Barbara Lee

GOP Admits It Lacks Votes for Afghan War; House to Vote on Drone Strikes, Afghan Exit & Indefinite Detention

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: John Conyers, Barbara Lee, Pakistan, Dennis Kucinich, Ndaa, Drone Strikes, Jim McGovern, Indefinite Detention, Afghanistan War, Congress Drone Strikes, Congress Drones, Congress NDAA, Obama Drones, World News

On Wednesday night, the House GOP leadership effectively conceded that they no longer have the votes in the House to sustain the current war policy in Afghanistan.

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House Moots Afghan Exit, Iran War, Military Budget, and 'Signature' Drone Strikes

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Barbara Lee, John Conyers, Congress, National Defense Authorization Act, War With Iran, Dennis Kucinich, Walter Jones, Drone Strikes, Jim McGovern, Afghanistan War, Military Budget, National Defense Authorization Act 2012, Politics News

According to the way the House operates, the authorization bill is the most open opportunity to challenge current policy. When the House considers the appropriations bill, amendments can be offered to cut money for specific programs.

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Mother Knows Best

Barbara Lee | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Valerie Jarrett, Mother's Day, Mothers, Voting, Rep. Cathy McMorriss ROdgers, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Barbara Lee, Women in Office, Female Politicans, Women and Politics, Women News

Our research tells us women need to be asked between three and seven times to run for office. Men don't wait to be asked. So ladies, consider this your first ask.

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Barbara Lee Was Right! Amy Klobuchar Is Wrong!

Coleen Rowley | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Friends Committee on National Legislation, Iran, Minnesota, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Al Franken, Keith Ellison, Amy Klobuchar, Betty McCollum, Rep. Barbara Lee, Barbara Lee, Politics News

Barbara Lee turned out to be 100% right about the wrongful wars launched on Afghanistan and Iraq and she is certainly right again -- to try and stop an even more catastrophic and illegal preemptive war on Iran!

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Momma's Boys

Barbara Lee | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Michelle Obama, Birth Control, Parenting, Feminism, Women's Rights, Barbara Lee, Women's Health, Impact News

In the inspirational words of our First Lady: "We stand at a fundamental crossroads for our country."

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Barbara Lee Pushes to End U.S.-Iran Silent Treatment

Jamal Abdi | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Barbara Lee, No Contact Policy, Clinton, Prevent Iran From Acquiring Nuclear Weapons and Stop War Through Diplomacy Act, h.r. 4173, Obama, Congress, James Dobbins, World News

While the entire foreign policy establishment in Washington is running around in circles trying to figure out the magic solution to crack the U.S.-Iran riddle, the two governments aren't even allowed to talk to each other at the most basic levels.

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NOH8 On The Hill: 10 Members Of Congress Pose For Marriage Equality (PHOTOS)

Laurence Watts | Posted 04.23.2012

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AIDS Patient's Spit Deemed Deadly Weapon: Laws Target HIV-positive Suspects

AP | By DAVID CRARY | Posted 03.04.2012

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By DAVID CRARY/ The Associated Press NEW YORK -- A man in Texas is serving a 35-year prison sentence for spitting at a police officer – because h...

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It's Finally Over!

Rep. Barbara Lee | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Iraq War, President Obama, Iraq, Iraq Troop Withdrawals, Rep. Barbara Lee, Barbara Lee, Afghanistan War, Obama Iraq, World News

This holiday season, our nation can relish the return of our brave men and women in uniform from Iraq. One-hundred five months after the infamously n...

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House Reps Demand End To Crackdown On Pot Clinics

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Dana Rohrabacher, White House, California Marijuana Crackdown, Pete Stark, Lynn Woolsey, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Pot, Marijuana Legalization, Norml, Barbara Lee, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress are calling on the Obama administration to end the federal crackdown on marijuana dispensaries in California, citing...

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My Comments on Occupy Oakland

Rep. Barbara Lee | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Scott Olsen, Occupy Oakland, Barbara Lee, Oakland, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Oakland Police, Politics News

I shared my outrage and grave concern about the police brutality in Oakland directly with the Mayor. My thoughts go out to the injured and especially Scott Olsen.

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Huge Victory! Troops Coming Home from Iraq!

Rep. Barbara Lee | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Barbara Lee, End the War, Rep. Barbara Lee, War, Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq, Politics News

This is a huge victory for those of us who have been pushing for an end to the war in Iraq. I look forward to welcoming our brave men and women back...

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Ten Years Later: Is Anyone Paying Attention?

Rep. Barbara Lee | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Lost Decade, Peace, Rep. Barbara Lee, Decade of War, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Barbara Lee, Afghanistan War, Politics News

We must choose building bridges over bombers, deploying teachers at home over troops abroad, training doctors over drone pilots, and investing in our future rather than costly and useless military confrontation.

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Congressional Democrats' Advice for Obama's Jobs Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Barbara Lee, President Obama, Economy, Al Franken, John Sarbanes, Jobs, Bernie Sanders, Obama, Tax Credit, Kathy Hochul, Public Works, Mortgages, Infrastructure, Progressive Caucus, Unemployment, Mark Begich, Dennis Kucinich, Nancy Pelosi, Grijalva, Green Energy, Energy, Raul Grijalva, House, New Deal, Jobs Speech, Free Trade, Congress, Democrats, Barack Obama, Advice, Transportation, Education, Payroll Tax Holiday, Chris Weigant, Jerry Nadler, Obama Speech, Harry Reid, Job Creation, Senate, Politics News

The nation is waiting to hear what President Obama is going to say tomorrow night, when he gives an address to a joint session of Congress on the subj...

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UPDATES: Jesse Jackson, Maxine Waters Are 'Overseers of 21st Century Plantation'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 10.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Freshman Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) said Wednesday that he is "the modern day Harriet Tubman" leading people away from the plantation, whi...

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To Live Within Our Means, Let's Leave Iraq Like We Promised

Robert Naiman | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Deficit, Super Congress, Barbara Lee, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, World News

We have to live within our means. Everything is on the table in the budget debate. Therefore, instead of keeping U.S. troops in Iraq past December, we should pull them out like we promised. If not now, when?

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Lawmakers Urge Obama To Stick To Iraq Withdrawal Deadline

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 09.27.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As the United States and Iraq debate whether to keep American forces involved in the war beyond the end of the year, 93 members of Congr...

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Leave Iraq on Time: Don't Cut Social Security and Medicare to Pay for Iraq Occupation

Robert Naiman | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Walter Jones, Iraq War, Barbara Lee, Iraq Withdrawal, Medicare, Social Security, National Debt, Lee-Jones Letter Iraq, Spending Iraq, Obama Iraq Spending, Lee-Jones Letter to Obama, Lee-Jones Letter, Politics News

Seventy-seven Members of the House, led by Barbara Lee and Walter Jones, have a different idea: obey the December deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq that the U.S. has agreed with the Iraqi government.

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99ers and the Long-term Unemployed Are the Elephants in the Economic Recovery Room

Michael Thornton | Posted 07.15.2011

Read More: H.R. 589, 99ers, Unemployment Benefits, Politics News, Ways and Means, Barbara Lee, Unemployment, Bobby Scott, hr589, Dave Camp, Long-Term Unemployment, Unemployment Extension, Politics News

Job growth is important, but it's also important to realize the hole that needs to be filled. Since February 2010, 1.8 million jobs have been created, but 8.8 million jobs were lost prior to that period. That's a shortage of 7 million.

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Bill To Help Long-Term Jobless Overshadowed By Bill That Could Cut Benefits

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.09.2011

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WASHINGTON -- After some encouraging signs that Republicans might cooperate with them, the two House Democrats trying to give the long-term jobless ex...

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Mission Accomplished: Is It Finally Time To Leave Afghanistan?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.02.2011

This story has been updated. WASHINGTON -- Okay, can we finally withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan? That's the question many people are askin...

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WATCH: GOP Leaders Spare A Moment To Chat Unemployment

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- On the morning of an important and uncertain vote to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year, Republican leaders in the U.S....

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Act Now to End the War in Afghanistan

Dennis J. Kucinich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War in Afghanistan, Dennis Kucinich, Walter Jones, Pete Stark, Barbara Lee, Bob Filner, Ron Paul, Politics News

While Congress proposes slashing health care benefits, vital children's programs, and veterans' services -- all because we're "broke" -- it continues to fund a war that has cost us more than $455 billion.

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Lauren Hutton -- Still a Trailblazer

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barbara Boxer, Barbara Lee, Lifestyle, Style, Women in Advertising, Ageism, Gloria Steinem, Fashion, Airbrushing, Super Models, Lauren Hutton, Revlon, Style News

Here Lauren Hutton was again, in 2011, surrounded by pages of commercially flawless babes. Boldly and knowingly looking into the camera, she demands to be experienced on her own ground.

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Democratic National Committee Pressures Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Members of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) gave President Obama a rare push on Saturday, adopting a resolution attempting to enc...

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