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Stephen Ira Cohen

Party: Democrat
Latest Office Held:: US House, TN
Latest Office Sought:: US House, TN

Stephen Ira Cohen (born May 24, 1949) is the U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 9th congressional district, serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

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$3,749,526 Received

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$141,257,500 Allocated

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Fiscal Year	Amount	Description
2009	$25,095,000	Center for Civic Education for two programs - We the People and Cooperative Education Exchange - that are authorized in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of the Civic Education program Requested by Mark Pryor (D-AR), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Gordon H. Smith (R-OR), Jon Tester (D-MT), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Mel Martinez (R-FL), Leonard L. Boswell (D-IA), Gene Green (D-TX), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), Hilda L. Solis (D-CA), Jim Langevin (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Kerry (D-MA), Max Baucus (D-MT), David Scott (D-GA), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), David Price (D-NC), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Betty Sue Sutton (D-OH), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Stephen Ira Cohen (D-TN), Brad Miller (D-NC), Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Lisa Murkowski (I-AK), Richard G. Lugar (R-IN), John Ensign (R-NV), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Timothy V. Johnson (R-IL), Susan A. Davis (D-CA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Charlie Dent (R-PA), Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Carl Levin (D-MI), Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), Peter Roskam (R-IL), James Webb (D-VA), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Edwin G. Perlmutter (D-CO), Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Timothy J. Walz (D-MN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Don Young (R-AK), Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), Nancy E. Boyda (D-KS), Dale E. Kildee (D-MI), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Susan Collins (R-ME), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI), Lois Capps (D-CA), Jon L. Kyl (R-AZ), Jack Reed (D-RI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Castle (R-DE), Ellsworth (D-IN), Gonzalez (D-TX), Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Hinojosa (D-TX), and Dennis Moore (D-KS)
2009	$24,803,000	Reading is Fundamental authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Requested by John R. Kuhl, Jr. (R-NY), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Gordon H. Smith (R-OR), Jon Tester (D-MT), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Mel Martinez (R-FL), Leonard L. Boswell (D-IA), Gene Green (D-TX), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), George V. Voinovich (R-OH), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ), Jim Moran (D-VA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), Hilda L. Solis (D-CA), Jim Langevin (D-RI), John Sarbanes (D-MD), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Kerry (D-MA), Max Baucus (D-MT), David Scott (D-GA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), John B. Larson (D-CT), Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), John M. Spratt, Jr. (D-SC), Vernon J. Ehlers (R-MI), Rob Wittman (R-VA), David Price (D-NC), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Robert A. Brady (D-PA), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), Bob Casey (D-PA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Stephen Ira Cohen (D-TN), Brad Miller (D-NC), Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Donna Christian-Christensen (D-VI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Lisa Murkowski (I-AK), Artur Davis (D-AL), Richard G. Lugar (R-IN), Ron Paul (R-TX), John Ensign (R-NV), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Timothy V. Johnson (R-IL), Susan A. Davis (D-CA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Phil Hare (D-IL), Robert F. Bennett (R-UT), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Jim Costa (D-CA), Charlie Dent (R-PA), Jon Christopher Porter, Sr. (R-NV), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Carl Levin (D-MI), Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Jerry Weller (R-IL), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Peter Roskam (R-IL), James Webb (D-VA), Melvin L. Watt (D-NC), Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Timothy J. Walz (D-MN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Don Young (R-AK), Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Eni F H Faleomavaega (D-AS), Heath Shuler (D-NC), Nancy E. Boyda (D-KS), Barbara Cubin (R-WY), Henry Brown (R-SC), Sander Levin (D-MI), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT), Susan Collins (R-ME), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI), Lois Capps (D-CA), Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Mike Ross (D-AR), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), Warner (R-VA), Bono Mack (R-CA), Ellsworth (D-IN), Fortuno (R-PR), Gonzalez (D-TX), Grijalva (D-AZ), Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), and Hinojosa (D-TX)
2009	$14,895,000	Teach for America as authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Requested by Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Richard Burr (R-NC), John Sarbanes (D-MD), John Kerry (D-MA), David Scott (D-GA), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), James T. Walsh (R-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Herb Kohl (D-WI), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Betty Sue Sutton (D-OH), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Bob Casey (D-PA), Stephen Ira Cohen (D-TN), Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Timothy H. Bishop (D-NY), Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Thad Cochran (R-MS), William L. Clay, Jr. (D-MO), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Harry Reid (D-NV), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), Melvin L. Watt (D-NC), Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), Ralph Regula (3-OH), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI), Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Mike Ross (D-AR), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Castle (R-DE), Grijalva (D-AZ), and Herseth Sandlin (D-SD)
2009	$10,649,000	National Board for Professional Teaching Standards for activities authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Requested by Roger Wicker (R-MS), Kathy Castor (D-FL), John M. Spratt, Jr. (D-SC), Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Stephen Ira Cohen (D-TN), Susan A. Davis (D-CA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Robert F. Bennett (R-UT), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Nancy E. Boyda (D-KS), and Mike Ross (D-AR)
2010	$9,800,000	Engineer Maintenance and Training Facility Requested by Bob Corker (R-TN), Stephen Ira Cohen (D-TN), and Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
2009	$8,639,000	VSA arts for activities in the Arts in Education program authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Requested by Jim Moran (D-VA), Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), Jim Langevin (D-RI), David Scott (D-GA), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), Stephen Ira Cohen (D-TN), Brad Miller (D-NC), Susan A. Davis (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Robert F. Bennett (R-UT), Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Nick Rahall (D-WV), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Nancy E. Boyda (D-KS), Jim Matheson (D-UT), and Herseth Sandlin (D-SD)
2009	$6,838,000	John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for activities in the Arts in Education program authorized by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Requested by Jim Moran (D-VA), Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), Jim Langevin (D-RI), David Scott (D-GA), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Jim Ramstad (R-MN), Stephen Ira Cohen (D-TN), Brad Miller (D-NC), Susan A. Davis (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Robert F. Bennett (R-UT), Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Nick Rahall (D-WV), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Nancy E. Boyda (D-KS), Jim Matheson (D-UT), and Herseth Sandlin (D-SD)
2009	$5,019,000	National Council on Economic Education for the Cooperative Education Exchange program, which is authorized in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of the Civic Education Program Requested by Mark Pryor (D-AR), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Gordon H. Smith (R-OR), Jon Tester (D-MT), Pat Roberts (R-KS), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Mel Martinez (R-FL), Leonard L. Boswell (D-IA), Gene Green (D-TX), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), Hilda L. Solis (D-CA), Jim Langevin (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Kerry (D-MA), Max Baucus (D-MT), David Scott (D-GA), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), David Price (D-NC), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Betty Sue Sutton (D-OH), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Stephen Ira Cohen (D-TN), Brad Miller (D-NC), Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Lisa Murkowski (I-AK), Richard G. Lugar (R-IN), John Ensign (R-NV), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Timothy V. Johnson (R-IL), Susan A. Davis (D-CA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Jim Costa (D-CA), Charlie Dent (R-PA), Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Christopher Shays (R-CT), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Carl Levin (D-MI), Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), Peter Roskam (R-IL), James Webb (D-VA), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Edwin G. Perlmutter (D-CO), Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), Timothy J. Walz (D-MN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Don Young (R-AK), Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), Nancy E. Boyda (D-KS), Dale E. Kildee (D-MI), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Susan Collins (R-ME), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI), Lois Capps (D-CA), Jon L. Kyl (R-AZ), Jack Reed (D-RI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Castle (R-DE), Ellsworth (D-IN), Gonzalez (D-TX), Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Hinojosa (D-TX), and Dennis Moore (D-KS)
2009	$4,965,000	Reach Out and Read authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Requested by John R. Kuhl, Jr. (R-NY), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Gordon H. Smith (R-OR), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Mel Martinez (R-FL), Leonard L. Boswell (D-IA), Gene Green (D-TX), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), George V. Voinovich (R-OH), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Pete V. Domenici (R-NM), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), Hilda L. Solis (D-CA), William J. Jefferson (D-LA), Jim Langevin (D-RI), Richard Burr (R-NC), John Sarbanes (D-MD), David Loebsack (D-IA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), John Kerry (D-MA), David Scott (D-GA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), John M. Spratt, Jr. (D-SC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), James T. Walsh (R-NY), Michael Arcuri (D-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Chris Murphy (D-CT), John Cornyn (R-TX), Bob Casey (D-PA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Stephen Ira Cohen (D-TN), Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Lisa Murkowski (I-AK), Artur Davis (D-AL), Richard G. Lugar (R-IN), Ron Paul (R-TX), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Susan A. Davis (D-CA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Phil Hare (D-IL), Robert F. Bennett (R-UT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Jon Christopher Porter, Sr. (R-NV), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), Ellen O. Tauscher (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Carl Levin (D-MI), Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI), Nick Rahall (D-WV), William L. Clay, Jr. (D-MO), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), Peter Roskam (R-IL), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bobby L. Rush (D-IL), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Don Young (R-AK), Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), Robert C. Scott (D-VA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Nancy E. Boyda (D-KS), Ralph Regula (3-OH), Dale E. Kildee (D-MI), Henry Brown (R-SC), Sander Levin (D-MI), Jim Matheson (D-UT), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT), Susan Collins (R-ME), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI), Lois Capps (D-CA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Mike Ross (D-AR), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Castle (R-DE), Ellsworth (D-IN), Gonzalez (D-TX), Grijalva (D-AZ), Herseth Sandlin (D-SD), Hinojosa (D-TX), and Tom Udall (D-NM)
2008	$4,361,000	Tennessee DOT Bus and Bus Facilities Replacement Requested by John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-TN), Jim Cooper (D-TN), Stephen Ira Cohen (D-TN), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and John Tanner (D-TN)

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