Public Works

HR 2712Airborne Drug Trafficking Deterrence Act

Introduced 1991-06-20 · Executive Comment Requested from DOD, Justice, DEA, DOT.

Crime and Law Enforcement

HR 2711Enhanced Safety in Foreign Interdiction Efforts Act of 1991

Introduced 1991-06-20 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

International Affairs

HR 1857To extend for 3 years the existing suspension of duty on Ala Pro.

Introduced 1991-04-17 · See H.R.4318.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

HR 956To expand the definition of mass transit maintenance items to include all supplies.

Introduced 1991-02-19 · Executive Comment Received from DOT.

Transportation and Public Works

HR 958To authorize the use of Federal-aid bridge replacement and rehabilitation funds for railroad and transit bridges over highways.

Introduced 1991-02-19 · Executive Comment Received from DOT.

Transportation and Public Works

HJRES 398Designating August 4, 1992, as "National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day".

Introduced 1992-02-04 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population.

Crime and Law Enforcement

HJRES 312To designate November 1991 as "National Red Ribbon Month".

Introduced 1991-07-25 · For Further Action See S.J.Res.188.

Health

HJRES 165Designating April 1991 as "National Weight Loss Month".

Introduced 1991-03-04 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population.

Health