Budget
MEMPHIS - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) will hold an in-person town hall meeting on Tuesday, March 18, between 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church to answer constituents’ questions and listen to their thoughts as the Trump-Musk Administration enters its ninth week. The news media are invited to attend.
What: An in-person Town Hall Meeting for 9th Congressional District constituents
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), who voted against a disastrous continuing resolution to fund federal government programs through September 30 on Tuesday evening, made the following statement after the Senate voted to pass the same measure on a 54-46 vote on Friday night:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today vote “no” on a Continuing Resolution for federal funding through September 30 that passed on a 217 to 213 vote, and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today spoke from the House floor and later voted against the Republican budget resolution for the Fiscal Year 2025 that also sets budget levels through 2034.
The measure passed on a 217 to 215 vote.
In his floor speech, Congressman Cohen said in part:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen, a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, today wrote to Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the Deputy Secretary of Transportation, Polly Trottenberg, and the Acting Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration, Veronica Vanterpool, expressing his deep concerns regarding the Memphis Area Transit Authority’s (MATA) severe financial challenges.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today voted for a continuing appropriations resolution (known as a CR) to keep the government operating beyond the September 30 fiscal year deadline and until December 20. The measure was stripped of Republican poison pill provisions that caused him to vote against last week’s CR. The measure passed this afternoon would not have passed without Democratic member votes.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) learned of the passing of former Tennessee Senator Jim Sasser today and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced six of his 15 community funding projects are included in two Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations Subcommittee bills that have been released so far with a dollar value of $4,991,405. See a listing below.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today voted for an Appropriations measure that includes $15.5 million for 13 major community project funding priorities for Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today voted once again for a continuing budget resolution before the looming March 1 deadline for a partial federal government shutdown so that negotiators can finalize full-year spending bills through September 30.
The vote on passage was 320 to 99.