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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08/14/09
SSP Daily Digest: 8/14

He's resigning from his position as Memphis mayor to run for the House in the Democratic primary against Rep. Steve Cohen, but now he's picked up the ...

Source: Swing State Project
08/13/09
Herenton may run for mayor in special election

Herenton retired as mayor with the intention of running for the 9th Congressional district seat currently held by Rep. Steve Cohen. ...

Source: Bizjournals.com
08/13/09
Tenn. Congress members try to avoid confrontations

...Corker met Tuesday with about 20 people who want health care reform outside a Memphis Rotary Club luncheon. Rep. Steve Cohen, a Democrat from Memphis, has had a harder time during his public appearances, including one on Saturday that attracted hundreds

08/13/09
Paul Helmke: Does The NRA Approve Taking Guns To Town Halls?

...far this month there have been reports of: 路 A concealed weapon brought to a town hall in Memphis, Tennessee, hosted by Rep. Steve Cohen; Kostric, who told Chris Matthews that he was not a violent man, said his sign referred to Thomas Jefferson's stat

08/13/09
Herenton may run for mayor in special election

...retired as mayor with the intention of running for the 9th Congressional district seat currently held by Rep. Steve Cohen. In a statement, Herenton said his “primary political goal” is to run in the August 2010 Congressional election. “However, du

08/13/09
RE: Steve Cohen

Last weekend, Memphis Congressman Steve Cohen held his own, and it got a bit heated with folks on both sides of the issue vocal about the future of ...

Source: MyFox Memphis
08/13/09
Health Care Reform Act – the choice is yours

Congressmen Steve Cohen of the 9th District knows all too well how deconstructive arguments can turn nonhuman and destroy democracy! ...

Source: Examiner.com
08/13/09
Gordon sets two town halls

Rep. Steve Cohen, a Democrat from Memphis, has had a harder time during his public appearances, including one on Saturday that attracted hundreds to loudly ...

Source: Marshall County Tribune
08/13/09
Gunning for Health Care

Also escorted away but not arrested: an armed man at a loud and rancorous town meeting hosted by Representative Steve Cohen of Memphis. ...

Source: New York Times
08/13/09
RE: Steve Cohen

Here's a snapshot of HR 3200 supplied by the office of US Rep. Steve Cohen: The bill protects individuals' current health care coverage as long as they want ...

Source: Tri State Defender
08/12/09
Rep. Jim Cooper backs out of Nashville school speech

...of town hall meetings across the country being disrupted by opponents of health-care reform. On Saturday, Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen hosted a town hall meeting in Memphis that drew about 500 people, many opposing health-care reform, and quickly turned

08/12/09
Healthy debate

Here in Memphis, Steve Cohen and Bob Corker got their ears filled with what John Q. Public had to say about the direction Congress should take health care ...

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal
08/12/09
Rep. Jim Cooper backs out of Nashville school speech

On Saturday, Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen hosted a town hall meeting in Memphis that drew about 500 people, many opposing health-care reform, ...

Source: The Tennessean
08/12/09
UPS letters lobby senators

US Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, was one of only four Democrats to oppose the measure affecting his district's biggest employer when it came to a floor vote ...

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal
08/12/09
Congressmen Avoiding Town Hall Meetings

Rep. Steve Cohen, a Democrat from Memphis, has had a harder time during his public appearances, including one on Saturday that attracted hundreds to loudly ...

Source: MyFox Memphis
08/12/09
RE: Steve Cohen

... Marian Cocke (EP's Nurse), Terry Blackwood (Imperials), AC Wharton (Shelby County Mayor), Carol Chumney (City Counsel), Steve Cohen (US Congressman), ...

Source: PR Web (press release)
08/12/09
RE: Steve Cohen

Waller thanked US Rep. Steve Cohen and dental services director Dr. Orpheus Triplett for their work to add the dental clinics. Christ Community, which was ...

Source: Memphis Daily News
08/12/09
Obama Turns Fact Checker-in-Chief

...cancelled his speech at a middle school on Friday after rumors spread that it would be a public forum on health care. His fellow congressman, Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., faced a rowdy audience at a town hall meeting Saturday and was met with loud boos. .

Source: ABC News
08/12/09
RE: Steve Cohen

Corker has encountered differing opinions but not quite the level of emotion that US Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, found at last weekend's Downtown session ...

Source: Memphis Daily News
08/11/09
The ObamaCare Quagmire

First was Eric Kleefeld, breathlessly announcing: Following a tense town hall meeting by Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) in Memphis over the weekend, ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
08/11/09
RE: Steve Cohen

KEEPING VIGIL: US Rep. Steve Cohen is shown at a weekend town hall meeting. The Memphis Democrat has an eye on the search for a new administrator at the ...

Source: Memphis Daily News
08/11/09
In the Crosshairs of 'Un-American' Town Hall Protests

REP. STEVE COHEN, D - TENN.: Well, I think town hall meetings are as American as apple pie. The meeting we had could have had more discourse and opportunity ...

Source: FOXNews
08/11/09
Obama to enter town hall fray

In Memphis, Tenn., at a town hall meeting hosted by Rep. Steve Cohen (D) that was described as “tense” and “ugly” by the Memphis Commercial Appeal, ...

Source: The Hill
08/11/09
Kyle will push higher-education reforms

Ron Ramsey, and US Rep. Zach Wamp of Chattanooga. Kyle has been in the Senate since 1983 and has been the Democratic leader since 2005, a tenure so long ...

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal
08/11/09
SEARCH THE WEB

... 385 S. Second St. Featured speakers will include US Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, and Jimmy Tashie, chairman of the Memphis and Shelby County Film ...

Source: Memphis Daily News
08/11/09
Sen. Corker discusses health care reform at 4 meetings around Memphis

On Saturday, for instance, US Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, hosted a raucous town hall meeting jammed with hundreds of people wanting to share their fears ...

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal
08/11/09
Measuring Public Opinion on Environment and Sustainability: How ...

Since 1985, the Gallup poll has asked survey respondents to trade off environmental protection against economic growth. ...

Source: New York Observer
08/11/09
Obama to enter town hall fray

...an Arizona newspaper, “yelling and screaming is counterproductive.” In Memphis, Tenn., at a town hall meeting hosted by Rep. Steve Cohen (D) that was described as “tense” and “ugly” by the Memphis Commercial Appeal, one member of the audienc

Source: The Hill
08/10/09
National ID card still a bad idea

... admitted in testimony before Congress, “REAL ID is DOA” While a bill to repeal REAL ID has just been introduced in the House by Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tex. ...

Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution
08/10/09
RE: Steve Cohen

Rep. Steve Cohen treated his Memphis constituents with similar contempt: "Take two aspirin and come back in the morning." Rep. Russ Carnahan told livid St. ...

Source: Washington Times

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