SharonCobb (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Join Steve Cohen and early vote in Memphis when Congressman Steve Cohen casts his vote at the Shelby County Election Commission at 1 PM today. Keep Cohen in Congress for Memphis, for Tennessee, and for the good of the country.
BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... her opponent in the Democratic primary for the Ninth Congressional District, incumbent Rep. Steve Cohen, does not feature as many prominent Obama signs at his headquarters in Midtown (near Union and McLean), the first-term congressman is not shy about invoking the Democrats’ new standard bearer. In the July 13 debate with Tinker and state legislator Joe Towns Jr., it was Cohen,...
The Hollywood Liberal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mukasey Quotes Socialist Eugene Debs on Discussion National Security Issues Attorney General Michael Mukasey is having a lovely time in front of the House Judiciary Committee today, bantering about college football with Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) and quoting America’s archetypal socialist during questioning with Rep. Ric Keller (R-FL): KELLER: Back… [...]
NPT Media Update (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Pete Seeger, the subject of the fantastic American Masters documentary, “Pete Seeger: The Power of Song,” is a Green Hero, says Steve Cohen, on his blog at the New York Observer. Cohen points to Seeger’s work with Clearwater and his continuing mission to clean up — and keep clean — the Hudson River. “We owe this modest [...]
TPMmuckraker (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Attorney General Michael Mukasey is having a lovely time in front of the House Judiciary Committee today, bantering about college football with Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) and quoting America's archetypal socialist during questioning with Rep. Ric Keller (R-FL): KELLER: Back...
Iran Nuclear Watch (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
On July 22, 2008, Representatives Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Thomas Allen (D-ME) joined Representative William Lacy Clay in withdrawing there names as co-sponsors of the controversial resolution H.Con.Res. 362 . Below is the statement from Rep. Allen on his withdrawal. Alternet published an article on July 23, 2008 on efforts to oppose the resolution entitled “ Anti-War Movement Successfully...
Seattle Pos (Free subscription) | yesterday
... together with conservative Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, as well as Reps. Walter Jones, R-N.C., and Steve Cohen, D-Tenn. Like McDermott, the other three have hallway memorials honoring fallen soldiers.They are pressing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to relax the rule and make an exception for memorials honoring fallen soldiers. Poe said he is going to "respectfully refuse to comply"...
www.texaslos.org (Free subscription) | yesterday
... [D-LA] Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY] Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO] Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC] Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN] Rep. Jerry Costello [D-IL] Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT] Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY] Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL] Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA] Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR] Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO] Rep. John Dingell [D-MI] Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN] Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY] Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]...
SharonCobb (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Steve Cohen for Congress Cohen has shown that he has the skills and experience needed to continue to effectively represent his 9th District constituents. By Staff Reports Tuesday, July 22, 2008 This year's Democratic primary election for Tennessee's 9th Congressional District seat may seem a tame affair from a numbers standpoint, when compared with the 2006 race. But while there...
Tennessee Politics Blog (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... a football team or X dollars on the table for an auto assembly plant or anything else like that." Cohen Attempts to Play Up Obama Link -- The Commercial Appeal notes that the race in the 9th district Democratic primary could come down to which candidate can claim the closest link to Dem standard-bearer Barack Obama. Obama is widely popular in the 9th district, which is composed of a majority...
Shark and Shepherd (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) has introduced a bill that would prohibit federal courts from enforcing foreign judgments for defamation unless they are consistent with the First Amendment of the Constitution. The bill is aimed at UN supported law in other nations that permit actions against individuals for published remarks deemed to be hostile or offensive to or defamatory of a religion...
Religion Clause (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
A Becket Fund release reports on remarks yesterday by its international law director, Angela Wu, to the Congressional Human Rights Caucus conference on "Religious Freedom in a Post-9-11 World". She urged support for HR 6146 , introduced in May by Rep. Steve Cohen. The bill would prohibit state and federal courts from recognizing defamation judgments of foreign courts if they are inconsistent...
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... disdain that he has for Congress and which he has encouraged in the Bush White House," said Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee.Rove had a speaking engagement at the fifth annual conference of the YES Foundation, which Newsweek describes as a "confab of world luminaries bankrolled by billionaire Victor Pinchuk, the Ukrainian steel magnate and son-in-law of the country's former autocratic...
Fore Left! (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
... America from AQ. Whoops.But the only thing approaching a sound bite came from our illustrious Rep Steve Cohen, who after tossing out some boilerplate about blaming Bush for 9/11 managed to get a response from the former AG about that infamous (towards the end of the clip): All in all, John Ashcroft handled the questions well and wasn't prone to much squirming, meaning we basically...
