Rep. Barbara Lee
- What the civil war in Syria has exposed is that the massive political and s...
- The Pentagon will ask Congress to approve about $79.5 billion for combat op...
- One of California’s great mysteries is the state’s governor, Jerry Brow...
- After years of mismanagement, the Tribune Company newspapers -- including t...
- Pentagon officials today claimed President Obama and future presidents have...
- They fanned out across the country from Los Angeles to Phoenix, Chicago, so...
- Under George W. Bush, it went after the NAACP, Greenpeace and even a libera...
- Here's who is buying America's democracy The spark that ignited tea party...
- The money swamp created by Citizens United: Dark Money, corporate shell gam...
- Since 2000 more than 50,000 manufacturing facilities in the U.S. have close...
- The Associated Press says the U.S. Department of Justice has secretly obtai...
- More Than 175 Members of Congress to be urged to Support Legislation ...
- The student loan burden is reaching crisis proportions. Young Americans are...
- A deeply flawed conventional wisdom is developing that despite warnings fro...
- A three-day boycott of the network protested a lack of coverage of the atta...
- The weak economy has caused people to postpone consumption of health care s...
- My mother went into paid work soon after my father’s clothing store was f...
- Calls for a war with Syria mounted yesterday, despite mass popular oppo...
- Hide & seek can be a fun game for kids, but when huge corporations play...
- The American Civil Liberties Union has obtained documents revealing that th...
- You see them in stores across our country and around the world: colorful an...
- Russia and the US have agreed to work towards convening an international co...
- You never know how popular you are, how smart you are, and how funny your j...
- ust after 6 pm, we learned that the jury had reached a verdict. All three...
- When their boss tried to fire them, the workers of Republic Windows and Doo...
Rep. Barbara Lee (39)
Congresswoman Barbara Lee on Opposition to Chained CPI
Written by Rep. Barbara Lee | Press Release
Washington, D.C.— Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee released the following statement regarding the President’s inclusion of chained CPI in his 2014 budget proposal. The chained CPI is a cost index which helps to calculate the cost of living adjustments for benefit levels.
Congresswoman Lee Marks 10th Anniversary of Iraq War on House Floor
Written by Rep. Barbara Lee | Press Release
Washington, D.C.— Today, on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War, Congresswoman Barbara Lee delivered the following statement on the House floor:
Rep Lee Battles Against Ryan Budget - Joins in Unveiling Progressive Alternative to Republican Budget
Written by Rep. Barbara Lee | Press Release
Washington, D.C.— During a day-long mark up of the Ryan bill, as a member of the Budget Committee, Congresswoman Lee offered an amendment to eliminate the Overseas and Contingency Operations (OCO) account in order to provide transparency and accountability to war spending and to bring it back into the base Pentagon budget.
House Democrats demand Obama release ‘full legal basis’ for drone strikes
Written by Eric W Dolan | The Raw Story
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) is leading a small group of House Democrats in calling on President Barack Obama to release information regarding the Administration’s use of drone strikes.
Lee Statement on FY2013 Continuing Resolution, Defense and Military Construction/VA Appropriations Bill
Written by Rep. Barbara Lee | Press Release
Washington, D.C.— Today, Congresswoman Lee released the following statement regarding the FY2013 Continuing Resolution, Defense and Military Construction/VA Appropriations Bills:
“As a member of both the Appropriations and Budget Committee, I rise in strong opposition to this Continuing Resolution.
Sequester threatens American dream
Written by Rep. Barbara Lee | Politico
This week, all eyes are on Congress. Sequester is looming, and these indiscriminate cuts would not only hurt the poor first, but hurt them the most. Nearly 50 million of our neighbors — almost 16 million of them children — live in poverty; in the richest nation in the world, this is deplorable, unconscionable, but above all, solvable.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Praises Passage of Reauthorization of Violence Against Women Act
Written by Rep. Barbara Lee | Press Release
Washington, D.C.— In reaction to the passage of a bi-partisan reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, Congresswoman Barbara Lee issued the following statement:
Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Whip Steny Hoyer Announce New Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity
Written by Rep. Barbara Lee | Press Release
Washington, D.C.— Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee joined Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer to launch the new Democratic Whip’s Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Warns of Devastating Impact of Across the Board Spending Cuts
Written by Rep. Barbara Lee | Press Release
Washington, D.C.— Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) highlighted a new report by the House Committee on Appropriations detailing the impact of the sequester, the broad, across the board cuts that would go into effect on March 1st if Congress does not act.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Introduces Bill to Create Department of Peacebuilding
Written by Congresswoman Barbara Lee | Press Release
Washington, D.C.—Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee introduced H.R. 808, the “Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2013” to create a cabinet-level Secretary and Department of Peacebuilding. The term “peacebuilding” refers both to activities that target the root causes of violence as well as the broad measures used to prevent violent conflict and create sustainable peace.
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Jim McGovern's Constitutional Amendments To Repeal Citizens United Gain Steam On Reddit (VIDEO)
Written on Friday, 01 February 2013 20:05 Read more...
Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Jim McGovern last Tuesday proposed two Constitutional amendments on the House floor that would overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which lifted limits on political spending and unleashed a flood of funding into political organizations starting in 2010.
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U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern Introduces Two Constitutional Amendments To Overturn Citizens United
Written on Tuesday, 22 January 2013 20:31 Read more...
U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) today introduced two Constitutional amendments to overturn the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United case, which unleashed a flood of corporate and special interest money into the American political system.
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'We the People’ Can Overturn Citizens United
Written on Saturday, 21 January 2012 18:29 Read more...
THE FIRST three words of the preamble of our Constitution are “We the People.’’ Two years ago today the US Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission upended that promising vision. Corporations — which do not have mouths, minds, or consciences — won a “free speech’’ right to spend unlimited money to influence elections.
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U.S. Rep. James McGovern Looks Ahead to New Term that Includes Western Mass
Written on Wednesday, 04 January 2012 14:39 Read more...
U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern said he will never forget a tip he received from an old boss about the way things work on Capitol Hill.