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[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today joined House Democrats in signing a discharge petition to force Speaker John Boehner to allow an up-or-down vote to extend unemployment insurance for more than 2 million Americans—including more than 31,000 Tennesseans—that were cut off from this critical lifeline when benefits expired last year. The discharge petition, if a majority of the House of Representatives signs it, would require the Speaker to immediately allow a vote on legislation to extend the unemployment insurance program that he has so far refused to do.

[MEMPHIS, TN] – With the Education Committees in both houses of the Tennessee General Assembly set to vote this week on Governor Bill Haslam’s plan to raid funds from the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship and cripple HOPE Scholarships and ASPIRE Grants, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) over the weekend contacted several members of each committee and urged them to oppose the “Tennessee Promise” plan.

[MEMPHIS, TN] - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) released the following statement upon learning of the passing of Ted Welch:

“When I needed some guidance and help in passing the Tennessee Education Lottery, Ted Welch did not hesitate and was a strong supporter to have in my corner. His role in contributing to the educations of thousands and thousands of Tennessee’s HOPE Scholars cannot be overstated. I appreciate all that he did on both sides of the aisle and I am deeply saddened by news of his passing. Ted’s loss will be felt throughout Tennessee and our nation.”

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today joined 160 of his Democratic colleagues from the U.S. House of Representatives in sending a letter to Speaker John Boehner urging an immediate up-or-down vote to extend the expired unemployment insurance program. This letter follows a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities which found that 200,000 veterans are among the more than two million people who have lost their unemployment benefits since they expired at the end of last year.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) was awarded with a perfect score by NARAL Pro-Choice America on their 2013 Congressional Record on Choice. The Congressman supported the rights and privacy of American women in all of the votes that the organization included in its 2013 scorecard.

DEA Deputy Administrator Harrigan makes outrageous and false statement that “every single parent” opposes marijuana

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) once again highlighted his concerns with the misguided and outdated federal marijuana enforcement priorities as he questioned Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Deputy Administrator Thomas Harrigan at a House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations hearing this week.

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in downtown Memphis was awarded $746,404 in federal grant funding to help treat chronic infections. The grant, which will be used to help identify therapeutic candidates capable of eradicating recalcitrant chronic infections, comes through the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.