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April 10, 2008 US Chamber: 8 Tennessee lawmakers are 'pro-business'

Six Tennessee congressmen made the grade including Middle Tennessee's Rep. Jim Cooper, Rep. Bart Gordon and Rep. Marsha Blackburn. Cooper and Gordon are the ...

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Source: Bizjournals.com, NC


April 09, 2008 Pelosi trumps Bush on trade

Yet Democrats would have faced unwelcome political consequences for voting to defeat the trade deal. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), who has voted for other ...

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Source: The Hill, DC


April 07, 2008 Congressional races will be significant

... Democratic Congressman Lincoln Davis for the Middle/East Tennessee district once held by both Van Hilleary and current Nashville Congressman Jim Cooper. ...

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Source: Nashville Post, TN


April 06, 2008 People in business

US Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Nashville, has appointed James Leuschen legislative director. He previously served as legislative assistant for budget, ...

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Source: The Tennessean, TN


April 05, 2008 Latest Trends And News In Health Care At 5th Annual World Health ...

US Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) health care policy advisor to Sen. Barack Obama Thomas Miller, health care policy advisor to Sen. John McCain Prof. ...

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Source: Medical News Today (press release), UK


April 05, 2008 Rep. Jim Cooper and 12 Congressional Challengers Take Pledge to ...

... Calif., April 4, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Representative Jim Cooper (D-TN 5th) and 12 Congressional candidates today took the Change Congress ...

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Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY


April 05, 2008 Rep. Jim Cooper and 12 Congressional Challengers Take Pledge to ...

Rep. Cooper has taken all but the first pledge. New pledges can agree to the platform in full or in part. Cooper, currently serving his ninth term in ...

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Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY


April 04, 2008 Rep. Jim Cooper and 12 Congressional Challengers Take Pledge to ...

STANFORD, Calif., April 4, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Representative Jim Cooper (D-TN 5th) and 12 Congressional candidates today took the Change ...

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Source: Earthtimes, UK


April 04, 2008 China, The Olympics and Tibet

Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tennessee It’s like being a little bit pregnant. China is a little bit free. Its economy works in this quasi-capitalist way and the ...

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Source: Human Events, DC


April 04, 2008 Rep. Jim Cooper and 12 Congressional Challengers Take Pledge to ...

By Change Congress Representative Jim Cooper (D-TN 5th) and 12 Congressional candidates today took the Change Congress (http://change-congress.org) pledge ...

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Source: SunHerald.com, MS


April 01, 2008 People: Congressman Cooper names new legislative director

US Congressman Jim Cooper today announced that he has promoted James Leuschen to the position of legislative director. Leuschen had previously served as ...

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Source: Nashville Post, TN


April 01, 2008 Secretary Leavitt to join 1800 CEOs and executives for 'who's who ...

... Princeton University US Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) health care policy advisor to Sen. Barack Obama Thomas Miller, health care policy advisor to Sen. ...

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Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY


April 01, 2008 US Health & Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt to Deliver ...

... Princeton University US Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) health care policy advisor to Sen. Barack Obama Thomas Miller, health care policy advisor to Sen. ...

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Source: Earthtimes, UK


March 28, 2008 The Winchester Star

WINCHESTER — US Rep. Frank R. Wolf, R-10th, thinks the nation had best face its looming financial crisis or else there are going to be huge problems ahead. ...

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Source: The Winchester Star, VA


March 28, 2008 Maddox trust back in action in Tennessee

... Brenda Wynn, community outreach director for Congressman Jim Cooper, and JD Elliot, president of the Memorial Foundation of Nashville. ...

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Source: The Tennessean, TN


March 27, 2008 Restored Maddox Foundation trust fund to benefit youth, wildlife

... leaders from several local nonprofit organizations, former Nashville Vice Mayor Howard Gentry and a representative from Rep. Jim Cooper's office. ...

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Source: SunHerald.com, MS


March 27, 2008 Treating the mentally ill makes financial sense

Let's hope that Rep. Jim Cooper shows leadership on this issue by co-sponsoring the Safe Climate Act. I'm sure you've all seen that presidential possible ...

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Source: The Tennessean, TN


March 26, 2008 Hatred is ultimately self-destructive

US Rep. Jim Cooper said it, "This is the first war in American history that we didn't even try to pay for; instead, we have borrowed most of the money from ...

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Source: The Tennessean, TN


March 24, 2008 State, local officials push for immigration judge

Lamar Alexander and Representative Jim Cooper have already made a written request to the Department of Homeland Security for the installation of a judge ...

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Source: Nashville City Paper, TN


March 24, 2008 Business Digest

She comes from the office of US Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., where she was legislative director for three years. She has a juris doctorate from Pepperdine ...

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Source: Providence Journal, RI


March 20, 2008 Dunkin' Brands Names Cicely Simpson Director, Federal & State ...

Ms. Simpson joins Dunkin' Brands from the office of the Honorable Jim Cooper, US House of Representatives (D-TN), where she served as Legislative Director ...

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Source: Biloxi Sun Herald,  USA


March 19, 2008 Under Their Skin

Congressman Jim Cooper has taken a principled stand against those much-maligned congressional earmarks—that is, federal spending earmarked for home-district ...

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Source: Nashville Scene,  USA


March 19, 2008 Bureaucracy has let down Americans

By US REP. JIM COOPER • March 19, 2008 Our men and women in uniform, and their families and friends at home, have demonstrated amazing courage and ...

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Source: The Tennessean, TN


March 19, 2008 Superdelegates Wait and See

"Superdelegates tend to blow with the wind, and we don't know which way the wind is blowing," says Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee, an Obama supporter. ...

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Source: Wall Street Journal


March 18, 2008 Congressman backs plan to ease economic future

By Drew Houff Rep. Frank R. Wolf, R-10th, and Rep. Jim Cooper, a Democrat from Tennessee, are pushing for the creation of a federal commission to help ...

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Source: The Winchester Star, VA


March 18, 2008 Local BBQ contest gets state nod

“I just received news today from Jim Cooper of our Southern Crossroads group about the governor’s proclamation and that Rep. Henry White, D-Athens, ...

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Source: News Courier, AL


March 16, 2008 Democrats get delegates in order

Steve Cohen of Memphis and Jim Cooper of Nashville, along with state House Speaker Pro Tempore Lois DeBerry of Memphis and former state party Chairman Will ...

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Source: Knoxville News Sentinel, TN


March 13, 2008 Cooper vows not to ask for special projects money

By BILL THEOBALD • Tennessean Washington Bureau • March 13, 2008 WASHINGTON — Longtime budget reform crusader Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Nashville, ...

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Source: The Tennessean, TN


March 13, 2008 Cooper vows not to ask for special projects money

By BILL THEOBALD • Tennessean Washington Bureau • March 13, 2008 WASHINGTON — Longtime budget reform crusader Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Nashville, ...

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Source: The Tennessean, TN


March 13, 2008 McCain's Plan to Ban `Earmarks' to Get Senate Test (Update1)

Representative Jim Cooper, a Tennessee Democrat, said he would end his earmark requests because it is time to ``put a stop to ATM politics'' and ``do what's ...

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Source: Bloomberg


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