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June 04, 2008 Capital Ideas

By Rep. Jim Cooper Venture capital is a marvelous engine of economic growth. Not surprisingly, many venture capitalists want to get government out of their ...

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Source: Business Tennessee, TN


June 03, 2008 Report: Justice collects more fines but funding stays flat

A Lieberman aide said Tuesday that talks are under way to conference the bill with a similar measure sponsored by Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., which passed the ...

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Source: GovExec.com, DC


June 03, 2008 Another Crude Reality

"Overall, the price of oil has been devastating," said Jim Cooper, a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation municipal services specialist who works as a ...

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Source: RedOrbit, TX


June 01, 2008 Hilltopper bowling her way to college

As for bowling, the Southmont resident is coached by Jim Hohman and Jim Cooper and gets plenty of teaching and support from her parents, Robert and Mary ...

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Source: The Tribune-Democrat, PA


June 01, 2008 Bredesen To Announce Endorsement After Last Primary

Tennessee superdelegates who have pledged their support include Congressman Jim Cooper, an Obama supporter and West Tennessee Congressman John Tanner, ...

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Source: NewsChannel5.com, TN


May 30, 2008 Campaigns release Friday endorsements

By Alex Isenstadt Republican US House candidate Doug Ose, running for the seat of retiring US Rep. John Doolittle has won the endorsements of the Auburn ...

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Source: PolitickerCA, CA


May 30, 2008 Deputy mayor may leave hospital today

Hinote has been Mayor Karl Dean's top aide since October, shortly after Dean took office. He had been US Rep. Jim Cooper's chief of staff for more than four ...

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Source: The Tennessean, TN


May 28, 2008 This Hour: Latest Mississippi news, sports, business and ...

Two other Tennessee congressmen are listed as members of the Blue Dog Coalition -- Jim Cooper of Nashville and Lincoln Davis of Pall Mall. ...

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Source: WLOX, MS


May 28, 2008 Blue Dogs building sway on the campaign trail

Two other Tennessee congressmen are listed as members of the Blue Dog Coalition -- Jim Cooper of Nashville and Lincoln Davis of Pall Mall. ...

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Source: WZTV, TN


May 28, 2008 Medicare Reimbursement Needed, Says Head of Hospital

Jim Cooper says the hospital has already run out of money for a program that allowed nurses to help the elderly at about a dozen parishes in the ...

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Source: KFYR-TV, ND


May 27, 2008 Deputy Mayor hospitalized after bicycle accident

Greg Hinote, Nashville's Deputy Mayor and former chief of staff to Congressman Jim Cooper, was hopitialized earlier today following a bicycling accident. ...

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Source: Nashville Post (subscription), TN


May 25, 2008 Father commissions daughter into Navy

Her father, Jim Cooper, a retired Navy officer and former commander of the KU Naval ROTC program, commissioned her at the Campanile on the KU campus before ...

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Source: Lawrence Journal World, KS


May 23, 2008 Recount II: Return to the Swamp

When long-time senior Hill staffers told her that she was making a dreadful mistake by fighting with rather than reaching out to John Breaux and Jim Cooper, ...

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Source: New Republic (subscription), DC


May 23, 2008 Avenue of Flags honors 1060 veterans

... Frank Condon, Hugh Conner, Linus Conner, Robert Conner, John L. Conover, Vincent Conway, William Cook, James Earl Cooper, Jim Cooper, Robert L. Cooper. ...

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Source: Le Mars Daily Sentinel, IA


May 23, 2008 Tuesday elections result in two run-offs

Jim Cooper and Kenneth Grady, Sr. faced off for Justice of the Peace District 9. Cooper received 331 votes and Grady brought in 204. ...

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Source: Newport Independent, AR


May 22, 2008 LOOKING BACK: A weekly historical news feature

Editor Mike Moser brought it to the attention of Congressman Jim Cooper who will be the speaker at the dedication.

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Source: Crossville Chronicle, TN


May 20, 2008 Contractors, insurance firms gouging taxpayers, panel says

Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., said the pilot effort has already saved $19 million and he criticized the Defense Department for moving too slowly to make needed ...

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Source: Herald News Daily, ND


May 20, 2008 Governor visits new campus

Paul Miller, Jim Cooper with the state Board of Education, and school board president Robert Cooper. “In 1954 when I graduated from high school . ...

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Source: Batesville Daily Guard (subscription), AR


May 20, 2008 FCC proposal could 'wreak havoc' on music industry

Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., co-sponsored a resolution moving through the House that urges protection of existing broadband devices, but would not set any ...

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Source: Medill Reports, DC


May 19, 2008 'Opry' fights potential wireless interference

US Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Nashville, co-sponsored a resolution in the House that urges protection of existing broadband devices but would not set any legal ...

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Source: The Tennessean, TN


May 18, 2008 Tennessee: Revamped board changed management, politics

But US Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., who once led the TVA Congressional Caucus, said the TVA board still needs professionals with experience in the electric ...

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Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN


May 17, 2008 SVAAA to give thanks, recognition during pancake breakfast

Ambulance director Jim Cooper, noting he had just paid off the loan on the morning of May 8, stated, "We will recognize the efforts made and ceremoniously ...

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Source: Spring Valley Tribune,  USA


May 17, 2008 As Clinton chances wane, old slights come due

WASHINGTON - When Democratic superdelegate Jim Cooper, a Tennessee congressman, pondered the choice between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, his thoughts ...

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Source: Boston Globe, United States


May 15, 2008 Contractors, insurance firms gouging taxpayers, panel says

"What we're really talking about here is war profiteering," said Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., citing a committee memorandum that suggests leading insurers ...

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Source: GovExec.com, DC


May 15, 2008 White House Threatening To Veto War Supplemental Bill

Democratic leaders ran into last-minute anxiety from some Blue Dogs, including Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., over the nonbinding withdrawal timetable in the ...

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Source: National Journal, DC


May 15, 2008 Contractors, insurance firms gouging taxpayers, panel says

Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., said the pilot effort has already saved $19 million and he criticized the Defense Department for moving too slowly to make needed ...

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Source: The Associated Press


May 15, 2008 USA Today Editoweb 14 May 2008

Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., said the pilot effort has already saved $19 million and he criticized the Defense Department for moving too slowly to make needed ...

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Source: EditoWeb Magazine, France


May 14, 2008 Blue Dogs Fight Tuition Perks for Vets

But Blue Dog Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) said Tuesday that he has no intention of backing down. "The Blue Dogs still have plenty of fight," Cooper said. ...

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Source: The Washington Independent, DC


May 14, 2008 Blue Dogs want millionaires to fund vets

I’d say zero,” said Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.). “We’ve been through this rodeo before.” House leadership staffers say they’re hoping that Blue Dogs will vote ...

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Source: The Hill, DC


May 13, 2008 Golfers take advantage of good weather

12, and Jim Cooper on No. 15. David Smith posted a net score of 7-under 28 on the front nine to win first place in the weekly Thursday One-Person Scramble ...

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Source: Beaumont Enterprise, TX


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