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Representative for Tennessee District 9
Born
May 24, 1949
Age 77
Phone
(202) 225-3265
Office
2268 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington 20515
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Tennessee District 9

Steve Cohen

Stephen Ira Cohen is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Tennessee's 9th congressional district since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is majority-minority and includes the western three-fourths of Memphis. Cohen is Tennessee's first Jewish congressman. Since 2023, Cohen has been the only Democrat in Tennessee's congressional delegation.

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Voting Record — 552
Yes40%
No55%
Present1%
Not Voting5%
Party align98%
Cross-party1%
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Congressional District 9

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Steve Cohen
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratTennessee District 9
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Steve's ATmosphere Activity
20 recent posts · 54 sponsored · 306 cosponsored
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Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.

Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialOct 31(source)
🚨BREAKING: SNAP must be paid NOW. This is what we've been pressing for, but it’s not over. Trump was trying to use these people as hostages by taking away their food—he has a penchant for cruelty. We have to keep the pressure on & make sure this administration follows through. Lives depend on it.
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialOct 30(source)
You have to ask: why keep the House locked during a shutdown? We could vote to fund SNAP, pay our troops, reopen government. But Speaker Johnson knows once we’re back, Democrats will have the votes to swear in Adelita Grijalva—and release the Epstein files. That’s why we’re in recess.
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialOct 30(source)
I’ve been in DC nearly all week. Haven’t seen a single one of my Republican colleagues. The GOP shut down the government to protect tax cuts for billionaires—and now Speaker Johnson’s literally locked the doors so we can't even vote to feed families on SNAP, or pay our troops and federal workers.
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialOct 28(source)
690k Tennesseans are on the verge of losing SNAP in the Republican Shutdown, and the GOP won't even call the House back into session. Meanwhile, Gov. Lee is sitting on a $2 BILLION rainy-day fund that could help keep families fed—but says he won't spend a dime. I'm urging him to reconsider ⬇️
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialOct 23(source)
This shutdown is about one thing: protecting tax cuts for the wealthy. Trump has billions he could use to keep SNAP funded in Nov. So does TN Governor Bill Lee. But the GOP would rather let families miss SNAP and go hungry than restore the ACA tax credits they gutted to pay for those tax cuts.
The Tennessee Holler
@thetnholler.bsky.social
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NOT MY PROBLEM! @govbilllee says he won’t touch Tennessee’s $2 BILLION savings account to feed 700,000 children, low-income working parents & disabled Tennesseans if the #TrumpShutdown continues into November www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialOct 23(source)
230 million dollar claim against US where his lawyers become the judge (ethical Not!)destruction of East Wing without historical advice or concern(see Bonwit Taylor)40 billion to Argentina but nothing for healthcare ( America 1st Not!)999 person ballroom,enuf for all J6 convicts he pardoned-reunion?
The New York Times
@nytimes.com
Open post ↗
Senator Jeff Merkley, Democrat of Oregon, concluded a marathon speech on the Senate floor Wednesday evening after 22 hours and 37 minutes, saying he was “ringing the alarm bells” on the arrival of authoritarianism under President Trump.
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The New York Times@nytimes.comOct 23(source)
In Opinion “The United States is cutting off the kind of foreign aid that keeps children alive for 12 cents a day, but it’s willing to invest far larger sums in a dubious effort to prop up a distant economy — while effectively subsidizing tycoons who made bad investments,” Nicholas Kristof writes.
Opinion | Trump Revives Foreign Aid, Helping Needy Billionaires
As children die for want of cheap medicines, the U.S. spends billions on Argentina — thus rescuing rich investors who made bad bets.
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialOct 23(source)
Melania doesn’t want to be around Trump so East Wing has temporarily lost its tenant and Trump has it torn down,not thinking or caring that the next president’s spouse may want to live with their mate and need an office. What an ……
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialOct 22(source)
Any family who received ACA tax credits will pay AT LEAST $1,000 & up to $18,000 more for healthcare starting in January if the GOP gets its way. You pay more so that people making over $400k, multi-millionaires, & billionaires can get new tax breaks. That's what the GOP shutdown is about.
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialOct 19(source)
Doesn’t sound like a Nobel peace prize winner but a hostage of an aggressive, murderous invader, not the supporter of a sovereign victim of an unprovoked invasion.🇺🇦
Financial Times
@financialtimes.com
Open post ↗
Breaking news: Donald Trump urged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s terms for ending its war in a volatile White House meeting on Friday, warning that Vladimir Putin had said he would 'destroy' Ukraine if it did not agree on.ft.com/4ou5h1A
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Steve Cohen@re-solve.bsky.socialOct 15(source)
@repcohen.bsky.social in the 2 hours since your post, Bessent upped the ante to $40 f’ing billion 💸💰💸💰💸💰💸💰💸💰💸💰💸 $40 f’ing BILLION ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
Steve Cohen
@repcohen.bsky.social
Open post ↗
Is it America First, or Argentina First? While the GOP keeps the government shut down, workers and their families go without pay, programs like WIC and SNAP are at risk, and Trump is sending $20B to bail out his far-right ally Javier Milei. I’ve written to the Treasury Secretary demanding answers.
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialOct 19(source)
Trump says he has commuted sentence of former Rep. George Santos - CNN. I was at Congress when this man was in Congress. He was a disgrace politics and that’s hard to be but the Republicans protected him like he was the Epstein files. His commutation shows Trump‘s disregard for justice. Shame gOP!
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Voting History
552 total votes
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DateBillQuestionPositionParty MajAlign?Result
2025-01-03—Election of the SpeakerNOT_VOTING——Johnson (LA)
2025-01-03—Call by StatesPRESENT——Passed

Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.

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