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June 26, 2008 NRCC - Tax Increase Called “Mistake” By Fellow Dem

Just as the House voted on the AMT bill, fellow Democrat Rep. Jim Cooper said that it was a “mistake” to pass the bill with these tax increases, stating that because the Democrats couldn’t find a single spending cut, this bill would ...

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June 26, 2008 Rep. Jim Cooper Being Investigated By The FBI

Whitehouse is all over this. The charge? Illegal use of a password:. Contacted by NashvillePost.com, Cooper’s communications director John Spragens said, “Glenn English’s move was laughable and a move to intimidate Congress that will ...

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Source: Post Politics: Political News and Views...


June 26, 2008 Maybe “SAFE” Is Considered Code for “Destroy”?

This week the House Budget Committee held a hearing on the “Securing America’s Future Economy” (SAFE) Commission Act (HR 473), as a favor to Jim Cooper, the House sponsor of the bill and a Blue Dog member of the Budget Committee. ...

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Source: EconomistMom.com


June 26, 2008 Happy Hour: Doing The Electric Slide

US Representative Jim Cooper is under investigation by the FBI for illegally accessing the website of the largest electric cooperative in the country. His spokesman calls the investigation “laughable,” but we think it’s safe to say that ...

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Source: Nashvillest


June 26, 2008 Power surge: Accusation against Cooper shuts down congressional ...

Former US Congressman accuses Jim Cooper of hacking into Web site, says FBI is investigating.

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Source: NashvillePost.com


June 26, 2008 Possible FBI Investigation?

... of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association is claiming about Congressman Jim Cooper (D-Nashville). English was testifying at a congressional oversight committee hearing about some of the practices of a Texas co-op. Rep. ...

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Source: WSMV Reporter Cara Kumari


June 26, 2008 THE 'N' WORD AGAIN AND A MORALITY TALE

This time, it was Democratic Representative Jim Cooper from Tennessee on C-Span, June 25, 2008 discussing the "Alternative Minimum Tax" proposal in the Budget Committte, of which he is a member. The very first telephone question he took ...

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June 26, 2008 Rep. Cooper by Day; Hacker by Night?

During the interrogation Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) cited documents that he said came from "secret, password-protected website" of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, in testimony today in front of the Committee ...

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Source: TPMMuckraker


June 26, 2008 Blue Dog Jim Cooper (D-TN) gets a little shock

Per an article in the Tennessean:. The head of an electric cooperative trade group said Thursday that Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Nashville, was being investigated by the FBI for entering the group's private Web site. ...

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Source: Daily Kos


June 25, 2008 Today in History June 25, 2008

Linda Cardellini, Actress ("ER"), 33. Albert Costa, Tennis player, 33. Aramis Ramirez, Baseball player, 30. Busy Philipps, Actress ("ER"), 29. Singer Carly Simon turns 63 years old today. AP Photo/Jim Cooper.

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June 25, 2008 I'm Screwed

Jim Cooper, Harold Ford, Karl Dean (technically the race was nonpartisan but there's no way anyone could mistake him for a Republican), and I've volunteered for Obama. Needless to say, if God forbid John McCain is the President when I ...

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Source: Silence Isn't Golden


June 25, 2008 Cohen and Pelosi shake the Money Tree in Nashville not Memphis

On hand for some or all of the events in Nashville were Democratic congressional colleagues John Tanner, Bart Gordon, and Jim Cooper, as well as former Public Service Commission chairperson and gubernatorial candidate Jane Eskind. ...

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Source: Truman's Take


June 25, 2008 Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN)

Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) discusses the Alternative Minimum Tax bill that is expected on the House floor today. The bill allows some 21 million taxpayers to forego paying the AMT in 2008. The bill also calls for offsets to cover the $62 ...

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June 25, 2008 OT - Belichick deducts 500k NFL fine from his taxes (Last post on ...

On C-Span this morning Representative Jim Cooper of Tennessee who sounded very much like a blue.

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Source: Scout.com > Washington > Redskins Addiction


June 24, 2008 Congressman Jim Cooper - Democrat TN5

In this post, I want to PRAISE a Democrat: Congressman Jim Cooper, TN-5. I am moving into Cong. Cooper's district. But that is not why I am highlighting his record. Frankly, every conservative blogger should be highlighting Congressman ...

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Source: Byron 1776


June 24, 2008 Coop On C-Span’s Washington Journal

Fifth District Congressman Jim Cooper (D-Nashville) will be appearing tomorrow morning on C-Span’s Washington Journal. Catch the Coop at 6:30am Central.

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Source: Post Politics: Political News and Views...


June 23, 2008 Advancing English First

Does believe he can, if Jim Cooper leaves the seat, win the Fifth for the GOP? Or does he have designs on succeeding Karl Dean? He was very close to the Clement campaign. Does he believe that a similar campaign with a better candidate ...

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Source: Post Politics: Political News and Views...


June 23, 2008 Rep. Jim Cooper is 9421000000000 years old

Nah, the budget hawk from Tennessee is just posing with his birthday "deficit" cake-and doesn't make it look taxing whatsoever.

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Source: Anne Schroeder's Blogs


June 22, 2008 What do you think of the campaign so far?

Jim Cooper, Bromsgrove, England. So far, I've heard a lot about what the various political parties will do to benefit "hard working families". I have heard nothing about any policies aimed at improving the lot of another large group in ...

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Source: Astrology Review


June 22, 2008 Washington Roll Call

Highlights of votes last week from Marsha Blackburn (R-Brentwood); Jim Cooper (D-Nashville); Lincoln Davis (D-Pall Mall); Bart Gordon (D-Murfreesboro); John Tanner (D-Union City...

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Source: Nashville, TN News RSS Feed - YourStreet


June 22, 2008 US Rep. John Hall (DN.Y.), the former lead guitarist for Orleans ...

US Rep. John Hall (DN.Y.), the former lead guitarist for Orleans, visited Nashville as the guest of Rep. Jim Cooper. Hall had recent personal experience with unauthorized use of his music. He had to ask John McCain to stop using one of ...

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Source: Dru's Vues, too


June 21, 2008 GrApple Themes for Firefox 3 « Andy Peatling on WordPress

regarding the need to exploit new sources of petroleum, Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) posted the following response to a question from a constituent: “Opening AN

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June 21, 2008 Truthfulness … a missing value …

With the persistent energy crisis, we hear all sorts of opinions and ‘facts’ regarding the need to exploit new sources of petroleum, Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) posted the following response to a question from a constituent: ...

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Source: Nashville Values


June 21, 2008 Million Signatures - Yours Counts!! (ALL Countries)

Congressman Jim Cooper and Congressman John Hall will hold a “Town Hall Meeting” with Nashville’s entertainment community this Saturday to discuss music-industry issues such as the controversial “Orphan Works” bill. ...

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Source: Diane Clancy's Art Blog


June 21, 2008 Obama Talks Cities with Mayors

As for Obama's drawing a distinction between pork barrel spending and national priorities: hopefully Tennessee Congressman and Obama supporter, Jim Cooper (who has sworn off all earmarks in the recent past) is listening to him on that ...

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June 20, 2008 Town Hall With Coop

Congressman Jim Cooper and Congressman John Hall will hold a “Town Hall Meeting” with Nashville’s entertainment community on Sat., June 21 at 2 pm at Sunset Grill. The legislators will be available to discuss music-industry issues such ...

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Source: Post Politics: Political News and Views...


June 20, 2008 The Weekendist: Summer Is Here Edition

A Town Hall Meeting with Congressmen Jim Cooper and John Hall is scheduled for discussion of political issues within the entertainment industry. 2pm at Sunset Grill in Hillsboro Village. Should be entertaining with the afore-mentioned ...

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Source: Nashvillest


June 20, 2008 The "Democratic" Congress Joined the President to Sell Us Down the ...

As always, AT&T wins, and I have to assume that our own Blue Dog Congressman Jim Cooper (a "Joe Lieberman" by any other name?) has been promoting this "compromise" or his big-ticket constituents in the Batman Building: ...

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Source: Enclave


June 20, 2008 Who Owns Your Congress Critter?

Representative Jim Cooper (D-TN05) accepted $25600 from the oil and gas industry since 2000. Supported the industry in 30% of selected votes. I would hate to say something completely irrational, but doesn't it seem as if votes are being ...

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June 19, 2008 Welfare

Welfare Poets At a symposium on child welfare reform, Representative Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) wishes America could do more to help child welfare. Cooper considers it the most broken area of federal law with around 520000 children suffering ...

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Source: Welfare


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