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Rep. Jim Cooper
Democrat • 5th District, Tennessee • 10th Term • Sworn In 1983
- 2 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 414 of 440) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 37 of 440)
- 86 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 410 of 440) 2 Made Into Law (Ranks 306 of 440)
- Most often votes with:
- Rep. Mark Schauer
- Rep. Michael Castle
- Least often votes with:
- Rep. Travis Childers
- Rep. John Carter
- Votes with party 87%
- Abstains: 3%
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Rail fight revisited
resident Jim Cooper asked. "I want to know why we have our biggest opponent of sunrail here. I think this is good for our economy and good for Winter Park. ...
Animal Collective Doesn't Care About Cool
(AP Photo/Jim Cooper/FILE) Animal Collective in New York in 2007. From left are Dave Portner, Noah Lennox, Brian Weitz, and Josh Dibb. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)
Pro-life, anti-poor
Rep. Jim Cooper (D., Tenn.) pointed out to Washington Post blogger Ezra Klein that the amendment would do nothing to prevent abortion coverage through ...
Police union inks deal with city, freezes officer wages for two years
Elk Grove City Council Member Jim Cooper, a 25-year law enforcement veteran, said that stereotypes about tattoos no longer hold up. “A long time ago, ...
Not all Rhodes lead to Congress
Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) and Jim Himes (D-Conn.). Recipients also include former President Bill Clinton, former Sen. and NBA All-Star Bill Bradley and Louisiana ...
Cooper deserves thanks for his vote
Jim Cooper and Steve Cohen for your courage and compassion in voting for the Affordable Health Care for America Act. Tennesseans are going without surgeries ...
Cooper should lose his 'blue dog' standing
I guess when he voted for cap and trade he likewise was simply trying to keep the ball moving (“Jim Cooper stuck to his principles with health-care vote”). ...
Health Care
ALAN MURRAY: Jim Cooper is a moderate Democratic congressman from Tennessee who found himself at the middle of the health-care-reform debate back in 1994, ...
Letters to the editor
...deny the ones who paid to give them this coverage. I think the "Blue Dogs" should know how Jesus would feel about that. Rep. Jim Cooper is the only one who listened to the people who are hurting. I will remember that when it's time to vote again. God bl
Nation's Christmas Tree Greeted Music City Style
Representative Jim Cooper will be a part of the celebration. The Air National Guard and the Boy Scouts of America will also participate in this dynamic and ...
Rep. Cooper voted for a reckless, destructive health bill
...Jim Cooper has perplexed and disappointed small-business owners for his 180-degree turn by casting a "yes" vote for HR 3962. Rep. Cooper argues he didn't want to derail badly needed health-care reform, but HR 3962 isn't reform. It robs Peter to pay Paul
Rep. Cooper voted for a reckless, destructive health bill
In contrast, US Jim Cooper has perplexed and disappointed small-business owners for his 180-degree turn by casting a "yes" vote for HR 3962. Rep. ...
The Dirty Job That Congress Won't Do on Its Own
Blue Dogs in the US House this week formally endorsed the idea, contained in HR 1557, authored by Rep. Jim Cooper (D, TN) and Rep. Frank Wolf (R, VA), ...
Rep. Cooper's rhetoric and votes are contradictions
I feel compelled to respond to US Rep. Jim Cooper's justification for changing his health-care vote. ...
The Dirty Job That Congress Won’t Do on Its Own
...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
The National Review: Remaking America, Pelosi Style
Leonard Boswell of Iowa, Jim Cooper of Tennessee, Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, Baron Hill of Indiana, Dennis Moore of Kansas, Patrick Murphy of ...
Nation's fiscal mess is a crisis
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. ...
Blue Dogs Make Sleepy Watch Dogs
Now for the roll of honor and dishonor: The lap dogs of big government who voted for all three of the Obama bills were Leonard Boswell of Iowa, Jim Cooper ...
Spring Valley Area Ambulance Service seeks volunteers to fill scheduling gap
Ambulance service director Jim Cooper noted that the staffing problem is not a crisis as of yet. Currently there are 30 people on staff, with four more set ...
NorthTec hosts renowned ceramics artist
Clay artist Jim Cooper is part of its visiting educator programme. Jim will be working in the Kerikeri studio until the end of November. ...
Paulson Protege Pellegrini on Bernanke's Fed: "Sheer Lunacy"
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 ...
Bipartisan Entitlement Commission Needed to Control Spending and Debt
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 ...
RE: Jim Cooper
Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee , a leader of the moderate-conservative "Blue Dogs," called the election result "a wake-up call for Congress. ...
Pelosi defends jail time and fines for those without health insurance
Jim Cooper, Nashville's Democratic House member, voted for Speaker Pelosi's bill. Someone should ask Representative Cooper what he believes is fair.
For your own sake, get screened for cancer
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 ...
Congress gets ready to face down swine flu
Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper's spokesman, Peter Boogaard, said Congress is anxious to allay any suspicions that lawmakers or their staffers would use special ...
Rockettes kick off holiday travel season
"They work so very, very hard," said Rome resident Cynthia Grantham Wright, who had just missed an earlier train with her friend, Jim Cooper, ...
Rep. Jim Cooper says there's no health-care guarantee in Senate
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 ...
RE: Jim Cooper
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 ...
Congress gets ready to face down swine flu
...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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