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NJ.com
March 5, 2018
So far, only two senators, both Democrats, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, have signed onto Booker's Marijuana Justice Act. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., has introduced similar legislation in the House, which has attracted 24 Democratic sponsors, including Rep. Donald Payne Jr.
Southern Poverty Law Center
March 4, 2018
Joining Jones at the Memorial were House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, several members of the Alabama congressional delegation and other dignitaries, including U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, whose grandsons Joshua and Jonah Lee laid the wreath for the ceremony. This year isÃÂ ...
Black Star News
February 19, 2018
Shared Interest, a leading New York-based non-profit social investment fund, will honor the incoming Amnesty International Secretary General Kumi Naidoo with the Champion Award for People and Planet and Congresswoman Barbara Lee, member of the U.S. House of Representatives and DemocraticÃÂ ...
RealClearPolitics
February 15, 2018
REP. BARBARA LEE (D-CA): And, secondly, I want to ask you about this military parade that the president's proposing -- you know, the parade that is very similar to those held in authoritarian countries, like in North Korea. How much is that parade going to cost? And where is that money coming from?
Afro American
February 14, 2018
Rep. Barbara Lee, the senior CBC member on the House Budget Committee, dismissed the president's proposed budget. (Courtesy photo) ... However, as has been the case for decades, the president's budget has been “dead on arrival” when it reaches the U.S. House of Representatives, which is the bodyÃÂ ...
Cheddar
February 8, 2018
California Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D) CA discusses the record number of interest of women possibly seeking campaigns for Congress this year. Lee's advice to women is that if they're thinking about it, don't think too long, because there are issues that need to be solved in this country. She also talks the difficultiesÃÂ ...
India West
February 7, 2018
U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee Jan. 13 honored U.C. Berkeley doctoral students Vetri Velan and Kathy Shield for their efforts to halt a Republican tax proposal that would have forced graduate ... “My original motivation for this was to post it on Facebook or social and get a few people to call their representatives.”.
San Francisco Chronicle
December 31, 1999
It's not like Republicans are trying to unseat Democrats like Oakland's Barbara Lee or San Francisco's Nancy Pelosi, long-term incumbents in districts so ... Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Palm Desert (Riverside County), won his 36th Congressional District seat in 2012 by beating GOP incumbent Mary Bono. While heÃÂ ...
CNET
January 18, 2018
People outside tech have noticed the disparity. In October, Reps. Barbara Lee from California and G.K. Butterfield from North Carolina— members of the Congressional Black Caucus— visited Silicon Valley to meet with companies like Facebook and Twitter about increasing representation all the way up toÃÂ ...
mg Cannabis Retailer
January 18, 2018
The new legislation has been introduced by Reps. Barbara Lee and Ro Khanna, both California Democrats. Overall, there are 12 co-sponsors of the bill with all of them being Democrats. The proposed legislation is a companion bill to Sen. Cory Booker's (D-NJ) bill by the same name introduced in theÃÂ ...
Alaskajournal.com
January 17, 2018
Rep. Don Young teamed up with California Democrat Rep. Barbara Lee on Jan. 11 to introduce one of the first measures of the year meant to protect states' ... Young, now the “Dean” of the House of Representatives as the longest serving congressman, has co-sponsored about seven bills since 2015 thatÃÂ ...
The Cannabist
January 17, 2018
The House version has 12 co-sponsors, including Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and marks the first time that companion legislation has been introduced in both chambers of Congress to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act, according to Lee. But the Democratic congresswoman from OaklandÃÂ ...
MassLive.com
January 16, 2018
U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-California, filed a bill in the House with four co-sponsors that would stop the Department of Justice from prosecuting anyone who is complying with state law on marijuana. Another 69 members of Congress have proposed an amendment to a spending bill that would stop theÃÂ ...
Leafly
December 31, 1999
Dubbed the Restraining Excessive Federal Enforcement & Regulations of Cannabis (REFER) Act of 2018, the new legislation was introduced by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) and reported Friday by Tom Angell of Marijuana Moment, who obtained a full copy of the bill (below) and connected with one of itsÃÂ ...
KQED
December 31, 1999
President Trump's vulgar comments, disparaging African nations as “shithole countries,” is just the latest proof that the White House espouses racist attitudes and ideologies, according to East Bay congresswoman Barbara Lee. “This is a pattern, and this is very common with this president,” Lee said in anÃÂ ...
CNN
December 8, 2017
READ: Rep. Trent Franks statement on leaving Congress. Franks, an eight-term congressman, is the first Republican to announce his resignation since the nationwide reckoning over sexual harassment and assault began this fall. On Thursday evening, a group of conservative House Republicans gatheredÃÂ ...
Lasentinel
December 7, 2017
This bill has been cosponsored by a bipartisan coalition of 40 Members of Congress (Reps. Eliot Engel (NY), Ted Poe (TX), Barbara Lee (CA), Cedric Richmond (LA), Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX), John Lewis (GA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia), Sanford Bishop Jr.
KTVU San Francisco
December 2, 2017
OAKLAND, Calif. (BCN) - Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, issued a statement to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Ghost Ship Fire that took the lives of 36 people in Oakland last year. "My thoughts and prayers remain with the survivors and the families of victims who are still healing from thisÃÂ ...
In These Times
November 20, 2017
Congressional negotiations over the Pentagon's annual budget are usually a staid affair, with much of the focus on lawmakers' favored pork projects. But on June 29, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) won nearly unanimous support on the appropriations committee for her measure to sunset the post-9/11ÃÂ ...
The Hill (blog)
November 13, 2017
The House adopted a measure on Monday to call for a political solution to the conflict in Yemen as a compromise to a bipartisan group of lawmakers who had sought a vote on a measure to stop the U.S. military's participation. The resolution, which passed 366-30 with one lawmaker, Rep. Hank JohnsonÃÂ ...
SFGate
November 10, 2017
Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, and a number of tax-plan opponents, called the GOP proposal “a gift to corporate America” at the expense of middle-class working people. ... While voters in those GOP congressional districts might not have liked Trump much, they didn't dislike their local representatives, he added,ÃÂ ...
Common Dreams
December 31, 1999
In a Monday afternoon tweet, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) said, "Just so we're clear, Senator Grassley, here's what my constituents are spending 'every darn penny' on: Rent. Groceries. Prescriptions. College tuition. You just made their lives harder in order to give billionaires massive tax breaks."ÃÂ ...
East Bay Times
December 31, 1999
U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee: Staff from Congresswoman Barbara Lee's office will hold satellite office hours. 3 to 5 p.m.Dec. 14. Alameda Free Library, 1550 Oak St. Free. 510-747-7777, alamedaca.gov. Shelter Volunteer Class: Take the first step in becoming a volunteer at Friends of the Alameda Animal ShelterÃÂ ...
East Bay Times
October 2, 2017
... Alliance (East Bay EDA), under the advisement of Reps. Barbara Lee, Eric Swalwell and Mark DeSalunier, authored the “Innovation 2.0 ... Representatives from companies, colleges and schools will share information onÃÂ ...
Washington Examiner
September 27, 2017
In the invitation, Pelosi along with Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., congratulated the team for winning the 2017 NBA Championship and said theÃÂ ...
The State Journal-Register
September 26, 2017
Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., called his address “bombastic.” Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., said it represented an “abdication of values.“This is all the standard liberalÃÂ ...
NBCNews.com
September 24, 2017
Many of the elected officials here would not discuss prospective candidates in depth on the record. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., who worked onÃÂ ...
Politico
September 18, 2017
Pelosi and fellow Democratic California Reps. Barbara Lee and Jared Huffman were scheduled to speak about the legislation, which wouldÃÂ ...
Daily Californian
September 18, 2017
The event featured Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, and Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, as well as Berkeley City Councilmembers KrissÃÂ ...
Daily Press
September 17, 2017
... get colleagues in the Senate and House of Representatives to focus on the constitutional requirement ... Taylor stepped up earlier this year when Rep. Barbara Lee, a liberal Democrat from California, tried to force the HouseÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
September 11, 2017
Rep. Duncan Hunter's chief of staff stepped down amid the FBI ... into the congressman's campaign funds. -- Rep. Barbara Lee proposedÃÂ ...
PJ Media
September 10, 2017
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) speaks during an event to commemorate Women's Equality Day on Aug. 22, 2017, in San Francisco.
The Hill
September 8, 2017
... and recognition in late June when Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) successfully had her amendment inserted into the House Appropriations bill.
Daily Californian
September 8, 2017
Amidst a renewed surge of debate over Confederate monuments, Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, introduced a new bill in Congress on Thursday that ... Lee, who serves the East Bay as the representative from California's 13thÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
September 7, 2017
On the heels of a clash between white supremacists and counter-protesters in Virginia last month, Rep. Barbara Lee wants statues ofÃÂ ...
NBC 7 San Diego
September 5, 2017
Congressional representative for San Diego, U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R - 50th ... heartless.," U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee (D- 13th District) tweeted.
SFGate
September 4, 2017
As union members march in Oakland, San Jose and other Bay Area locations today for a $15 national minimum hourly wage, Rep. Barbara LeeÃÂ ...
The Hill
August 28, 2017
Boothe called out House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who represents a district close to Berkeley, and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)ÃÂ ...
San Francisco Bay View
August 28, 2017
... the San Francisco Chronicle reported, “Sixteen years ago, Rep. Barbara Lee was the sole member of Congress to vote against authorizingÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
August 25, 2017
President Donald Trump nominated Trujillo to the role of representative to the UN ... Christopher Smith of New Jersey and Barbara Lee of California, and ... have already filed to run for the GOP-leaning district: former U.S. Rep.
Washington Examiner
August 10, 2017
ATLANTA -- In her keynote address to the opening plenary of Netroots Nation, an annual gathering of progressives, Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif.,ÃÂ ...
People's World
August 9, 2017
OAKLAND, Calif. — Hundreds of U.S. Representative Barbara Lee's constituents gathered in East Oakland Aug. 2 for a town hall meeting sheÃÂ ...
Slate Magazine
August 7, 2017
Rep. Barbara Lee speaks in 2002 in Oakland, California. ... leaders; reporters on Capitol Hill; and the amendment's sponsor, Rep. Barbara LeeÃÂ ...
POLITICO Magazine
July 30, 2017
Some, like Representative Scott Taylor of Virginia, say that after three presidents and 16 years of constant war, they had simply reached aÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
December 31, 1999
The brand new Merriam-Webster dictionary definition of "woke" includes a a quote from Rep. Barbara Lee as the example of how to use theÃÂ ...
Food and Water Watch
December 31, 1999
The bill is co-sponsored by Representatives Nanette Barragan (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), KeithÃÂ ...
Common Dreams
December 31, 1999
"Any lasting peace in Afghanistan must be secured through diplomacy," said Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) last week. (Photo: Domenico/Flickr/cc).
San Francisco Chronicle
December 31, 1999
Congresswoman Barbara Lee, center, during a press conference with Oakland ... comments from several Republicans, including Oklahoma Rep. ... on this, because the American people deserve their representatives to stopÃÂ ...
The Carolinian
March 23, 2017
As Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) said at a rally on Wednesday, it is "in resistance to President Trump's assault on our communities of color and women of color".
Mintpress News (blog)
March 23, 2017
Barbara Lee (D - CA) and Walter Jones (R - NC) are pushing a bill aimed at forcing Congress to debate US involvement in Syria, and to repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force .
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