As the Democrats took over both the House and the Senate for the first time in twelve years, Steve Cohen (D-TN) seemed to be having a very fine time on his first day as Tennessee's liberal Congressman.
The Tennessee Democrat will serve on the House Judiciary Committee.
Rep. Cohen joked with reporters and with Speaker Pelosi.
Freshman Steve Cohen, the Tennessee Democrat elect to fill Harold Ford Jr.’s seat in Memphis, showed up to collect his pin and card and fielded a few questions. “Being sworn in to the House of Representatives is one of the highest honors a person in political life can have,” he said. “And for me it is especially so, as it comes later in life.”
How old are you? I asked.
“Fifty-seven” he replied. “But in a biological phenomenon, my mother is only 39,” he joked, adding that his mother wasn’t at all pleased when one newspaper printed her actual age.
Photo: Incoming Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) playfully makes fists as if boxing as she jokes with newly elected Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) (R) on the House floor on the first day of the 110th Congress as Democrats take power on Capitol Hill in Washington January 4, 2007. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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