Rep. Steve Cohen

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

11/08/09
RE: Steve Cohen

It was supported by Congressman Jim Cooper from Middle Tennessee and Congressman Steve Cohen from Shelby County. The vote was 220 to 215. Rep. ...

Source: The Chattanoogan
11/07/09
Tennessee Health Care Campaign praises Reps. Cooper and Cohen for "yes" votes

The Tennessee Health Care Campaign would like to thank Congressman Jim Cooper from Middle TN and Congressman Steve Cohen from Shelby county for supporting ...

Source: Knoxville News Sentinel
11/06/09
Advice: underwater homeowners should think of walking away

Tim Glenn and Bill Honsaker of Jones Lang LaSalle and Steve Cohen of Picor Commercial Real Estate Services represented the seller. ...

Source: Inside Tucson Business
11/06/09
US Chamber of Commerce Looks To Sway Congressmen With Ads

Steve Cohen is the only Tennessee Democrat who has announced he'll vote for the measure. The rest are members of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog ...

Source: Nashville Public Radio
11/05/09
RE: Steve Cohen

US Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, selected McDonald for the honor. He and more than 190 “angels” from around the country traveled to Washington in September ...

Source: Memphis Daily News
11/05/09
State of the nation

Representative Steve Cohen of Tennessee, whose district is more than 60 percent black, is walking proof that Jewish politicians can overcome racial ...

Source: Ha'aretz
11/05/09
RE: Steve Cohen

... Ninth District Congressman Steve Cohen testified last week before the panel's Crime Subcommittee on the need to examine racial disparities in the ...

Source: Tri State Defender
10/30/09
Citi Talks To Treasury; Analysts Debate Tax Assets

"We have no idea how any analyst could have come to this estimate," Citigroup spokesman Steve Cohen said. An accounting expert working with Morgan Stanley ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
10/29/09
RE: Steve Cohen

“He's going to do the Lord's work – and that is to keep us as one.” US Rep. Steve Cohen said he looks forward to working with Wharton. ...

Source: Tri State Defender
10/29/09
McCain's potshot

Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis makes a compelling case for the study as a benefit to the nation, pointing out the presence of natural gas pipelines, ...

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal
10/29/09
Memphis ex-mayor: Federal probe political

...letter" -- typically a precursor to an indictment -- just weeks before his first primary event for his challenge to U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., in next year's Democratic primary, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported. In a response to U.S. Attorney

10/29/09
Steve Cohen promotes bill to address racial disparities in law enforcement

WASHINGTON -- US Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., testified before the House Judiciary crime subcommittee Thursday in favor of a bill he ...

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal
10/29/09
TNGOP'S DEVANEY: Will TN Dems fallin line behind Pelosi & vote for gov't ...

According to the Post's database, during the 111th Congress: Rep. Steve Cohen (TN-9) has voted with the majority of his Democrat colleagues 98.4 percent of ...

Source: WVLT
10/28/09
New rules for oysters roil Louisiana

Former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton, who resigned to run against US Rep. Steve Cohen next year, has been informed by the US Justice Department that he's ...

Source: Southern Political Report
10/27/09
Memphis Area Legal Services director testifies to House on funding crisis

The subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., heard from two panels of witnesses Wednesday, including Helaine Barnett, president of the Legal ...

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal
10/27/09
RE: Steve Cohen

Mr. Herenton is running for the Ninth Congressional District seat held by Representative Steve Cohen, a fellow Democrat. Sidney Chism, a longtime friend and ...

Source: New York Times
10/26/09
McCain takes aim at Memphis earthquake study

US Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., arranged to place the study on the bill and crowed about it in his most recent online newsletter: "Forty percent of the ...

Source: DeSoto Appeal
10/26/09
RE: Steve Cohen

Ninth District Congressman, Steve Cohen observed, "My first vote as a Congress person was for Nancy Pelosi. It was breaking that glass ceiling. ...

Source: MyFox Memphis
10/26/09
RE: Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen, president of Twin City Poultry, said he also refused payment requested by the plant trustee. A close friend of former Agriprocessors executive ...

Source: Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
10/26/09
RE: Steve Cohen

Among those who were at County Commission and City Hall for each ceremony was 9th Congressional District US Rep. Steve Cohen, the congressman being ...

Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal
10/25/09
He's got sole: Tony Podesta has happy feet for 65th birthday

Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., and Realtor Frank Snellings, without wife Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., who was home working on a water ...

Source: Washington Examiner
10/24/09
Tony Podesta celebrates 65th birthday

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.); actress from television's “thirtysomething” Polly Draper and her husband, jazz pianist Michael Wolff; Beth Dozoretz; ...

Source: Politico
10/23/09
Debbie Wasserman Schultz to address J Street

...Barack Obama after he won the primaries. Other Jewish Democrats speaking at the conference include Reps. Jared Polis (D-Colo.), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.). Sens. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) and Al Franken (D-Minn.) are also expected to att

Source: JTA
10/23/09
Wasserman Schultz to speak at J Street

...Obama after  he won the primaries. Other Jewish Democrats speaking at the conference include Reps. Jared Polis (D-Colo.), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.). Sens. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) and Al Franken (D-Minn.) are also expected to attend,

Source: JTA
10/23/09
Solar Technology Can Power Economic Development In the Ninth District

... create jobs for the Ninth District, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) voted to support legislation that will encourage the increased use of solar power. ...

Source: Trading Markets (press release)
10/22/09
In the Know: Rep. Steve Cohen breaks into song, challenges Oberstar

...fundraising tournaments, complete with trophies for the winner. Singing competitions can happen anywhere. Just ask Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), who broke into song during a recent House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee hearing on high-spee

Source: The Hill
10/22/09
Congress: Reid's defeat

...passing Rep. Carl Vinson (D-Ga.), who served from 1914 to 1965 and chaired the Armed Services Committee."    Memphis-area Rep. Steve Cohen apparently recently broke into song (singing the Box Tops' The Letter) at a hearing on high-speed rail. The crow

Source: MSNBC
10/22/09
Reps. Cohen and Miller have their personal attachments to the blues

...Headliners included Bettye Lavette, Memphis Gold, and other blues stars. Among the fans were Reps. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) and event chairman George Miller (D-Calif.). Blackburn left early, but Miller and Cohen stuck around for

Source: The Hill
10/22/09
Six vie for Kelsey's seat

In 2006, White ran for Congress against Steve Cohen. In 2004, White ran against Kelsey for the District 83 house seat. John Pellicciotti, 35, owns an auto ...

Source: DeSoto Appeal
10/21/09
MED Could Cut Emergency Room

Reached by phone last Wednesday, Congressman Steve Cohen said the Federal government won't likely be able to chip in enough cash in time, ...

Source: WREG

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