Rep. Steve Cohen near Ukraine as Sen. Marsha Blackburn meets with Trump
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis had a front-row seat Thursday, Feb. 24, for Russia’s political defense of its invasion of Ukraine.
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U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis had a front-row seat Thursday, Feb. 24, for Russia’s political defense of its invasion of Ukraine.
“That peace today is over. It’s done. Putin has reemerged, and Russia has reemerged as a new world power,” Congressman David Kustoff, R-Germantown, told the Collierville Rotary Club.
The two key votes of the week in Washington D.C. were in the Senate. But the discussion among the city’s representatives in Washington included both U.S. House members who represent Memphis.
A $38 million federal grant will help with construction of the West Tennessee Veterans Home in Arlington. The 126-bed facility has been planned for years.
The federal government is funded into February with the votes among the city’s representatives in Washington falling along party lines with one exception — a senator who did not vote on the continuing resolution.
Reaction from the city’s two Congressmen and the state’s two U.S. Senators fell along party lines on the long-running political issue of access to abortions.
Early reaction among the city’s representatives in Washington the day of the House vote approving the $2 trillion Biden adminstration domestic agenda focused on a provision that would expand TennCare coverage that the Tennessee Legislature has refused to expand.
About 400 neighbors gathered to honor the service and sacrifice of veterans ahead of the Nov. 11 holiday.
Some of the reaction called for an immediate look at the causes of such violence as part of a national debate while others called for supporting those grieving from the loss of life, at least for now.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves talked about the pandemic Thursday, Aug. 26, at a re-election fundraiser in Shelby County held at a replica of the Mississippi governor’s mansion.
Some say the attacks demonstrate the problems in the rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops and a lack of planning.
Tennessee’s two Republican U.S. senators were highly critical of President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw U.S. military forces before his speech Monday, Aug. 16. They were more critical after the speech.
Congressman David Kustoff addressed local impacts of some of President Joe Biden’s initiatives while visiting Germantown’s Rotary Club Wednesday.
The Invest in America Act passed Thursday, July 1, in the House on a 221-201 vote.
Meanwhile, Cohen was named co-chair Wednesday of the Helsinki Commission on European affairs that he has served on for the past decade. Cohen also linked the commission’s concerns about democracy in Europe to concerns in the U.S.
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen voted for the bipartisan panel while U.S. Rep. David Kustoff voted against the investigation. The measure passed the House with 35 Republicans voting with the Democratic majority, none of them from Tennessee.
Meanwhile, both of the state’s Republican U.S. Senators have been critical of the Democratic bill that would change election laws. One of the few Tennessee Republicans dissenting on Cheney’s ouster, former Congressman Zach Wamp, says it represents a split in the Republican Party that could have implications in next year’s mid-term Congressional elections.
With much of the plan already outlined well before Wednesday’s speech, reaction from the city’s two congressmen and the state’s two U.S. senators was set along partisan lines. There was a social media blitz by all during President Joe Biden’s remarks.Related story:
The city’s two representatives in the U.S. House were on different sides in the Wednesday, March 10, vote to approve the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief act known as the American Rescue Plan Act.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen’s tweets on Trump’s appearance offered a contrast to the social media reaction from Blackburn and Hagerty. Republican U.S. Rep. David Kustoff didn’t comment on CPAC but did post on his vote against the Democratic COVID stimulus package that passed in the House.
Several dozen non-binding budget amendments were suggested in the Senate to make political statements. Meanwhile, there was a House vote on Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Here are the moves the city’s four representatives in Washington, D.C. have made in the historic gap between certifying the Electoral College vote and Wednesday’s inauguration, with a Capitol insurrection in between and plenty of political volatility still around. Related story: Cohen draws fire for National Guard questions and Boebert sighting
Kustoff announced Tuesday he will self-quarantine and continue working remotely.
The Congressman from Germantown told The Daily Memphian he believes Trump’s remarks just before the Capitol insurrection fueled the violence that claimed five lives. Kustoff also indicated it might be time to change the Congressional Act that allowed the electoral college challenge he supported.
Plus, Zach Randolph’s honor, a case for Scooby Doo, and restaurants that are gone but not forgotten.