Service history
20 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2007
- Representative TN-9 2007–present
Background
- background Born May 24, 1949; an attorney and member of the Democratic Party
- role Served in the Tennessee Senate from 1983 to 2006
- role U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 9th congressional district (Memphis area) since 2007
- achievement The first Jewish person to represent Tennessee in Congress
- achievement One of the few Jewish members of Congress to represent a majority-Black district
- role Only Democrat in Tennessee's congressional delegation since 2023; retiring in 2027
Campaign finance
2026 cycle
Incumbent for U.S. House TN-09 · 2026 General Election
- $776,211 raised
- $652,525 spent
- $1,843,018 cash on hand
Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)
Over time
Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance
Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.
| Cycle | Raised | Spent |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | $230,021 | $230,020 |
| 1998 | $0 | $0 |
Contributions received
Data from FEC
Recorded individual contributions: $39,700 ·
Track record
Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source
- Roll-call participation →
voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%
Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.
- Bills sponsored →
plus 688 cosponsored
A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.
- Sponsored bills enacted →
of 54 bills sponsored
Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.
- Documented positions →
no positions documented yet
Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.
- Committee assignments →
committees and subcommittees
Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.
- Disclosed stock trades →
57 tickers · 17 in a sector a committee they sit on oversees
Disclosed trades are legally required public filings (STOCK Act), not evidence of wrongdoing; trades may be executed by a manager or held in a blind trust.
- Documented relationships →
neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)
A documented relationship is a factual overlap in the public record — NOT evidence of wrongdoing.
Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Steve Cohen. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.
Voting record
Data from Congress.gov roll-call records
Full voting record (3 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 3 of 645 recorded roll calls
Committee assignments (7)
Data from Congress.gov committee memberships
- Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee
- Judiciary Committee · oversees Technology
- Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee
- Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
- Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
- National Security Agency and Cyber Subcommittee
- Open Source Subcommittee
Issue positions (1)
Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills
- Economy & TaxesOppose from votes
Documented relationships
Documented facts about Cohen, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.
- Committee oversight & trading — technology coverage: high
Sits on the House Committee on the Judiciary, which oversees the technology sector, and disclosed 5 technology-sector trades (disclosed amounts up to $180,000) between Jun 2019 and Mar 2020.
Counts only disclosed trades we could tag to a sector; sector coverage is partial, so the real total may be higher.
Committees House Committee on the Judiciary · Member
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Frequent co-sponsors
Connections network
Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)
- HRES 1463Expressing support for July to be designated as "Disability Pride Month".cosponsoredJul 26, 2026
- HR 9941Right to IVF Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
- HR 9831Medicaid Dental Benefit Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 21, 2026
- HR 9833Ensuring Kids Have Access to Medically Necessary Dental Care ActcosponsoredJul 21, 2026
- HR 9874Get Foreign Money Out of United States Elections ActcosponsoredJul 21, 2026
- HR 9808No Passes for Polluters Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 20, 2026
- HR 9817Justice for Incarcerated Moms ActcosponsoredJul 20, 2026
- HRES 1437Recognizing that equity, diversity, and inclusion in federally funded health research is necessary to enhance scientific excellence, and ensure equitable outcomes for patients in the United States.cosponsoredJul 15, 2026
- HCONRES 112Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all persons of the United States, particularly persons with disabilities.cosponsoredJul 14, 2026
- HR 9688High Court Gift Ban ActcosponsoredJul 13, 2026
- HR 9670Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2026sponsoredJul 13, 2026
- HRES 1427Expressing support for the designation of July 10th as Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day.cosponsoredJul 12, 2026
- HRES 1415Celebrating the country's history of church-state separation and recognizing the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.cosponsoredJul 1, 2026
- HR 9571Living Wage for Federal Contractors ActcosponsoredJul 1, 2026
- HR 9544Save MEDICARE Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 29, 2026
- HR 9417Artemis II Congressional Gold Medal ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
- HRES 1384Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress must urgently take all appropriate measures to guarantee civil rights and fair political representation to all Americans.cosponsoredJun 23, 2026
- HR 9442Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
- HR 9432LIFT the BAR ActcosponsoredJun 23, 2026
- HR 9408Open Meetings Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 22, 2026
- HR 9400American Rescuers of the Holocaust Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 22, 2026
- HR 9401Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2026sponsoredJun 22, 2026
- HJRES 197Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program".cosponsoredJun 17, 2026
- HR 9373Air Carrier Access Amendments Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 17, 2026
- HR 9374Find Our Families Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 17, 2026
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