Cohen In the Media

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Tennessee has been knocked around for the past couple of weeks and we won't d well on it, but I want to highlight a shining star in the Tennessee Progressive Movement:  Representative Steve Cohen.

Congressman Cohen is NOT, I repeat NOT a Blue Dog Democrat.  In fact, he's a member of the Out of Iraq Caucus, voted against funding Iraq, for impeachment, and, most pressing to Dkossacks right now,(DRUMROLL) voted against the FISA Bill too.

Before you jump below, isn't this enough to sell you on a teeny weenie ActBlue donation to the good gentleman from Tennessee?

Memphis Flyer
‘Everything that Rises Must Converge’ – That vintage Flannery O’Connor title might well have been invoked to describe a gathering of the twain Saturday as delegates pledged to both Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton came together to unify behind presumptive Democratic nominee Obama. The meeting, at the Union Avenue campaign headquarters of 9th District congressman and Obama super-delegate Steve Cohen, was led by Cohen and city councilman Myron Lowery, a Clinton super-delegate.

Standing on his promises to work hard for his constituents in the 9th Congressional District, Cohen talked about some of his important bills in Congress, local and national endorsements, and the ‘A’ he received from the NAACP on his voting record.

He also talked about the Lottery Scholarship, for which he championed, and funding for Historically Black Colleges & Universities, particularly LeMoyne-Owen College.

Randy Wade, Cohen’s district director, was so excited about the congressman’s remarks, he moved upfront to the platform on which Cohen was speaking and pounded his fist in approval, breaking his wristwatch.

“Yes, sir!” he yelled...

The Memphis Flyer
[Regarding the Bishop Graves confirmation to the TVA Board]...Alexander credited 9th District Congressman Steve Cohen, a Memphis Democrat, with help in freeing up the reappointment of Bishop Graves.

Roll Call
...Cohen said in a recent interview that he has been endorsed by half of the 14 other Democrats who ran against him last cycle, and more endorsements are expected...
...Meanwhile, Cohen’s campaign recently released a Lake Research Partners poll from late April that showed Cohen, who is the only white Member to represent a majority-black district, with 63 percent of the vote. Tinker, who is black, took 11 percent, and Towns, who is also black, received 5 percent. The survey of 400 likely Democratic primary voters had a 4.9-point margin of error.

The Commercial Appeal
“I’m astounded that they would do that,” said Memphis activist Dorothy S. “Happy” Jones, who said she knew people who contacted EMILY’s List two years ago to condemn its choice.

Cohen, too, said Friday that he was surprised that with all the work he does “on the front lines” for women he would be opposed by EMILY’s List. He said the group should be spending money in races where like-minded women are running uphill against Republicans.

Cohen said he heard from “literally hundreds of people” who said they had told EMILY’s List to stay out of the Memphis race. State Rep. Joe Towns will also be on the August ballot.

New York Times
The lawmakers played their parts, too — showing mostly outrage and fury. “You all [The oil companies] are gouging the American public and it needs to stop,” declared Representative Steve Cohen, Democrat of Tennessee. Other Democratic lawmakers openly questioned whether the companies were illegally fixing prices to hoard profits and voiced suspicions that they were in cahoots with Vice President Dick Cheney to enrich the energy industry.

 

Steve Steffens, Leftwing Cracker Blog
As if you needed any more reasons to support our Congressman... Watch him grill Robert Mueller.

The Commercial Appeal
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., attended the Judiciary Committee hearing at which the antitrust implications of the proposed Delta-Northwest merger were discussed Thursday, and asked questions of both companies' officials.

Afterward, he said he heard from them that Memphis would keep its hub and that only 12 routes are shared by the two airlines...