U.S. Congress - Rep. Jim Cooper, Tennessee (D) 
Rep. Jim Cooper
Democrat • 5th District, Tennessee • 11th Term • Sworn In 1983
- 8 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 373 of 440) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 141 of 440)
- 100 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 394 of 440) 3 Made Into Law (Ranks 339 of 440)
- Most often votes with:
- Rep. James Himes
- Rep. Christopher Smith
- Least often votes with:
- Rep. Dan Boren
- Rep. Justin Amash
- Votes with party 78%
- Abstains: 1%
Person's Views
- Today: 38
- Past Seven Days: 137
- All-Time: 22,038
Most Recent Sponsored Bills
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H.R.3643Introduced Dec 13, 2011 89 Views
To provide that Members of Congress may not receive pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which Congress has not approved a concurrent res...
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H.R.3210 - RELIEF ActIntroduced May 08, 2012 32 Views
To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to limit the application of that Act with respect to plants and plant products that were imported be...
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H.R.3041 - Federal Consent Decree Fairness ActIntroduced Oct 12, 2011 14 Views
To amend chapter 111 of title 28, United States Code, to limit the duration of Federal consent decrees to which State and local governments ar...
Most Recent Co-Sponsored Bills
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H.R.5684Introduced May 09, 2012 27 Views
To prohibit employers from compelling or coercing any person to authorize access to a protected computer, and for other purposes.
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H.Res.644Introduced May 07, 2012 47 Views
Recognizing National Nurses Week on May 6 through May 12, 2012.
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H.R.5044 - Andrew P. Carpenter Tax ActIntroduced Apr 27, 2012 31 Views
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any discharge of indebtedness income on education loans of deceased ve...
Recent Voting History
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H.R.205 Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Home ownership Act of 2011
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H R 205 To amend the Act titled “An Act to authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, business, and other purposes requiring the grant of long-term leases”, to provide for Indian tribes to enter into leases without approval from the Secretary of the InteriorMay 15, 2012
Aye
(with party)
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H.R.3874 Black Hills Cemetery Act
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H R 3874 To provide for the conveyance of eight cemeteries that are located on National Forest System land in Black Hills National Forest, South DakotaMay 15, 2012 Aye
(with party)
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H.R.365 National Blue Alert Act of 2012
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H R 365 To encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout the United States in order to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of dutyMay 15, 2012 Aye
(with party)
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05/15/12
Cooper launches caucus to “fix” Congress
Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper has long said Congress is broken. Now he’s starting a new caucus to fix it. The bipartisan Fix Congress Now Caucus will be launched at a press conference at the Capitol tomorrow, according to Cooper’s office.
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The Tennessean (blog)
05/14/12
Crucial U.S. Conservation Legislation Under Attack in Congress
The RELIEF Act (H.R. 3210), sponsored by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), and Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), would remove the declaration requirement for importers, exempt ‘non-solid wood products,’ drastically reduce penalties ...
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Triple Pundit
05/13/12
Congress Looks to Rewrite Act That Led to Gibson Guitar Raid
Relief Act also under scrutiny A second bill under examination is the Retailers and Entertainers Lacey Implementation and Enforcement Fairness Act (RELIEF) authored by Rep. Jim Cooper (R-Tenn.). The full committee has not set a date to mark up either piece
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Human Events (blog)
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Cooper launches caucus to “fix” Congress
Democratic Rep. Jim Cooper has long said Congress is broken. Now he’s starting a new caucus to fix it. The bipartisan Fix Congress Now Caucus will be launched at a press conference at the Capitol tomorrow, according to Cooper’s office.
Crucial U.S. Conservation Legislation Under Attack in Congress
The RELIEF Act (H.R. 3210), sponsored by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), and Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), would remove the declaration requirement for importers, exempt ‘non-solid wood products,’ drastically reduce penalties ...
Congress Looks to Rewrite Act That Led to Gibson Guitar Raid
Relief Act also under scrutiny A second bill under examination is the Retailers and Entertainers Lacey Implementation and Enforcement Fairness Act (RELIEF) authored by Rep. Jim Cooper (R-Tenn.). The full committee has not set a date to mark up either piece
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04/16/12
Main Street Journal - Monday, April 16, 2012
Obamacare: US Fifth District Representative Jim Cooper believes the healthcare mandate will be upheld by the Supreme Court. TVA: The Port of Memphis has agreed to sell the TVA an option on a non-coal firing plant on 75 ...
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04/16/12
The Powers That Beat: Fair Warning... the bitch is back
My Congressman (Representative Jim Cooper) who gave me an A- when I took his course at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University confessed to me that my case was so complicated that he could ...
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04/16/12
Cooper: Putting Budget Off To Lame-Duck Session Is “Chickening ...
U.S. Representative Jim Cooper complains many in Congress don't want to take on the messy federal budget until after this fall's election. Cooper says the conventional wisdom is they'll work out a deal in the less political ...
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Main Street Journal - Monday, April 16, 2012
Obamacare: US Fifth District Representative Jim Cooper believes the healthcare mandate will be upheld by the Supreme Court. TVA: The Port of Memphis has agreed to sell the TVA an option on a non-coal firing plant on 75 ...
The Powers That Beat: Fair Warning... the bitch is back
My Congressman (Representative Jim Cooper) who gave me an A- when I took his course at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University confessed to me that my case was so complicated that he could ...
Cooper: Putting Budget Off To Lame-Duck Session Is “Chickening ...
U.S. Representative Jim Cooper complains many in Congress don't want to take on the messy federal budget until after this fall's election. Cooper says the conventional wisdom is they'll work out a deal in the less political ...
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Featured Members of Congress
On March 26, 2008 Jim Cooper was featured on the homepage of OpenCongress:
Jim Cooper (D-TN) is officially the first member of Congress to join <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/453-Change-Congress">Change Congress</a>, a new movement "to build support for basic reform in how our government functions." In an email announcement, Lawrence Lessig, the movement's founder, called Cooper "precisely the sort of person, with exactly the right character, to serve in Congress: serious on the issues, deeply caring about the substance of the issues, and very very smart." He has put his support behind <a href="http://change-congress.org/about/">planks </a> 2, 3, and 4.
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