Rep. Steve Cohen

Democrat  •  9th District, Tennessee  •  2nd Term  •  Sworn In 2007
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 98%
  • Abstains: 1%

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07/19/07
Cohen: FEMA wasted $70 million in ice

(AP) - In his first Capitol press conference, US Rep. Steve Cohen blasted the Federal Emergency Management Agency for wasting $70 million worth of ice. ...

Source: WMC-TV, TN
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07/18/07
Cohen to hold press conference on FEMA ice dump

WASHINGTON -- US Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., will hold a press conference today to discuss the Federal Emergency Management Agency's dumping of ice in ...

Source: commercialappeal.com (subscription), TN
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07/18/07
FEMA takes heat for ice boondoggle

By Bartholomew Sullivan WASHINGTON -- US Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., turned the heat on Federal Emergency Management Agency director R. David Paulison ...

Source: commercialappeal.com (subscription), TN
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07/17/07
Alexander, Corker to appear on C-SPAN Iraq debate coverage

Meanwhile, US Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., took to the House floor Tuesday to urge the Senate to consider a troop redeployment, noting that Iraqi Prime ...

Source: commercialappeal.com (subscription), TN
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07/16/07
US House, 2008: Who Has Got the Money in the Southern Races

Before Democrat Steve Cohen coasted to an easy general election victory to succeed 2006 US Senate nominee Harold E. Ford Jr. in this Democratic Party ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
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07/13/07
Contempt charges may await Miers

"I can't fathom a private citizen getting a subpoena to come before this body and not showing up," said Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn. "What we've got here is an ...

Source: Forbes
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07/13/07
Contempt charge for Miers weighed

"I can't fathom a private citizen getting a subpoena to come before this body and not showing up," said Rep. Steve Cohen (D., Tenn.). ...

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, PA
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07/13/07
Contempt charge coming?

I mean, that is as contemptuous as anybody can be of the government,” said Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn. “I resent the fact that this lady is not here. ...

Source: Chicago Daily Herald, IL
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07/12/07
Miers skips House Judiciary Committee hearing, members' tempers flare

I mean, that is as contemptuous as anybody can be of the government," said Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn. "I resent the fact that this lady is not here. ...

Source: AXcess News, KY
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07/10/07
UPS works to hobble its rival, FedEx

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), whose district includes Memphis, FedEx’s home city, was the only Transportation Committee Democrat to vote against the Oberstar ...

Source: The Hill, DC
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07/05/07
Midstate briefs: Cameras may help ID who left gun at jail

Now it's being thrown out, and US Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, says he's worried that people taking the ice could become ill from it. ...

Source: The Tennessean, TN
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07/05/07
Midstate briefs: Cameras may help ID who left gun at jail

Now it's being thrown out, and US Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, says he's worried that people taking the ice could become ill from it. ...

Source: Robertson County Times, TN
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07/05/07
FEMA bags out of cold storage, and lawmaker's worried

... warehouse for days, prompting worries by Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., that unused ice surplus all over the country could be posing a health risk. ...

Source: Scripps News, DC
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07/04/07
CBS Sports News

Memphis Congressman Steve Cohen is trying to get some answers from FEMA. Rep. Steve CohenRep. Steve Cohen says (on the phone to FEMA offices): "This is ...

Source: WDEF News 12, TN
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07/04/07
FEMA ice bags for hurricane victims out of cold storage

Now it’s being thrown out, and US Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, says he’s worried people taking the ice could become ill from it. ...

Source: Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription), TN
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07/04/07
CBS Sports News

Memphis Congressman Steve Cohen is trying to get some answers from FEMA. Rep. Steve Cohen says (on the phone to FEMA offices): "This is government ice, ...

Source: WDEF News 12, TN
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07/01/07
Initiative targets graffiti, neighborhood neglect

There, volunteers met with Shelby County Sheriff's deputies and Memphis police officers along with US Rep. Steve Cohen, a Memphis Democrat, ...

Source: commercialappeal.com (subscription), TN
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06/29/07
Kiss Up to SatRad, Win a Prize

Or we can go two days back, to when Sirius announced that Tennessee congressman Steve Cohen would be hosting an on-air Elvis Presley tribute to celebrate ...

Source: Motley Fool
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06/29/07
Morris Field Director Seizes Opportunity

"She's a political junkette," said US Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, by phone from his Washington office. Rincon worked as field director for Cohen's ...

Source: Memphis Daily News,  USA
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06/27/07
Nadler Fights for Habeas

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) asked him if that constituted a religious test for the denial of civil rights. Berenson insisted that no such test exists, ...

Source: Progressive.org, WI
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06/27/07
Let It Ride

Nowhere is this more evident than in Shelby County, where residents like Rep. Steve Cohen and Shea Flinn have seen firsthand how the negatives accompanying ...

Source: Business Tennessee, TN
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06/26/07
Whitman defends actions on Ground Zero safety after attack

Under questioning from US Rep. Steve Cohen, Whitman confirmed that she had coordinated the development of her September 2001 press statements with White ...

Source: Bridgeton News,  United States
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06/25/07
Va. leads in regret for slavery, but to where?

In Congress, Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., has proposed a federal bill apologizing for slavery and the decades of segregation that followed it. ...

Source: Daily Press, VA
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06/24/07
Political math in black and white

Her 20 percent of the black vote would be roughly akin to what US Rep. Steve Cohen was able to get when he ran for Congress in 2006 against a field of ...

Source: commercialappeal.com (subscription), TN
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06/23/07
Federal grant boosts Soulsville

... Community Development Corp. received the US Commerce Department grant to build The Towne Center at Soulsville, according to Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn. ...

Source: commercialappeal.com (subscription), TN
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06/22/07
Will Tenn. eventually apologize for slavery?

In Congress, Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, is gathering support for a federal bill apologizing for slavery and the decades of Jim Crow segregation that ...

Source: The Tennessean, TN
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06/21/07
Will Tenn. eventually apologize for slavery?

In Congress, Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, is gathering support for a federal bill apologizing for slavery and the decades of Jim Crow segregation that ...

Source: Dickson Herald, TN
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06/21/07
Will Tenn. eventually apologize for slavery?

In Congress, Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, is gathering support for a federal bill apologizing for slavery and the decades of Jim Crow segregation that ...

Source: Fairview Observer, TN
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06/21/07
Will Tenn. eventually apologize for slavery?

In Congress, Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, is gathering support for a federal bill apologizing for slavery and the decades of Jim Crow segregation that ...

Source: Robertson County Times, TN
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06/21/07
Will Tenn. eventually apologize for slavery?

In Congress, Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, is gathering support for a federal bill apologizing for slavery and the decades of Jim Crow segregation that ...

Source: The Tennessean, TN
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Official website: http://cohen.house.gov/
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1004 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-3265
Fax: 202-225-5663

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