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February 02, 2008 Dean steps from Purcell shadow fast

Also, Dean's deputy mayor is Greg Hinote, former chief of staff for Congressman Jim Cooper. Hinote also worked for Fulton when he was mayor. ...

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Source: The Tennessean, TN


February 01, 2008 Nashville Leaders Emerge to Keep Fisk Art Collection in City

Phil Bredesen, Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, US Rep. Jim Cooper, Francis Guess, chairman-elect of the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau and current ...

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Source: Diverse, VA


February 01, 2008 DOD Preparing for Major Review in 2008 of Service, Agencies Roles ...

“It is an early look at roles and missions, broadly defined,” Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), the panel’s chairman, told InsideDefense.com. ...

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Source: InsideDefense (subscription), DC


January 31, 2008 Corker, Cooper oppose bipartisan rebate plan

Corker and Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper of Nashville are among a few members who oppose the politically popular plan to immediately send rebate checks to ...

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Source: The Tennessean, TN


January 30, 2008 Corker: economic stimulus package is purely political

US Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Nashville) was one of the 35 who opposed the measure, echoing some of the same concerns Corker voiced about not paying for the package ...

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Source: Daily News Journal (subscription)


January 30, 2008 Democrats Heat up Primary Race

State House speaker pro tempore Lois DeBerry is in the Obama camp as is Tennessee Congressman Jim Cooper. "For many people probably it will be a difficult ...

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Source: Memphis Daily News,  USA


January 30, 2008 Sun seems to be setting on Giuliani campaign

Jim Cooper, a Naples resident and Giuliani supporter, agreed. "People are tired of hearing about 9/11, and associate Rudy only with that and want to move on ...

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Source: Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA


January 29, 2008 Cooper only Tennessee member to vote against economic stimulus bill

By BILL THEOBALD WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Nashville, was the only member of the Tennessee House delegation -- and one of only 35 House members -- to ...

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Source: Daily News Journal (subscription), TN


January 29, 2008 No vision offered; still, we look ahead

By US REP. JIM COOPER • January 29, 2008 A half-century ago, when the time arrived for the president to deliver the State of the Union address, ...

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Source: The Tennessean, TN


January 29, 2008 Political Datebook: Mayor, councilmen will meet with Joelton ...

Special guests are slated to include US Rep. Jim Cooper. Hosted by Voting Is Priceless. 6-10 pm at The Place, 217 Second Ave. ...

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Source: The Tennessean, TN


January 28, 2008 Every vote counts - unless, of course, it doesn't

Or, as Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., says in the film: "If you don't know that your vote is counted, and counted fairly, then we have no democracy. ...

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Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN


January 28, 2008 Tenn. gets candidates' attention

Ned McWherter as a Clinton backer and US Rep. Jim Cooper of Nashville for Obama. Many other well-known Democrats, including Gov. ...

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Source: Knoxville News Sentinel, TN


January 28, 2008 Rex in the City

Specifically Mayor Karl Dean and Congressman Jim Cooper. The two were seated side-by-side during the Martin Luther King Jr. convocation at Tennessee State ...

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Source: Nashville City Paper, TN


January 27, 2008 Hillary Clinton Talks Face To Face With Nashvillians

A fellow democrat backing Barack Obama instead of Clinton, Congressman Jim Cooper, said this is all about health care. In the early 1990's Cooper sponsored ...

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Source: NewsChannel5.com, TN


January 27, 2008 Hillary Clinton talks with Nashvillians

A fellow democrat backing Barack Obama instead of Clinton, Congressman Jim Cooper, said this is all about health care. In the early 1990's Cooper sponsored ...

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Source: Out & About, TN


January 26, 2008 Deal set quickly on jolt for economy

Tennessee Rep. Jim Cooper said: "These tax rebates target middle and working-class Americans who are most likely to inject that money back into the economy. ...

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Source: The Tennessean, TN


January 26, 2008 Enthusiastic Nashville crowd welcomes Hillary Clinton tonight

US Rep. Jim Cooper, the Nashville area’s Democratic congressman and state co-chairman for Obama, told reporters before Clinton arrived that the nation has ...

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Source: commercialappeal.com (subscription), TN


January 25, 2008 Deal set quickly on jolt for economy

Tennessee Rep. Jim Cooper said: "These tax rebates target middle and working-class Americans who are most likely to inject that money back into the economy. ...

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Source: The Tennessean, TN


January 24, 2008 March Honors King's Legacy

Mayor Karl Dean and Rep. Jim Cooper gave speeches there at noon. "This is one of the great holidays of the year," Dean said. "Dr. King's dream is still our ...

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Source: Sidelines Online (subscription), TN


January 23, 2008 ACS Strengthens Capabilities With Opening of New Customer Care ...

Phil Ponder, Community Liaison from the Office of Congressman Jim Cooper, will welcome ACS' expansion in Nashville at a special ribbon-cutting ceremony on ...

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Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY


January 23, 2008 Big guy's down, little guy's still ticking

But I also highly respect US Rep. Jim Cooper, now of the Nashville district but who represented Bedford county in 1994 when he ran for Al Gore's open Senate ...

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Source: Shelbyville Times-Gazette, TN


January 23, 2008 US Budget Official Predicts Slow Economic Growth, Not Recession

Before the committee met, one member, Democratic Representative Jim Cooper, predicted Washington will act soon to boost the economy in the form of a federal ...

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Source: Voice of America


January 23, 2008 We can find a plan and do so together

By US REP. JIM COOPER The need for an economic stimulus package demands bipartisanship in Washington. Democrats and Republicans, Congress and the White ...

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Source: Robertson County Times, TN


January 23, 2008 Looking Back

Dr. Jim Cooper, who is working with Carroll County's newly formed historic bridge coalition, plans to research the history of the Paint Creek bridge. ...

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Source: Carroll County Comet, IN


January 23, 2008 House breathes new life into HOPE VI program

“We had been worried that the program was going to die,” said Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Nashville. “The Bush administration hadn’t really favored it and it hadn’t ...

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Source: Nashville City Paper, TN


January 23, 2008 ACS Strengthens Capabilities With Opening of New Customer Care ...

Phil Ponder, Community Liaison from the Office of Congressman Jim Cooper, will welcome ACS' expansion in Nashville at a special ribbon-cutting ceremony on ...

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Source: Biloxi Sun Herald,  USA


January 23, 2008 We can find a plan and do so together

By US REP. JIM COOPER • January 23, 2008 The need for an economic stimulus package demands bipartisanship in Washington. Democrats and Republicans, Congress ...

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Source: The Tennessean, TN


January 23, 2008 ACS Strengthens Capabilities With Opening of New Customer Care ...

Phil Ponder, Community Liaison from the Office of Congressman Jim Cooper, will welcome ACS' expansion in Nashville at a special ribbon-cutting ceremony on ...

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Source: Web Services Journal, NJ


January 21, 2008 MLK Marches Held Throughout Nashville

"This is an important occasion to bring all of us together to focus on the past, yes - but also to focus on the future," said US Representative Jim Cooper ...

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Source: NewsChannel5.com, TN


January 20, 2008 Political Datebook: NAACP to have voter registration drive

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean will bring greetings to the marchers in the Gentry Center, joined by US Rep. Jim Cooper. 11 am, Jefferson Street Missionary ...

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Source: The Tennessean, TN


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