In February '96 the Tennessee Senate passed a resolution 27-1 to urge the posting of the 10 Commandments in schools, businesses and homes. I was the one dissenting vote and said,"Moses gave the 10 Commandments to the people he didn't need the Tennessee general assembly's help."
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Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Tennessee District 9
Steve Cohen
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Voting Record — 594
Yes40%
No53%
Present1%
Not Voting6%
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 · 57 sponsored · 332 cosponsored
Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.
Trump posted a racist depiction of our first Black President and First Lady. It wasn’t an accident or “fake outrage”—it was racist, vile, and it disgraced our country.
I introduced a resolution to censure and condemn Trump and demand he apologize to President Obama, Michelle Obama, and the country.
Trump and the GOP know how unpopular they've become—so they’re trying to keep people from voting. That’s what the SAVE Act is.
It forces Americans to dig up passports or birth certificates just to register—something they know millions of Americans don't have. But that's the point.
I voted HELL NO.
ICE killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti—and the DOJ went after the victims instead of the agents who pulled the trigger.
I confronted AG Bondi today. This was an execution, and she's running cover for it.
It's exactly why I wrote the Deadly Force Independent Review Act—to end the coverups.
The GOP cut SNAP & food assistance. They kicked people off Medicaid. They cut ACA tax credits for millions.
Then used that money to give BILLIONS to donors, corporations, the Mar-a-Lago class—and to turn ICE into Trump's bloated and poorly trained revolutionary guard.
We are going to ABOLISH ICE.
Gov. Lee rejected Summer EBT funding for kids in Memphis and TN-9, but I won't stop fighting for it.
I’ve always voted to fund Summer EBT because kids still need to eat when school's out. The money is there, but Gov. Lee refused it—AGAIN.
This is wrong. I’m fighting in Congress to change course.
Dignity. Grace. Love.
Trump hasn’t just abused the pardon power—he’s commercialized it: a get-out-of-jail card for the wealthy and well-connected.
I introduced a Constitutional amendment in 2017 to put limits on presidential pardons and stop these abuses, and I’ve reintroduced ever since then. Presidents aren’t kings.
ICE is killing, lying, and covering for itself.
We must abolish ICE—and we need to make sure that no federal officer can ever kill and hide behind a would-be badge, a mask, or a lawless President and DHS Secretary ever again. That's why I introduced the Deadly Force Independent Review Act.
Deleting it means he knew exactly how vile it was. He doesn’t regret it — he regrets getting called out on it.
Racism followed by cowardice.
Disgusting is too light a condemnation. When will he ever exhibit grace and humility?
If you protest ICE, they’ll use lethal force against you.
But if you defraud workers, patients, and taxpayers out of hundreds of millions—and donate to the GOP—Trump will just hand you a pardon. No restitution. No consequences. Victims get nothing.
Do you think YOU would get a pardon for fraud?
Trump & the GOP made billionaires and tech oligarchs so rich that they happily fund Trump’s vanity projects—his White House ballroom, his Kennedy Center takeover, even cutting checks for “Melania", the most panned movie of all time.
Meanwhile working families get NOTHING. Corruption in plain sight.
When a federal agency can shoot Americans in the street and the administration’s first instinct is to smear the dead as “domestic terrorists" or an "assassin", it’s beyond reform.
That’s why I’m calling for ICE to be abolished—and why I’ve cosponsored legislation to impeach Kristi Noem.
Black History Month is a reminder of the leaders who pushed our country closer to its ideals — and the Memphis giants who helped shape our city and our future. I’ll keep honoring that legacy with work: protecting voting rights, confronting discrimination, and expanding opportunity in Memphis & TN-9.
I wrote the provision that authorized this National Park Service study.
We worked closely with the Lynching Sites Project of Memphis and the Tennessee Historical Commission to identify the sites and to make sure this history is confronted, not forgotten.
We’ve gone from “the Epstein files/client list are on Pam Bondi’s desk,” to “there is no client list,” to 3 million files dumped overnight. All under Trump.
They hoped you wouldn't notice. Now they hope you think it's over—without any of these men even standing trial.
We can't let that happen.
Donald Trump is so repulsive that even Jeffrey Epstein said he was the worst person he’d ever met.
"I have met some very bad people, none as bad as Trump.”
Real videos show confrontation between Alex Pretti and federal officers days before his death www.snopes.com/fact-check/a...
None of this provides justification in him being executed,shot in the back!
But Trump's sees it as "his stock going down."What a shortsighted and callous president we have.
Bruce Springsteen — @brucespringsteen.net — is the voice of the people.
Hard not to get a little teary-eyed listening to him sing about what's happening in our beloved and great country. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
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Voting History594 total votesExpandCollapse
Voting History
594 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-20 | H.R. 2616 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-05-20 | H.R. 1993 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-20 | S. 1003 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2026-05-20 | S. 2393 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2026-05-20 | H.R. 5317 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2026-05-20 | H.R. 4544 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2026-05-20 | H.R. 3234 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2026-05-20 | H. Res. 1299 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2026-05-15 | H.R. 8469 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-15 | H.R. 8469 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-05-14 | H.R. 8365 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-14 | H.R. 8365 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-05-14 | H.R. 5625 (119th) | Final passage | YES | NO | ✕↔ | Passed |
| 2026-05-14 | H. Con. Res. 75 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-05-14 | H.R. 6260 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-14 | H.R. 6260 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1259 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1251 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Con. Res. 96 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | NO | ✕↔ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H.R. 1346 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H.R. 1346 (119th) | Send back to committee | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1252 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1274 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1274 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1275 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1275 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-12 | H.R. 2853 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-12 | H.R. 2071 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-30 | S. 4465 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NO | YES | ✕ | Passed |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-30 | S. Con. Res. 33 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-29 | S. 1318 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-29 | H. Res. 1224 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-29 | H. Res. 1224 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-27 | H.R. 227 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-27 | H.R. 7959 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-23 | H.R. 5587 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-22 | H.R. 6387 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-22 | H.R. 6387 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-22 | H.R. 4690 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | 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.