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Representative for Tennessee District 9
Born
May 24, 1949
Age 76
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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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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Reposted bySteve Cohen
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialApr 15(source)
“The big one to eliminate.” That’s how Musk & the GOP talk about programs like Social Security. While they’re ramming through tax cuts for billionaires, they're also wrecking Social Security so that it’s ripe for plucking by a private company for takeover. We won't let them do it without a fight.
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialApr 15(source)
“The big one to eliminate.” That’s how Musk & the GOP talk about programs like Social Security. While they’re ramming through tax cuts for billionaires, they're also wrecking Social Security so that it’s ripe for plucking by a private company for takeover. We won't let them do it without a fight.
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialApr 15(source)
The Trump admin froze funding to upgrade senior housing—new windows & lighting, lower energy bills—because the program had “green” in the name. That’s not governing. It's ideological brain rot. Seniors will suffer so Trump can own the libs. I led 15 of my colleagues in urging HUD to change course ⬇️
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialApr 15(source)
If you live or run a business Memphis, TN-09, or anywhere in Tennessee, the IRS has just extended your federal tax filing and payment deadline to November 3, 2025 due to the April storms. That includes income tax returns, quarterly estimates, and more. More details ⬇️
IRS: All of Tennessee qualifies for disaster tax relief; various deadlines postponed to Nov. 3 | Internal Revenue Service
IR-2025-47, April 14, 2025 — The Internal Revenue Service announced today tax relief for individuals and businesses in the entire state of Tennessee affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, tor...
Reposted bySteve Cohen
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialApr 14(source)
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u... Taking a stand against the authoritarianism! Right on Harvard! And Trump isn’t against antisemitism, it’s a way to use a righteous cause to fight “liberal” universities who hire well educated and worldly profs & researchers, a group not attracted to ego driven bullies
Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands
Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful.
Reposted bySteve Cohen
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialApr 10(source)
Secretary Noem has had plenty of time for cowboy cosplay and prison photo ops in El Salvador—but not to answer my basic questions about ICE detentions and deportations. Who’s being held? Why? Where is ANY shred of due process? This isn’t tough-on-crime. It’s lawless, cowardly, and un-American.
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House Democrats@housedemocrats.bsky.socialApr 14(source)
On today’s Democratic Daily Download, @ivey.house.gov discusses how Kilmar Abrego Garcia was illegally deported by the Trump Administration, denied due process and sent to an infamous prison in El Salvador. The court has ordered him to be returned and this Administration must comply without delay.
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Sarah Longwell@sarahlongwell25.bsky.socialApr 14(source)
He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. He’s defying the Supreme Court. Don’t you see what’s happening here?
Reposted bySteve Cohen
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialApr 3(source)
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u... Trump is using antisemitism to appeal to Jews and to get at his educated opposition in the Ivy schools, which his base detests. If he really wanted to go after antisemitism, he’d go after the KKK neo-Nazis proud boys but no, “They’re fine people on both sides.”
Trump Administration Set to Pause $510 Million for Brown University
The administration has now targeted five schools’ federal funding as part of a pledge to combat what it considers to be antisemitism on university campuses.
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialApr 14(source)
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u... Taking a stand against the authoritarianism! Right on Harvard! And Trump isn’t against antisemitism, it’s a way to use a righteous cause to fight “liberal” universities who hire well educated and worldly profs & researchers, a group not attracted to ego driven bullies
Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands
Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful.
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialApr 14(source)
Last night was Zelensky and the truth about Russia invasion and Russian talking points being used in America as well as Greenland people speaking against Trump’s takeover/buyout deal. Today at his Press Conf.he said @CNN was unpatriotic and against America. THIS IS AUTHORITARIANISM AT ITS WORST !
Peter Baker
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
Open post ↗
Trump says CBS should "lose their license" or at least be hit with "the maximum fines and punishment" for airing "60 Minutes" segments that included criticism of him, the latest example of seeking to use government power to crack down on independent media. thehill.com/media/524748...
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialApr 14(source)
This Trump press conference is the most pitiful press conference by a United States president—EVER! Shows no humanity,compassion or humility or being at all tethered to truth and reality.Hung up on Biden and Obama.Pathetic.He still claims 2020 election was rigged.He resents Zelensky, a brave leader!
Steve Cohen
@repcohen.bsky.social
Open post ↗
Trump has hurt the stock market (401k’s),damaged our reputation among allies and other nations, destroying our nations safety net,abandoned fight to save Earth from climate change and weakening our democracy. What more can the felon, sex offender and liar in chief do to screw up our world?
Reposted bySteve Cohen
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialApr 10(source)
Trump is ripping up the Constitution and seizing power from Congress to advance his agenda: powers of the purse, dismantling agencies Congress has jurisdiction over & more. And the GOP—the same ones who claim to care about the Constitution—are just rolling over for him. That's how democracy dies. ⬇️
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialApr 11(source)
The Trump admin opened a backdoor to exempt companies from the Clean Air Act—with ZERO public notice or accountability. I led 59 colleagues with @markey.senate.gov demanding the names of every company that applied. Who’s trying to pollute behind closed doors? We deserve to know. We will find out.
Steve Cohen@repcohen.bsky.socialApr 10(source)
Trump isn’t a king. He doesn’t get taxpayer funded tanks and fighter jets for turning 79. If he wants a birthday party, he can have cake—or bingo—on his own dime. My HAPPY BIRTHDAY Budget Act would stop him from wasting tax dollars on a military parade. That's for authoritarians, not US presidents.
Congressman Cohen Introduces the HAPPY BIRTHDAY Budget Act
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today introduced the Halting All Parades for Presidents’ Yearly Birthdays; It Risks Taxpayer Harm, Damages, And Your (HAPPY BIRTHDAY) Budget Act. The measur...
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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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