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| | '''Steve Cohen''' is the [[Democratic party]] representative from [[Tennessee]]'s 9th Congressional District in the [[U.S. House]]. Cohen was first elected in 2006. Cohen is associated with the [[Institute for Policy Studies]] and is a member of the [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]]. Cohen has introduced to legislation to [[impeach]] [[President Trump]] and for the [[Green New Deal]]. | | '''Steve Cohen''' is the [[Democratic party]] representative from [[Tennessee]]'s 9th Congressional District in the [[U.S. House]]. Cohen was first elected in 2006. Cohen is associated with the [[Institute for Policy Studies]] and is a member of the [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]]. Cohen has introduced to legislation to [[impeach]] [[President Trump]] and for the [[Green New Deal]]. |
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| | + | ==Impeach Trump== |
| | + | A group of six Democratic House members introduced articles of [[impeachment]] against President Donald Trump Wednesday November 15, 2017, claiming the president has violated federal law, the public trust and should be charged with high crimes and misdemeanors. |
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| | + | Democratic Reps. Steve Cohen of Tennessee, [[Luis Gutierrez]] of Illinois, [[Al Green]] of Texas and [[Adriano Espaillat]] of New York introduced five articles of impeachment. The articles have two more co-sponsors: Reps. [[Marcia Fudge]] of Ohio and [[John Yarmuth]] of Kentucky. |
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| | + | The congressmen list a number of charges against the president, including: obstruction of justice, a violation of the Constitution’s foreign emoluments clause, a violation of the Constitution’s domestic emoluments clause, undermining the federal judiciary process and undermining the press. |
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| | + | The articles focus primarily on Trump’s handing of the termination of disgraced FBI director [[James Comey]], and potential conflicts of interest with Trump’s businesses and properties while he’s served as president.<ref>[http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/15/dems-introduce-articles-of-impeachment-against-trump/?utm_medium=push&utm_source=daily_caller&utm_campaign=push Dems Introduce Articles Of Impeachment Against Trump],ROBERT DONACHIE Capitol Hill and Health Care Reporter 10:04 AM 11/15/2017</ref> |
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| | + | ==Green New Deal== |
| | + | The Green New Deal was introduced as H.Res.109 with 84 Democrat co-sponsors on February 7, 2019.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190208215631/https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5729035/Green-New-Deal-FAQ.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2018/12/11/congressional-support-for-a-green-new-deal</ref> |
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