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The House voted Wednesday to direct the federal government to set a minimum size for airline seats, bar passengers from being kicked off overbooked planes, and consider whether to restrict animals on planes. Those and other passenger-related provisions were included in a bill to authorize Federal Aviation Administration programs for five years.
"To build an equal and just society in which every person can live a healthy life, Members of Congress must support bold progressive policies that address the public health and environmental crises that are ripping our country apart," say the groups behind a new congressional scorecard that details lawmakers' support for key pieces of legislation.
At times it was rather contentious and disruptive by some of the members of Congress. I tried to keep an open mind, however I became angry when the hearing was turned over to U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee.
Rep. Steve Cohen , who last week said he wanted to award a Purple Heart to anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok, posted a tweet Monday after President Donald Trump's meeting in Finland with Russian President Vladimir Putin that many read as a call for a coup, asking, "Where are our military folks ? The Commander in Chief is in the hands of our enemy!" Where are our military folks ? The Commander in Chief is in the hands of our enemy! https://t.co/3eF7OLKEdN Cohen was commenting on a tweet by Democratic Party activist Scott Dworkin who accused Trump of being a traitor who should resign, "BREAKING: Trump just said he trusted Putin over the American military and the American intelligence services, in the assessment of election interference.
Democratic mega-donor and billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer on Sunday defended his $20 million national television and digital ad campaign calling for Congress to impeach President Donald Trump, saying "it's very important and urgent that we get him out of office." "The fact of the matter is this President has performed in a lawless way throughout the campaign and throughout his presidency and he is an urgent threat to the American people," Steyer told CNN anchor Dana Bash on Sunday morning's "State of the Union."
A white male Democrat said Star Parker, a black pro-life activist, was being "ignorant" during a hearing on a pro-life bill, suggesting that she lacked the ability to properly deal with Congress members. Parker, the founder of Center for Urban Renewal and Education, testified on the Heartbeat Protection act earlier this week and the ways abortion affects the black community when Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen got upset about her remarks.
Rep. Steve Cohen became very angry Wednesday during a hearing about a bill that would prohibit abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected. He called Star Parker, a pro-life advocate and president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education , ignorant because she told him it was "disingenuous" to equate abortion with other challenges facing poor communities as he did in his earlier questioning.
A Democratic lawmaker praised Sebastian Gorka 's exit from the White House on Saturday on the heels of Steve Bannon's ouster earlier this month, declaring, "2 down and 1 to go." Rep. Steve Cohen offered a cryptic warning on Twitter for the Trump aide seen as one of the last members of the nationalist wing of Trump's White House.
Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen announced that he plans to introduce articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump as soon as he returns to Congress. "Part of his oath of office is to take care that the laws are executed appropriately, carried out, if he can't even identify domestic terrorists and equates them with American protesters of anti-American values, he is not capable of leading us," Cohen said.
With fallout over President Trump's take on the bloody events in Charlottesville, Democratic Representative Steve Cohen of Tennessee announcing his plans to introduce articles of impeachment against the president. Rep. Jackie Speier wants to remove Trump from office under an article within the 25th Amendment to the Constitution that allows the vice president and a majority of the cabinet to declare the president temporarily "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office."
Tests on drinking water revealed no detectable traces of arsenic and lead after the toxins were found in groundwater at a coal-fired power plant in Tennessee, a utility company said Thursday. Memphis, Light, Gas & Water said in a statement that tests conducted by an independent lab on 10 wells that supply water to a pumping station near the Allen Fossil Plant came up below detectable limits for the toxins.
Donald Trump spoke of national unity to a son of Martin Luther King Jr., seeking to ease friction over the president-elect's squabble with Rep. John Lewis, a protege of the slain civil rights leader. "He said that he is going to represent all Americans.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats are insisting that the FBI investigate alleged links between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin, to find out whether Russia has leverage over the incoming president. House Democrats emerged from a briefing about Russian interference in the 2016 election demanding that the FBI investigate what links may have existed between the Kremlin and President-elect Donald Trump's campaign.
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis is holding his first issues meeting of the year with constituents Monday, Jan. 9. The meeting which runs from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Cohen's district office at the Clifford Davis-Odell Horton Federal Building, 167 N. Main St . is an opportunity for citizens and Cohen to discuss issues before Congress that affect the Memphis area.
The editors behind The Hill's 50 Most Beautiful are disputing a harebrained claim from Rep. Steve Cohen that the annual list shows a pattern of excluding those beauties sporting a naked scalp. "This year, I read with interest, as I have every year since I was elected to the House in 2006, The Hill's 50 Most Beautiful list," the Tennessee Democrat writes in a Monday letter to The Hill.
David Kustoff takes the stage with his family to thank his supporters as they celebrate his win for District 8 House of Representatives in Memphis, Tenn., Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016. Longtime state Rep. Curry Todd of Collierville has been defeated in the Republican primary by fair and carnival operator Mark Lovell by 37 percentage points.
Several U.S. congressmen introduced resolutions to honor the life and work of Elie Wiesel, including a proposal to create a memorial statue to be placed in the U.S. Capitol building. Three members of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council - Reps.
Even though mediation did not yield an agreement, Strickland said his plan is a by-product of the mediation talks. The final decision on the plan, though, will fall to the Memphis City Council, which was slated to vote on the matter Tuesday.