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 2020 and serves until Jan 3, 2021.

Voting Information

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2019 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 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 from Jan 6, 2015 to Oct 20, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Human Rights Campaign: 100% The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: A+ Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% League of Conservation Voters: 94% NIAC Action: A American Civil Liberties Union: 88% United States Chamber of Commerce: 50% NumbersUSA: 11% Americans for Prosperity: 10% FreedomWorks: 10% The Club for Growth: 5%

Committee Membership

Steve Cohen sits on the following committees:

House Committee on the Judiciary
- The Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties subcommittee Chair
Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security subcommittees
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

Investigations and Oversight, Research and Technology subcommittees
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Aviation, Highways and Transit, Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials subcommittees

Enacted Legislation

Cohen was the primary sponsor of 8 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 8 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

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 at least about half 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 (24%) Transportation and Public Works (24%) Government Operations and Politics (15%) Finance and Financial Sector (12%) Taxation (9%) Health (8%) Education (5%) Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues (4%)

Recent Bills

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

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Cohen voted Nay

H.R. 7319: To amend the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 to provide flexibility with respect to the ...

Passed 372/1 on Dec 21, 2018.

Cohen voted Nay

H.R. 7318: To amend the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 to ensure that the Public Buildings Reform ...

Passed 372/2 on Dec 21, 2018.

Cohen voted Yea

S. 2322: CURD Act

Failed 230/162 on Dec 20, 2018.

Cohen voted Yea

H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015

Passed 338/88 on May 13, 2015.

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 ...

Cohen voted Nay

H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

Passed 219/206 on Dec 11, 2014.

This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December ...

Cohen voted Aye

H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015

Passed 319/108 on Sep 17, 2014.

Cohen voted Yea

H.R. 4414 (113th): Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act of 2014

Failed 257/159 on Apr 9, 2014.

Cohen voted Yea

H.R. 2362 (112th): Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act of 2011

Failed 222/160 on Jul 23, 2012.

Cohen voted Yea

H.Res. 409 (112th): Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported ...

Passed 238/182 on Sep 22, 2011.

Cohen voted Aye

H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Passed 304/117 on Jun 23, 2011.

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 ...

Cohen voted Nay

H.Res. 877 (110th): Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the ...

Passed 215/190 on Dec 18, 2007.

Cohen voted Nay

H.R. 1830 (110th): To extend the authorities of the Andean Trade Preference Act until February 29, 2008.

Passed 365/59 on Jun 27, 2007.

Missed Votes

From Jan 2007 to Oct 2020, Cohen missed 227 of 9,795 roll call votes, which is 2.3%. 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.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.

Show the numbers...

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%	4^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%	74^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%	23^rd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	3	1.0%	28^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%	30^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	20	9.1%	87^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	4	2.6%	58^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	23	23.2%	93^rd
2011 Jan-Mar	212	12	5.7%	91^st
2011 Apr-Jun	281	1	0.4%	19^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	11	4.5%	80^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	4	1.9%	49^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	5	3.3%	68^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	10	3.3%	68^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	10	6.6%	86^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	2	3.9%	55^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	55^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	8	3.7%	71^st
2013 Jul-Sep	200	5	2.5%	66^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	1	0.7%	30^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	2	1.4%	38^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	3	1.4%	45^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	2	1.4%	47^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	2	4.1%	74^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	5	3.5%	68^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	1	0.4%	26^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	4	2.9%	72^nd
2015 Oct-Dec	177	1	0.6%	32^nd
2016 Jan-Mar	137	18	13.1%	87^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	12	5.9%	80^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	1	0.4%	22^nd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	1	2.1%	65^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	1	0.5%	24^th
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-Jun	184	3	1.6%	36^th
2018 Jul-Sep	102	0	0.0%	0^th
2018 Nov-Dec	85	1	1.2%	33^rd
2019 Jan-Mar	136	9	6.6%	89^th
2019 Apr-Jun	294	1	0.3%	21^st
2019 Jul-Sep	125	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Oct-Dec	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2020 Jan-Mar	102	3	2.9%	58^th
2020 Apr-Jun	31	1	3.2%	73^rd
2020 Jul-Sep	80	2	2.5%	62^nd
2020 Oct-Oct	5	1	20.0%	88^th

Primary Sources

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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
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

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Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Committee Membership

Enacted Legislation

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Recent Bills

Voting Record

Key Votes

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Missed Votes

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