Rep. Steve Cohen

Democrat  •  9th District, Tennessee  •  3rd Term  •  Sworn In 2007
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01/20/12
Who By Fire, Who By Redistricting

The new district for Rep. Steve Cohen, Democrat from Tennessee, no longer includes his Memphis synagogue. He is, however, expected to win re-election.

Source: Tablet Magazine
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01/19/12
Letter: Self-preservation is Cohen's motive

Regarding the Jan. 10 article "Remap plan concerns Cohen": U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen's whining about losing a big chunk of East Memphis through redistricting is just more of the same from the 9th District congressman. He claims that "nearly every ...

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal
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01/19/12
University of Memphis among winners of federal grants to study transportation

...while Wisconsin-Madison will serve as a hub for six universities in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee member, said the U of M's participation in a top-tier research center

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01/19/12
Letter: Self-preservation is Cohen's motive

Regarding the Jan. 10 article "Remap plan concerns Cohen": U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen's whining about losing a big chunk of East Memphis through redistricting is just more of the same from the 9th District congressman. He claims that "nearly every ...

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal
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01/18/12
Ed Markey: Keystone XL Was A Dirty Distraction From Energy Security

Other Congressional leaders in the fight against the corrupt Keystone XL approval process have weighed in. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), the only member of Congress to attend an anti-Keystone rally outside the White House last year: For almost two ...

Source: Think Progress
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01/18/12
Over 120 Members of Congress Support No Labels' Call for Bipartisan Seating at State of the Union

Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) -- Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) -- Representative Jim Cooper (D-TN) -- Representative Joe Courtney (D-CT) -- Representative Joseph Crowley (D-NY) -- Representative Susan Davis (D-CA) -- Representative ...

Source: Newsblaze.com
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01/17/12
Letter: Context absent in PolitiFact launch

PolitiFact Tennessee editor Zack McMillin refuses to recognize the context of U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen's words that "the Republicans have never done anything really to balance the budget." The modern Republican Party adheres to the failed economic ...

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal
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01/17/12
GUEST EDITORIAL: Tennessee investment in jobs

...Lost in that celebration was the fact that millions of dollars for the project came from federal earmarks arranged by Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., and millions more from state grants. Haslam is right to use state resources to build a stronger Tennessee ec

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01/17/12
Letter: Their credentials can be questioned

...is a joke, right? What qualifications allow Zack McMillin to sign off on U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, or for that matter political fact in general? PolitiFact's first offering hangs on a word, "never," as springboard for a blatant attack on Cohen. There are m

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01/17/12
Education links two MLK Day honorees

...a symposium attended by a few hundred fans at the Grizzlies' practice facility. Griz owner Michael Heisley and U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., helped to introduce the men. Drexler's latest charitable initiative is to provide fresh water to the homeless.

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01/17/12
Letter: Context absent in PolitiFact launch

...short of the truth, PolitiFact finds"). PolitiFact Tennessee editor Zack McMillin refuses to recognize the context of U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen's words that "the Republicans have never done anything really to balance the budget." The modern Republican Party

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01/16/12
100s Gather at the Civil Rights Museum to Remember Dr. King

This has been a major year. We'll name a street for Dr. King in front of the FedExForum," said 9th Dist. Rep. Steve Cohen. Ronald Ware III was visiting the National Civil Rights Museum, "We should be involved with history. How we should learn..

Source: Myfoxmemphis.com
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01/16/12
Newspapers launch political fact-checking project

Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, got a "Pants on Fire" rating for stating Nov. 20 on MSNBC, "The Republicans have never done anything really to balance the budget." Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Brentwood, got a "Mostly False" rating for her Dec. 16 ...

Source: Leaf Chronicle
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01/16/12
Steve Cohen regrets losing Jewish voters in Tenn.’s 9th

...Steve Cohen (R-Tenn.), the first Jewish congressman ever elected in Tennessee, will be running in a fundamentally new 9th Congressional District this year without a strong base of support from the Jewish community in Memphis.  On Friday, the Tennessee

Source: JTA
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01/15/12
Cohen Cut Off From Memphis Jews

Washington — Democrat Steve Cohen, the first Jewish congressman to represent a district in Tennessee, has lost a key constituency, the small Jewish community in Memphis, after the borders of his district were redrawn. Cohen’s Ninth District ...

Source: Forward
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01/15/12
2 Tenn. papers launch PolitiFact

Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, got a "Pants on Fire" rating for stating Nov. 20 on MSNBC, "The Republicans have never done anything really to balance the budget." Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Brentwood, got a "Mostly False" rating for her Dec. 16 statement on ..

Source: Nashville Tennessean
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01/15/12
2 Tenn. papers launch PolitiFact

Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, got a "Pants on Fire" rating for stating Nov. 20 on MSNBC, "The Republicans have never done anything really to balance the budget." Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Brentwood, got a "Mostly False" rating for her Dec. 16 ...

Source: Knoxville News Sentinel
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01/15/12
Lawmakers approve GOP redistricting plans

where Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen has complained that the new lines would remove all the major Jewish institutions and much of the Jewish vote from his district. The House had passed its plan for the lower chamber's redrawn maps on Thursday ...

Source: Leaf Chronicle
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01/14/12
Congressman Cut Off From Own Synagogue

Washington — Democrat Steve Cohen, the first Jewish congressman to represent a district in Tennessee, has lost a key constituency, the small Jewish community in Memphis, after the borders of his district were redrawn. Cohen’s Ninth District ...

Source: Forward
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01/14/12
Tennessee legislative, congressional redistricting plans final

And U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen's 9th Congressional District loses much of the Poplar Corridor in East Memphis to the 8th District, now represented by freshman Republican Rep. Stephen Fincher, which takes in much more of East Shelby County under the new ...

Source: MENAFN
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01/14/12
State Redistricting Wrinkles Save Kyle's Seat But Continue Debate

Marrero proposed a change in district lines for the 9th Congressional district that would keep the vast majority of Memphis within the district now represented by Democrat Steve Cohen ... status as the only Jewish Congressman in the state.

Source: The Daily News
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01/14/12
Senate approves plan putting Rutherford in 4th Congressional District

Republicans rejected efforts to redraw the lines for the 9th District in Memphis, where Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen has complained that the new boundaries would remove all the major Jewish institutions and much of the Jewish vote from his district.

Source: Leaf Chronicle
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01/14/12
Tennessee legislative, congressional redistricting plans final

And U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen's 9th Congressional District loses much of the Poplar Corridor in East Memphis to the 8th District, now represented by freshman Republican Rep. Stephen Fincher, which takes in much more of East Shelby County under the ...

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal
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01/14/12
Tennessee lawmakers approve GOP redistricting plans

...Republicans rejected efforts to redraw the lines for the 9th District in Memphis, where Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen has complained that the new lines would remove all the major Jewish institutions and much of the Jewish vote from his district. The

Source: WATE 6 News
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01/14/12
Editorial: Tennessee's jobs investment

...in that celebration was the fact that millions of dollars for the project came from federal earmarks arranged by U.S. Rep Steve Cohen, and millions more from state grants. Haslam is right to use state resources to build a stronger Tennessee economy an

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01/14/12
State lawmakers approve GOP redistricting plans

...Republicans rejected efforts to redraw the lines for the 9th District in Memphis, where Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen has complained that the new lines would remove all the major Jewish institutions and much of the Jewish vote from his district. The

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01/13/12
Student loans may be issue in presidential race

Its sponsor, Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., doesn't see it going anywhere this year with a Republican-dominated House, but says it is gaining national attention. Sallie Mae, which holds billions of dollars in student debt, supports reforms to ...

Source: Republic
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01/13/12
Tennessee Senate approves GOP redistricting plans

Senate Republicans rejected efforts to redraw the lines for the 9th District in Memphis, where Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen has complained that the new lines would remove all the major Jewish institutions and much of the Jewish vote from his district.

Source: Jackson Sun
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01/13/12
Senate approves redistricting plans

U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, who is Jewish, has complained that the Republican proposal leaves prominent Jewish institutions out of his district.

Source: The Tennessean (blog)
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01/13/12
TN Senate approves GOP redistricting plans

Senate Republicans rejected efforts to redraw the lines for the 9th District in Memphis, where Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen has complained that the new lines would remove all the major Jewish institutions and much of the Jewish vote from his district.

Source: WBIR
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Official website: http://cohen.house.gov/
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1005 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-3265
Fax: 202-225-5663

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