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January 2021
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December 2020
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Cohen, Kustoff vote for veto override, split on larger stimulus checks
The two Republican U.S. senators representing Tennessee have not commented on the override of the Defense Authorization Act veto by Trump or the move to boost stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000 per person.
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Alexander, Blackburn split on COVID-19 relief bill
The city’s representatives in the U.S. Senate split on the bipartisan $900 billion package while the city’s two Congressmen both voted for the bill.
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November 2020
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Local reaction falls along party lines
The response reflects Memphis’ Democratic majority that supported Biden, as well as statewide totals that gave Trump Tennessee.
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Harris win highlights local Election Day that saw maneuvering within
A record early vote total in Shelby County was the high point as voter turnout lagged on Election Day. In the aftermath of Tuesday’s election, there were other indications of deep fissures behind both of the front lines that define the county’s partisan divide.
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October 2020
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Early voting ends with questions, big numbers, deep differences
Thursday is the last day of early voting in advance of the Nov. 3 election. The large turnout of early voters and those voting absentee so far leaves Election Day turnout as a bit of a surprise. And last-minute appeals to Republican and Democratic partisans is proving that political divisions over the past four years are likely to remain once the votes are counted.
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September 2020
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Barrett nomination spurs call for Rhodes community to rise to ‘great challenges’
Rhodes College President Marjorie Hass urges the college to rise to the “great challenges” of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, and others praise the the Notre Dame law professor’s commitment to equality and women’s rights.
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August 2020
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Postal woes vex customers in runup to Nov. 3
Some Memphians say the Post Office is struggling to meet its universal service obligation as COVID-19 pandemic temporarily sidelines postal workers and USPS cuts mail processing capacity.
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Census effort draws election comparison as September deadline nears
Mayors Strickland and Harris and U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen were quick Monday to draw parallels to the national debate about various forms of voting and problems with the U.S. Postal Service when it comes to mailing in votes or Census forms.
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Cohen says Biden-Harris ticket should campaign in Memphis
On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, the city's Democratic Congressman also talked about his recent primary win on the August ballot, the political benchmark it maintained and gave his thoughts on who might succeed him down the political road.
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Cohen, Kustoff reflect Congressional divide over new COVID relief package
The Congressmen, in their respective districts during Congress’ recess, say they are prepared to return to Washington if Democrats and Republicans can reach an accord on pandemic relief and stimulus funding.
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Cohen wins primary handily, faces Bergmann in November
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen cruised to a win Thursday, Aug. 6, in the Democratic primary for Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District, beating out two challengers entering the November election against two independents and Republican Charlotte Bergmann.
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Nearly 21% turnout in Shelby County shows most voted early, absentee
The unofficial results arrived relatively late in Shelby County compared to the rest of the state and reflected statewide results in the Senate primary and a good night for all but one incumbent on the ballot. The number of absentee ballots also reflected some didn't make it to the Election Commission or that those voters may have abandoned the mail-in ballots to vote provisional ballots.
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Bill steadies airport funding source amid pandemic
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn and other lawmakers are backing a bill to stabilize a federal airport grant program amid an uneven recovery of air travel from COVID-19.
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July 2020
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Cohen’s role as vocal Trump critic figures prominently in bid for eighth term
The Congressman faces former Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Corey Strong in the Aug. 6 primary. Strong is critical of Cohen’s style; Cohen says Strong and past challengers don’t understand the job.
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Memphis Rep. Steve Cohen attends John Lewis funeral
The Memphis Congressman said calls at the Atlanta funeral to continue the struggle for voting rights are appropriate in the current political environment.
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Cohen’s campaign track record
Through seven Congressional campaigns, incumbent 9th District Democrat Steve Cohen has posted some impressive percentages in the primary that counts in the majority Democratic district within Shelby County.
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Cohen amendment would make city flood control system part of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The city’s flood walls and other parts of its flood control system would be the responsibility of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under an amendment by U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis to the federal Water Resources Development Act.
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June 2020
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Cohen pushes for Barr impeachment, sees partisan divide in police reform calls
The city's top elected Democrat talked about Barr's coming appearance before the House next month and the police reform debate in Washington and in the streets of Memphis.
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August ballot contenders and Capitol Hill rhetoric catch up to George Floyd protest
Memphis Congressman Steve Cohen says "defunding" police isn't what Democrats want and, in endorsing Tennessee Republican Senate contender Bill Hagerty, Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton says protesters were exercising Constitutional rights
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New Democratic policing reform bill echoes earlier bill by Cohen
The “Justice in Policing Act” was introduced in the House Monday. Hearings before the House Judiciary Committee, including U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, begin Wednesday.
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Lee Administration holding on to $1B in federal funds
The Lee Administration is holding out hope it can use about $1 billion in CARES Act money to replace lost revenue, spending only about a fourth of $2.3 billion the federal government has sent Tennessee since the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
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May 2020
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Cohen reflects on ‘different world’ in Capitol, partisan differences on second CARES Act bill
Cohen said Congress being in session is the kind of gathering that experts on the coronavirus urge the public to avoid.
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Cohen says federal money for local government revenue losses could be in sixth relief bill
In an online press conference Tuesday, Cohen also talked about offering mail-in absentee voting as an option to all in the November presidential general election.
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April 2020
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Jack Pirtle’s Chicken employees stay on the ‘front line’ without hazard pay
The restaurant owner isn’t sure exactly what could be done for employees such as hers who’ve stayed on the job. But she suggests a tax break at year’s end or some kind of stimulus for people who keep putting food on people’s plates.
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