Representative Jim Cooper (D)

Current Office: Representative
District: TN-5
First Elected: 11/05/2002
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Martha; 3 Children: Mary, Jamie, Hayes
Birth date: 06/19/1954
Birthplace: Nashville, TN
Home City: Nashville TN
Religion: Episcopalian

Profession

Adjunct Professor, Health Care Policy, Vanderbilt University, 1995-present Founder/Partner, Brentwood Capitol Advisors Limited Liability Corporation, 1999-2002 Managing Director, Equitable Securities, 1995-1999 Attorney, Waller Lansden Dortch and Davis, Nashville, 1980-1982

Education

JD, Harvard University, 1980 MA, Oxford University, 1977 BA, History/Economics, University of North Carolina, 1975

Committees

Armed Services
Oversight and Government Reform
Subcommittee on Domestic Policy
Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Armed Services)
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending
Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs

Recent Votes

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1140 Prohibits Reductions to Strategic Nuclear Arms Required by New START
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

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