Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Jim Cooper [D, TN-5]

The Dirty Job That Congress Won’t Do on Its Own

2009-11-19T00:00:00Z

...need, but it could help. Blue Dogs in the U.S. House this week formally endorsed the idea, contained in HR 1557, authored by Rep. Jim Cooper (D, TN) and Rep. Frank Wolf (R, VA), with 100 total sponsors. As noted by Roll Call, “If House Republicans joi

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Pelosi defends jail time and fines for those without health insurance

2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

Jim Cooper, Nashville's Democratic House member, voted for Speaker Pelosi's bill. Someone should ask Representative Cooper what he believes is fair.

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Bipartisan Entitlement Commission Needed to Control Spending and Debt

2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the House, the SAFE Commission Act (HR 1557) is sponsored by Representatives Frank Wolf (R-VA) and Jim Cooper (D-TN). This bill has also been introduced ...

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Paulson Protege Pellegrini on Bernanke's Fed: "Sheer Lunacy"

2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

Some smart people are feeling at least cautiously optimistic about the US economy at the moment—among them BW's own Jim Cooper. Paolo Pellegrini, however ...

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2009-11-16T00:00:00Z

Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee , a leader of the moderate-conservative "Blue Dogs," called the election result "a wake-up call for Congress. ...

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For your own sake, get screened for cancer

2009-11-15T00:00:00Z

Just ask US Rep. Jim Cooper. He'll tell you about going to Dr. Jeffrey Eskind for a colon examination in 2002 after experiencing something that felt like ...

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For your own sake, get screened for cancer

2009-11-15T00:00:00Z

...from getting the disease or enable you to get treatments early enough so that cancer isn't a death sentence. Just ask U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper. He'll tell you about going to Dr. Jeffrey Eskind for a colon examination in 2002 after experiencing something tha

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Congress gets ready to face down swine flu

2009-11-15T00:00:00Z

...symptoms. He said the office will remain open even if an outbreak occurs because people can work from home. Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper's spokesman, Peter Boogaard, said Congress is anxious to allay any suspicions that lawmakers or their staffers would u

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Congress gets ready to face down swine flu

2009-11-15T00:00:00Z

Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper's spokesman, Peter Boogaard, said Congress is anxious to allay any suspicions that lawmakers or their staffers would use special ...

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Rep. Jim Cooper says there's no health-care guarantee in Senate

2009-11-15T00:00:00Z

Rep. Jim Cooper visited with The Tennessean's editorial board last week to talk about health-care reform — from the costs to the states to the effort's ...

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Rockettes kick off holiday travel season

2009-11-15T00:00:00Z

"They work so very, very hard," said Rome resident Cynthia Grantham Wright, who had just missed an earlier train with her friend, Jim Cooper, ...

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Bredesen versus Cooper--Much Ado About Nothing?

2009-11-14T00:00:00Z

Jim Cooper likes to keep people guessing. By his own admission, he likes to keep his students guessing in their graduate classes at Vanderbilt's Owen School ...

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America's Financial Bleeding Has to Stop

2009-11-14T00:00:00Z

This year, he's partnered with Rep. Jim Cooper, a Democrat from Tennessee, to coauthor a bill to create the Securing America's Future Economy Commission. ...

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My Word: Just take a deep breath

2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

It has been quite interesting these past few years and especially the past two to three years reading the various blogs, editorial comments ...

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Health-care reform 'still on life support,' Rep. Cooper says

2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

... even after surviving a close vote in the House of Representatives last week, Rep. Jim Cooper said Thursday. "If you peel back the layers further, ...

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2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

... even after surviving a close vote in the House of Representatives last week, Rep. Jim Cooper said Thursday. "If you peel back the layers further, ...

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Health-care reform 'still on life support,' Rep. Cooper says

2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

...a good chance of defeat in the Senate, even after surviving a close vote in the House of Representatives last week, Rep. Jim Cooper said Thursday. "If you peel back the layers further, you realize it may be difficult for the Senate to vote on anything,"

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Health reform on life support

2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

...come together on the Senate side, the abortion fight on the House side is threatening passage of any final compromise. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), a Blue Dog who voted for the bill last weekend, said reform is still on life support, according to an

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Wood: Industries considering area

2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the 1980s and early 1990s, he worked for US Rep. Jim Cooper when Cooper represented the Fourth District, which included Shelbyville. ...

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'America is going broke,' says Rep. Frank Wolf

2009-11-12T00:00:00Z

This year, he and Rep. Jim Cooper, a Tennessee Democrat, coauthored legislation to create the Securing America's Future Economy Commission Act. It would ...

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