Congressman Cohen Named Fifth Most Effective Democratic Lawmaker

WASHINTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) was named the fifth most effective Democratic member of the 118^th Congress (2022-2025) today by the Center for Effective Lawmaking. The assessment is made in a report by the Center's Co-Directors, Craig Volden of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia, and Alan Wiseman of the Department of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. Congressman Cohen is identified by the Center as ideologically "liberal" in his voting pattern.

In response, Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"I am honored to be recognized for being an effective lawmaker, which has been my firm intention throughout my career in public office. Serving in the minority in the 118^th Congress posed challenges to reaching the kinds of bipartisan consensus that result in successful legislation, and I'm pleased to see that objective academic experts see that I was able to do that."

The Legislative Effectiveness Scores presented by the Center were based on a combination of fifteen metrics capturing the bills that each member of Congress sponsored, how far they moved through the lawmaking process, and how substantial their policy proposals were.

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