Democrat
Next Election: 2020
Steve Cohen
Tennessee
202-225-3265
District: 9
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Latest Announcements:
Feb 24 2021 - 3:51 PM
Congressman Cohen Announces More Than $7 Million In Housing Grants to Memphis and Millington
Feb 24 2021 - 3:44 PM
Congressman Cohen Participates in Hearing on Equity in Traffic Safety Enforcement
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Latest Votes: |
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Feb 24 2021 |
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Feb 24 2021 Voted Yes On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass on HR208 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 West Main Street, Suite 102 in Tupelo, Mississippi, as the “Colonel Carlyle ’Smitty’ Harris Post Office” |
Campaign Finance Summary:
| Contributions: $532,415 |
| Individual $158,161 |
| PAC & SuperPac $370,347 |
| Disbursements: $408,227 |
| Individual Refunds $0 |
| Committee Refunds $0 |
| Debts Owed $0 |
| Cash on Hand $1,065,860 |
Recently Sponsored Bills:
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the transportation of horses in interstate transportation in a motor vehicle containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another, and for other purposes.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Cosponsors 105
To amend the Public Health Service Act to promote healthy eating and physical activity among children.
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Cosponsors 4
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for prohibitions on eviction, and for other purposes.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 0
To permit vicarious liability claims against an employer of a person who, under color of law, subjects another to the deprivation of rights, and for other purposes.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 0
To provide certainty for airport funding.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Cosponsors 4
To designate a portion of United States Route 80 in Alabama as the "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway", and for other purposes.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Cosponsors 55
To designate a portion of United States Route 80 in Alabama as the "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Highway", and for other purposes.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Cosponsors 55
To provide certainty for airport funding.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Cosponsors 4
To protect first amendment rights of petition and free speech by preventing States and the United States from allowing meritless lawsuits arising from acts in furtherance of those rights, commonly called "SLAPPs", and for other purposes.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 0
To provide for cash refunds for canceled airline flights and tickets during the COVID-19 emergency.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Cosponsors 21
To prohibit the destruction of civil rights memorials, and for other purposes.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 1
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal a certain disqualification to receive benefits under title IV of the Social Security Act and benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008; and to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide that incarcerated individuals who are scheduled to be released from an institution within 30 days shall be considered to be a household for purposes of such Act.
House Ways and Means Committee
Cosponsors 5
To require aircraft manufacturers to offer or provide non-required safety enhancing equipment of an aircraft without additional charge to an air carrier, and for other purposes.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Cosponsors 0
To prohibit air carriers from imposing fees that are not reasonable and proportional to the costs incurred by the air carriers, and for other purposes.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Cosponsors 11
To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to prohibit debt collectors from collecting, or attempting to collect, on a debt of a consumer with respect to which the statute of limitations has expired, and for other purposes.
House Financial Services Committee
Cosponsors 7
To amend title 31, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to regulate tax return preparers.
House Ways and Means Committee
Cosponsors 4
To establish protocols for the investigation of uses of deadly force by Federal law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 1
To protect consumers from discriminatory State taxes on motor vehicle rentals.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 1
To protect consumers from discriminatory State taxes on motor vehicle rentals.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 1
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue rules requiring the inclusion of new safety equipment in school buses, and for other purposes.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Cosponsors 0
To provide standards for physical condition and management of housing receiving assistance payments under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937.
House Financial Services Committee
Cosponsors 1
To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purposes of making adverse employment decisions.
House Financial Services Committee
Cosponsors 0
Condemning and censuring President Donald Trump.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 9
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program for jurisdictions with high rates of violent crime, and for other purposes.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 0
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program for jurisdictions with high rates of violent crime, and for other purposes.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 1
To establish the complete streets program, and for other purposes.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Cosponsors 2
To direct the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, to revise section 91.145 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, such that the term "sporting" does not limit the types of major events described in such section.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Cosponsors 4
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow the Secretary of State to make available to the public records pertaining to the refusal of a visa or permit based on an alien's involvement in a violation of human rights or acts of significant corruption, and for other purposes.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 6
To exempt for an additional 4-year period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 3
To exempt for an additional 4-year period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 3
To exempt for an additional 4-year period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 3
To exempt for an additional 4-year period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 3
To exempt for an additional 4-year period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 3
To exempt for an additional 4-year period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days.
House Judiciary Committee
Cosponsors 3
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding proprietary institutions of higher education in order to protect students and taxpayers.
House Education and Labor
Cosponsors 2
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the establishment of supermarkets in certain underserved areas.
House Ways and Means Committee
Cosponsors 9
To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require the inclusion of credit scores with free annual credit reports provided to consumers, and for other purposes.
House Financial Services Committee
Cosponsors 2
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to national priority safety programs, and for other purposes.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Cosponsors 1
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the transportation of horses in interstate transportation in a motor vehicle containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another, and for other purposes.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Cosponsors 42
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue rules requiring the inclusion of new safety equipment in school buses, and for other purposes.
House Education and the Workforce Committee
Cosponsors 0