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Term Start Term End Role    State  Party 
2007 2008 Representative TN Democrat
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Recent Voting History

The votes below were taken by roll call, a voting procedure that records a vote from every Senator or Representative on the bill under consideration. This Member of Congress may have voted on other bills by the process known as "voice vote", but these votes are not recorded.
BillVoted
H.R.2419 Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007
On Cantor Motion to Instruct Conferees: H R 2419 Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act
Nay
May 08, 2008
H.R.2419 Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007
On Flake Motion to Instruct Conferees: H R 2419 Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act
Aye
May 08, 2008
H.R.3221 New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act
On Agreeing to the Senate Amendment with Amendment No. 3: H R 3221 Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008
Aye
May 08, 2008

Voting Trends Analysis

The information below is an initial analysis of voting trends for this Member of Congress, calculated by cross-referencing all of this member's votes from the current 110th Congress (Jan. 2007 - Jan. 2009). The results are intended to offer some helpful context for the place that this Member of Congress occupies in the Congressional landscape. In the next steps of site development, OpenCongress will incorporate more detailed analyses of voting trends to give you a comprehensive snapshot of every Member of Congress.

Jim Cooper in the News feed

May 06, 2008 Leader Reid gets pushback on Iraq war bill

“How does it honor our veterans to borrow money from China to pay for a new program for them?” said Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.). “It’s something we should do, ...

Source: The Hill, DC
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May 06, 2008 Hoyer defends pay-go strategy on GI bill

“The GI bill is a classic example of something we’d love to do if it were paid for,” Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), a member of the conservative Blue Dog ...

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May 05, 2008 Delay federal rule change, save DCS workers, Corker says

US Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Nashville) wasn’t there for the vote, but his spokesman says he would have voted to implement the moratorium. ...

Source: Nashville City Paper, TN
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Jim Cooper in the Blogs feed

May 08, 2008 Congress Goes Hog Wild With Farm Bill

Democrats Ron Kind of Wisconsin and Jim Cooper of Tennessee joined Republicans Jeff Flake of Arizona and Paul Ryan of Wisconsin in pointing out that the cap on direct payments to landowners — which are based on total acreage rather than ...

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May 07, 2008 About That GI Bill

"The GI bill is a classic example of something we’d love to do if it were paid for,” Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), a member of the conservative Blue Dog Coalition and a senior Democrat on the Budget Committee, told The Hill Monday. ...

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May 06, 2008 No Housing Bailout?

Rep. Jim Cooper (D., Tenn.) says the market may not need Washington’s help. (March 27)

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Campaign Contributions

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Top Funding Industry: Finance/Insur/RealEst
Top Contributor: Operating Engineers Union ($5,000)
IndustryDonation% of total
Finance/Insur/RealEst $37,300 23.4 %
Lawyers & Lobbyists $21,050 13.2 %
Ideology/Single-Issue $19,710 12.4 %
Misc Business $17,150 10.8 %
Health $15,000 9.4 %
Labor $12,500 7.8 %
Other $9,800 6.2 %
Construction $9,000 5.6 %
Communic/Electronics $6,300 4.0 %
Transportation $4,000 2.5 %
Agribusiness $3,500 2.2 %
Defense $3,000 1.9 %
Energy/Nat Resource $1,000 0.6 %
Total:$159,310

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