Steve Cohen, Representative for Tennessee's 9th Congressional District

Cohen is the representative for Tennessee’s 9^th congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 4, 2007. Cohen is next up for reelection in 2018.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Cohen.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Cohen is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Cohen has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: A+ Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% League of Conservation Voters: 97% NIAC Action: A United States Chamber of Commerce: 38% NumbersUSA: 11% FreedomWorks: 10% Americans for Prosperity: 3%

Committee Membership

Steve Cohen sits on the following committees:

House Committee on the Judiciary
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on The Constitution and Civil Justice
- Member, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
House Committee on Ethics
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Member, Subcommittee on Aviation
- Member, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
- Member, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials

Enacted Legislation

Cohen was the primary sponsor of 5 bills that were enacted:

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We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if about one third or more of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Cohen sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Crime and Law Enforcement (25%) Transportation and Public Works (17%) Government Operations and Politics (16%) Finance and Financial Sector (12%) Taxation (11%) Health (7%) Education (7%) Armed Forces and National Security (5%)

Recent Bills

Some of Cohen’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Cohen’s Vote	Vote Description
Nay	S. 2943: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 Dec 2, 2016. Passed 375/34.
Yea	H.R. 3590: Halt Tax Increases on the Middle Class and Seniors Act Sep 13, 2016. Passed 261/147.
No	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Yea	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Yea	H.R. 622: State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2015 Apr 16, 2015. Passed 272/152.
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Yea	H.R. 4414 (113th): Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act of 2014 Apr 9, 2014. Failed 257/159.
Yea	H.R. 2362 (112th): Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act of 2011 Jul 23, 2012. Failed 222/160.
Aye	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...
Nay	H.R. 1830 (110th): To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008. Jun 27, 2007. Passed 365/59.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2007 to Apr 2018, Cohen missed 206 of 8,523 roll call votes, which is 2.4%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2007 Jan-Mar	213	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	1	0.3%	5^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	0	0.0%	0^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	5	3.4%	50^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	19	5.9%	78^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	1	0.5%	15^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	1	0.6%	24^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	3	1.0%	27^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	0	0.0%	0^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	3	1.5%	31^st
2010 Apr-Jun	219	20	9.1%	89^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	4	2.6%	59^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	23	23.2%	94^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	12	5.7%	91^st
2011 Apr-Jun	281	1	0.4%	18^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	11	4.5%	80^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	4	1.9%	52^nd
2012 Jan-Mar	151	5	3.3%	69^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	10	3.3%	70^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	10	6.6%	86^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	2	3.9%	56^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	58^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	8	3.7%	72^nd
2013 Jul-Sep	200	5	2.5%	68^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	1	0.7%	30^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	2	1.4%	40^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	3	1.4%	44^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	2	1.4%	49^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	2	4.1%	76^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	5	3.5%	70^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	1	0.4%	27^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	4	2.9%	73^rd
2015 Oct-Dec	177	1	0.6%	31^st
2016 Jan-Mar	137	18	13.1%	89^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	12	5.9%	80^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	23^rd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	1	2.1%	61^st
2017 Jan-Mar	208	1	0.5%	23^rd
2017 Apr-Jun	136	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	0	0.0%	0^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	2	1.6%	38^th
2018 Apr-Apr	18	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

@unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Steve Cohen is pronounced:

steev // KOW-uhn

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
EE ee	meet
K k	king
N n	not
OW ow	cow
S s	sit
T t	top
UH uh	cup
V v	van

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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