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Blue Dog Rep Jim Cooper Gets Progressive Primary Challenger

The Nashville Democrat, chair of the House subcommittee overseeing nuclear weapons programs, received max contributions last cycle from the PACs of several top defense contractors.

Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), left, checks out new voting equipment in Nashville on June 7, 2019.

Each month, Sludge gives special recognition to a public official who has recently received an award from a lobbying group.

Jim Cooper, the ten-term Democratic representative from Tennessee, was named a Fiscal Hero in August by corporate front group The Campaign to Fix The Debt. Congratulations, Rep. Cooper!

Full post at The Brick House Cooperative.

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