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Rep. Steve Cohen

Democrat · Tennessee's 9th District · in the House since 2007

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Rep. Steve Cohen has missed 18 of 323 roll-call votes this Congress, 5.6% of them, 3.6 times as many as the typical House member (1.5%).

Missed this Congress
5.6%
18 of 323 · #61 of 430
Typical House member
1.5%
the chamber's median
Career
1.6%
25 of 1,532 since 2017
Longest absence
2 days
Jun 10 – Jun 11, 2026 · 6 votes

What they show up for, and what they skip

Steve Cohen almost always votes on votes on congress itself (missed 0%) and amendments (0%), but misses far more votes on finance (33%) and votes on government operations (29%).

By kind of vote

Share missed · the gray tick is their overall 5.6%

Suspension votes (75) 17%
Final passage (84) 4.8%
Procedural votes (106) 0.9%
Amendments (41) 0%
Spending bills (12) 0%
Other votes (5) 0%

By topic

From the Library of Congress subject of each bill · topics with 10+ votes

Finance (12) 33%
Government operations (14) 29%
Armed forces and security (33) 12%
Crime and policing (10) 10%
Congress itself (76) 0%
Economy and public finance (32) 0%
Energy (19) 0%
Foreign affairs (15) 0%

Days of the week: missed 24% of Monday votes and 0% of Tuesday votes.

Votes cast and missed, month by month

Each bar is one month of roll calls in the 119th Congress. Shaded months have a reason on record.

Jan 2026: 48 voted, 0 missed; Feb 2026: 28 voted, 2 missed; Mar 2026: 30 voted, 0 missed; Apr 2026: 47 voted, 0 missed; May 2026: 30 voted, 6 missed; Jun 2026: 34 voted, 8 missed; Jul 2026: 50 voted, 0 missed; Aug 2026: 0 voted, 2 missed; Sep 2026: 29 voted, 0 missed; Oct 2026: 0 voted, 0 missed; Nov 2026: 9 voted, 0 missed J2026 F M A M J J A S O N
  • Voted (yes, no or present)
  • Missed
  • Reason on record

Year by year

Share of votes missed. The gray tick is the typical House member.

2017 0.1%
2018 1.2%
2026 5.6%

Missed days in 2026

Each square is a day the House held votes. Darker means more votes missed that day.

  • Jan 6: voted every time
  • Jan 7: voted every time
  • Jan 8: voted every time
  • Jan 9: voted every time
  • Jan 12: voted every time
  • Jan 13: voted every time
  • Jan 14: voted every time
  • Jan 15: voted every time
  • Jan 20: voted every time
  • Jan 21: voted every time
  • Jan 22: voted every time
  • Feb 2: missed 2 of 2
  • Feb 3: voted every time
  • Feb 4: voted every time
  • Feb 9: voted every time
  • Feb 10: voted every time
  • Feb 11: voted every time
  • Feb 12: voted every time
  • Feb 24: voted every time
  • Feb 25: voted every time
  • Mar 4: voted every time
  • Mar 5: voted every time
  • Mar 17: voted every time
  • Mar 18: voted every time
  • Mar 19: voted every time
  • Mar 24: voted every time
  • Mar 25: voted every time
  • Mar 26: voted every time
  • Mar 27: voted every time
  • Apr 14: voted every time
  • Apr 15: voted every time
  • Apr 16: voted every time
  • Apr 17: voted every time
  • Apr 20: voted every time
  • Apr 21: voted every time
  • Apr 22: voted every time
  • Apr 23: voted every time
  • Apr 27: voted every time
  • Apr 29: voted every time
  • Apr 30: voted every time
  • May 12: voted every time
  • May 13: voted every time
  • May 14: voted every time
  • May 15: voted every time
  • May 20: missed 6 of 11
  • May 21: voted every time
  • Jun 3: voted every time
  • Jun 4: voted every time
  • Jun 8: voted every time
  • Jun 9: voted every time
  • Jun 10: missed 4 of 4
  • Jun 11: missed 2 of 2
  • Jun 23: voted every time
  • Jun 24: voted every time
  • Jun 25: voted every time
  • Jun 29: missed 2 of 2
  • Jun 30: voted every time
  • Jul 13: voted every time
  • Jul 14: voted every time
  • Jul 15: voted every time
  • Jul 16: voted every time
  • Jul 20: voted every time
  • Jul 21: voted every time
  • Jul 22: voted every time
  • Jul 23: voted every time
  • Aug 31: missed 2 of 2
  • Sep 1: voted every time
  • Sep 2: voted every time
  • Sep 3: voted every time
  • Sep 14: voted every time
  • Sep 15: voted every time
  • Sep 16: voted every time
  • Nov 9: voted every time
  • Nov 10: voted every time
  • Nov 11: voted every time
  • Nov 12: voted every time

Voted every time Missed every vote

Reasons on record

What the member or their office said, with the source. Absences with no reason given are listed as such.

  1. No reason given 18 votes on 6 days

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Key votes missed

Passage votes, nominations and other votes that decided something.
DateVoteResultMargin
Aug 31, 2026 Local Access to Courts Act
S. 32 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 285
Passed 378–10
Aug 31, 2026 Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act
S. 307 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 284
Passed 376–8
Jun 29, 2026 TRIA Program Reauthorization Act
H.R. 7128 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 229
Passed 373–15
Jun 29, 2026 KIDS Act
H.R. 7757 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 228
Passed 267–117
Jun 11, 2026 Condemning actors seeking to defraud the U.S. Government, and expressing the sense of the House of Representat…
H.Res. 1335 · On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 222
Passed 235–177
Jun 11, 2026 To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Su…
H.R. 9238 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 221
Failed 198–218
Jun 10, 2026 Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act
H.R. 8464 · On Passage · roll call 220
Passed 218–200
Jun 10, 2026 Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act
H.R. 8312 · On Passage · roll call 218
Passed 240–181
Jun 10, 2026 No Aid for Ghost Students Act
H.R. 7892 · On Passage · roll call 217
Passed 249–172
May 20, 2026 Lulu’s Law
S. 1003 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 181
Passed 401–6
May 20, 2026 Fiscal Year 2025 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act
S. 2393 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 180
Passed 405–5
May 20, 2026 Community Bank Deposit Access Act
H.R. 5317 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 179
Passed 393–16
May 20, 2026 American Access to Banking Act
H.R. 4544 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 178
Passed 405–4
May 20, 2026 Keeping Deposits Local Act
H.R. 3234 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 177
Passed 405–0
Feb 2, 2026 Ernest Peltz Accrued Veterans Benefits Act
H.R. 3123 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · roll call 50
Passed 405–1

Missed 18 votes in all; only the key ones are listed here.

How that compares

This member
5.6%
House median
1.5%
Democrats in the House
1.2%
Tennessee delegation
3.7%

Data: the House Clerk and senate.gov, updated with every roll call. All members →

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