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.
Topic: Steve Cohen
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July 2020
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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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Cohen complains of ‘rush’ to reopen state’s economy
Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen and the city's other Congressman, Republican David Kustoff, return to D.C. later this week to vote on another installment of the CARES Act from very different political perspectives.
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Pandemic Politics: From voting machines to handshakes, it’s changed things
The pandemic has led to mail-in voting a third choice for a new voting system, and it has possibly made the hand shake a relic. And it could make the presidential race even closer than one nationally known analyst thought it was going to be.
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Reopening the economy looks to be phased and possibly different for Shelby County
The early discussions locally suggest businesses will reopen in waves and possibly with some new restrictions.
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Cohen sees fourth aid package from Congress, questions Lee’s motivation for Safer at Home order
During a conference call with reporters Tuesday, Cohen said a fourth aid package of federal funding will likely deal with more funding for unemployment compensation and forgivable loans to small businesses instead of infrastructure money.
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March 2020
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Kustoff, Cohen join call for more federal assistance for Tennessee
U.S. Reps. David Kustoff and Steve Cohen join Tennessee Congressional delegation in calling for more federal assistance to battle COVID-19.
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Cohen concerned about regional COVID-19 impact on Memphis hospitals
In an online press conference Monday, Cohen says matching state standards for gatherings and travel already adopted in Shelby County could ease the strain on Memphis hospitals from the surrounding region once the pandemic reaches its peak here.
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February 2020
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Cohen: President’s response to Hart ‘unfair, but typical’
The Congressman's defense of the former school board member comes eight years after she challenged him in the 9th District Democratic primary.
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Alexander, Blackburn vote not guilty in Senate impeachment trial
The acquittal votes were expected, but there were differences in the reasoning offered by the two Republican Senators. Also reaction from the city's two Congressional representatives.
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January 2020
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Nelson: DNC superdelegates no longer very super
New rules governing the Democratic National Convention means Tennessee will have 73 delegates (1.8% of the 3,979 total delegates), and 64 will be pledged to support one candidate or another.
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Cohen makes Trump impeachment trial prediction at town hall meeting
The city's elected representatives in Washington reacted in different ways to the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump set to begin next week. Meanwhile, they have found rare common ground on the passage of the USMCA trade agreement.
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Cohen praises impeachment managers; Republican Senate primary field takes shape
2020 Campaign Round Up: Bill Hagerty has the president’s backing while Dr. Manny Sethi says Hagerty is a “Washington insider.”
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Aug. and Nov. ballot candidates begin campaign moves
Republican Charlotte Bergmann, who is seeking to once again challenge Democratic Cong. Steven Cohen this election year, kicked off her campaign this weekend at a gun-shooting range. Other contenders in other primary races on the August 6 ballot are making their moves as well.
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December 2019
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Nelson: Will Steve Cohen’s grandstanding keep him off the impeachment prosecution team?
The Memphis congressman is the fourth most senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, which wrote the two articles that are the basis of the Senate trial. But Cohen’s peers tend to regard him as a grandstander rather than a team player.
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What you can do about climate change
When we drive a vehicle to the grocery store and add a little extra carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, it doesn’t come out again quickly. For our lives, and those of our children and grandchildren, it’s there to stay.
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Memphis representatives in D.C. take starkly different positions on impeachment
The city’s two Congressmen, David Kustoff and Steve Cohen, have long had different views on removing President Donald Trump. Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn is a vocal opponent of the process while fellow Republican U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander has avoided comment.
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