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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10/12/09
RE: Steve Cohen

... and universities, Catholic clergy, Memphis Mayor Pro Tem Myron Lowery, Shelby County Mayor AC Wharton and US Rep. Steve Cohen attended the ceremony. ...

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal
10/09/09
RE: Steve Cohen

... who was mayor for 18 years before announcing his resignation in June to focus on a race against US Rep. Steve Cohen in next year's Democratic primary. ...

Source: MyFox Memphis
10/09/09
Do black congressmen still represent black interests?

The other began in the same year when Steve Cohen- a White Jewish man - successfully challenged a number of black hopefuls for the Tennessee congressional ...

Source: The Grio
10/09/09
Candidates Optimistic Despite Poll

... who was mayor for 18 years before announcing his resignation in June to focus on a race against US Rep. Steve Cohen in next year's Democratic primary. ...

Source: MyFox Memphis
10/08/09
More than 4400 call in for Steve Cohen conference

WASHINGTON — A telephone conference call with US Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., drew 4407 callers Wednesday night to discuss health care ...

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal
10/08/09
Steve Cohen provision passes to allow friends to arrange soldiers' funerals

... armed forces and contains a provision by US Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., that permits designated friends to make funeral arrangements for fallen soldiers. ...

Source: DeSoto Appeal
10/08/09
Active-duty military may get malpractice rights

...Smith, a Texas Republican who supported a move to further limit fees for lawyers representing potential plaintiffs. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-NY, whose subcommittee backed the bill, said eliminating the lawsuit ban was a question of fundamental fairness. Urgi

10/07/09
TRS of Oakbrook Terrace Reports on Credit Checks for Jobs

Representative Steve Cohen of Tennessee is sponsoring a bill that would prohibit most employers from accessing your credit records. TRS of Oakbrook supports ...

Source: PR Web (press release)
10/07/09
Active-duty military may get malpractice rights

Rep. Steve Cohen, D-NY, whose subcommittee backed the bill, said eliminating the lawsuit ban was a question of fundamental fairness. ...

Source: Tribune Review
10/07/09
History, justice in Hooks' sermon

J., and Danny Davis, D-Ill. US Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., in introducing Hooks, called many in the audience "distinguished warriors" of the civil rights ...

Source: DeSoto Appeal
10/06/09
Dalai Lama greets Rep. Steve Cohen with head bump

... who received the 2009 Freedom Award from the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis last month, bumped heads with US Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn. ...

Source: DeSoto Appeal
10/05/09
Don't let bad credit cost you that job

His organization supports legislation by US Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., that would ban the use of credit reports for employment purposes, except in limited ...

Source: The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
10/04/09
RE: Steve Cohen

Seth's father, Steve Cohen, said his son is one of the success stories from the Ann Storck Center Preschool. Seth, who has cerebral palsy and depends on a ...

Source: MiamiHerald.com
10/04/09
9th Congressional District contest highlights race in political arena

US Rep. Steve Cohen felt the heat in August when a town-hall meeting turned hostile over health care reform. He faces more heat and a challenge for his job ...

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal
10/02/09
Vasco Smith remembered as civil rights leader, public servant

The audience was filled with politicians including former Shelby County mayors Bill Morris and Jim Rout and US Rep. Steve Cohen. Absent was Cohen's rival ...

Source: DeSoto Appeal
10/02/09
AJC Decries Injection of Racial Motifs Into Memphis Congressional Race

Former Memphis mayor Willie Herenton, in a recent radio interview, said, "To know Steve Cohen is to know that he really does not think very much of ...

Source: PR Newswire (press release)
10/02/09
War For Votes In Whitehaven

Baker says the mayor's race in Whitehaven reminds him a bit of the race between 9th District Congressman Steve Cohen and challenger Nikki Tinker in 2008. ...

Source: WREG
10/02/09
RE: Steve Cohen

US Congressman Steve Cohen was just one of the many dignitaries and politicians attending the service. Cohen said, "He saw human rights and civil rights as ...

Source: WREG
10/02/09
RE: Steve Cohen

... credit checks should not be used as a basis to deny employment to otherwise qualified candidates,” says Rep. Steve Cohen (D., Tenn. ...

Source: Parade Magazine
09/30/09
Yoda with coda: 'Star Wars in Concert' brings the Force to L.A. ...

He was very skeptical; he didn't want to do it," says Steve Cohen, the director of "Star Wars: In Concert." "His biggest concern was the quality of the ...

Source: Los Angeles Times
09/30/09
160 members join J Street host committee

...Jane Harman (D-Calif.), Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), John Yarmuth (D-Kent.), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), Bob Filner (D-Calif.) Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Jared Polis (D-Colo.), Steve Kagen (D-Wis.), Susan David (D

Source: JTA
09/30/09
Herenton V. Cohen: The Debate is On

Former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton and US Rep. Steve Cohen will take part in a debate next July on WREG News Channel 3. Herenton said he will take part ...

Source: WREG
09/29/09
RE: Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen coordinates food policy programs at Portland's Bureau of Planning and Sustainability. He says having urban planners think about food at all is a ...

Source: OPB News
09/29/09
Tenn. Doctors Incorrectly Sent Patient Information

US Rep. Steve Cohen has announced that $7.5 million in federal research grants will go the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, ...

Source: Memphis Daily News
09/29/09
Nonprofits Active in Efforts to Prevent Use of Courts to ...

On the federal level, Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) plans to sponsor anti-SLAPP legislation during the 111th Congress. The Citizen Participation in Government and ...

Source: OMB Watch
09/29/09
RE: Steve Cohen

Hughes approached former Executive Director Steve Cohen after a hearing in Wheeling and said it was dishonest to call his group a watchdog when it was a ...

Source: Legal News Line
09/28/09
Sucker Punch

...Mr. Herenton finally decided to challenge Mr. Cohen and to inject race into the contest in its rawest form. "To know Steve Cohen is to know that he really does not think very much of African-Americans," Mr. Herenton, also a former Golden Gloves boxer, s

09/28/09
RE: Steve Cohen

By the time the last two major speakers — gubernatorial candidate Roy Herron and 9th District congressman Steve Cohen — took their turns, the crowd had ...

Source: Memphis Flyer
09/28/09
Employers increasingly use applicants' credit histories in ...

His organization supports legislation by US Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., that would ban the use of credit reports for employment purposes, except in limited ...

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
09/27/09
RE: Steve Cohen

And 9th district congressman Steve Cohen got some endorsements, too, when the candidates were asked to choose between him and his forthcoming reelection ...

Source: Memphis Flyer

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