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Five House Chairmen to Obama: We All Promised Global AIDS Funding ...

Matthew Kavanagh | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Obama Afghanistan, Henry Waxman, Barbara Lee, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Africa, Politics News
Matthew Kavanagh

It would seem to be in Obama's interest to make good on the US's global AIDS promises: save a lot of lives, and keep some key allies happy.

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Congresswoman Barbara Lee Wants an Exit Strategy out of Afghanistan

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Democrat, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Pakistan, President Obama, Obama Administration, Congress, Taliban, Jim McGovern, Osama Bin Laden, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, Iraq War, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Bush Administration, Congressman Jim McGovern, President Bush, Barbara Lee, Us Troops Afghanistan, Politics News
Kathleen Wells, J.D.

Congresswoman Barbara Lee gained international acclaim for being the only member in Congress who courageously voted against the authorization of the use of force following the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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How Obama Plans to Keep Funding a Senseless Afghanistan War

Howie Klein | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Paygo, Barbara Lee, Afghanistan War, Obama Afghanistan, Politics News
Howie Klein

Late yesterday Obama met with a gaggle of legislators to tell them he has no intention of ending the disastrous and pointless occupation of Afghanistan. It was a bit of bipartisan bonhomie: the blind leading the lame.

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House Progressives Introduce Bill To Bar Funding Of Afghan Troop Surge

The Hill | Michael O'Brien | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afghan War, House Bill u.s. Troops, Barbara Lee, u.s. Troops Afghanistan, Lee u.s. Troop Bill, Afghanistan, h.r. 3699, House Bill Troops Afghanistan, Barbara Lee Afghanistan, House Liberals Afghanistan, House Liberals Afghan War, Politics News

Nearly two dozen House liberals have signed onto a bill introduced this past week that would prohibit an increase of troops in Afghanistan. A bill in...

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Speak Your Truth, Even If Your Voice Shakes

Susan Sarandon | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Codepink, Congress, Barbara Lee, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Politics News
Susan Sarandon

This week, many of us took inspiration from Barbara Lee and used our own voices to speak out against our woefully misguided war in Afghanistan. As one woman, she spoke for many of us eight years ago.

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Black Caucus Members: It's Public Option Or Nothing

The Hill | Eric Zimmermann | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, Maxine Waters, Healthcare Reform, Congressional Black Caucus, Barbara Lee, President Obama, Politics News

Leading members of the Black Caucus are threatening to bring down healthcare reform if it does not include a strong public option. Rep. John Conyers...

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Congressional Black Caucus Pushes Obama To Back Strong Public Option

Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congressional Black Caucus, Health Care Reform, Obama, Health Reform, Health Care, Naacp, Barbara Lee, National Urban League, Politics News

Hours before President Obama's Wednesday night speech to a joint session of Congress on health care reform, leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus ...

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Jeff Muskus

NAACP Endorses Climate Change Legislation

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barbara Lee, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Congressional Black Caucus, National Wildlife Federation, Climate Change, Naacp, Politics News

Climate change advocates gained the support of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Tuesday, the first time the organizat...

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White Committee Chairmen Hire Fewer Black Aides: Congressional Survey

Congressional Quarterly | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Capitol Hill, Barbara Lee, House of Representatives, House Committee Chairmen, Stephanie Tubbs, African American, Congressional Black Caucus, Robert A. Brady, Howard Berman, Racial Inequality, Race, Congressional Aides, John Conyers, Politics News

Black aides are so scarce on some House committees that the Congressional Black Caucus surveyed the panels. Their conclusion: black staffers are most ...

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A "Penultimate Step" in the Fight to End the HIV Travel Ban

Steve Ralls | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Health and Human Services, Rachel Tiven, Andrew Sullivan, John Kerry, President Obama, HIV Travel Ban, Immigration Equality, Barbara Lee, Politics News
Steve Ralls

The Department of Health and Human Services has issued regulations that would end the United States' decades-old HIV travel and immigration ban.

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Glass Half Full: House Democratic Caucus Backs McGovern Afghanistan Exit Amendment

Tom Andrews | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

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Tom Andrews

For those concerned the U.S. is becoming mired in a military quagmire in Afghanistan there was good news and bad news on the House floor this afternoon.

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House to Vote on Afghanistan "Exit Strategy"

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Alcee Hastings, Jim McGovern, Afghanistan, Barbara Lee, Exit Strategy, Foreign Policy, Afghanistan War, World News
Robert Naiman

Military commanders have made statements indicating plans to remain in Afghanistan until 2020. If this is the Pentagon's "exit strategy," we have a right to know that and debate it.

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AfPak: Congress Clears Its Throat

Robert Naiman | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Pakistan Drone Attacks, US Airstrikes, Obama Administration, Jim McGovern, Barbara Lee, Afghanistan War, World News
Robert Naiman

Recent U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan may have killed civilians on a scale unprecedented in Afghanistan since 2001. It's long past time for Congress to speak up.

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Cost of War in Afghanistan: Over $172 Billion and Counting

ZP Heller | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

Read More: Barbara Lee, Maxine Waters, Brave New Foundation, Pakistan, Supplemental, Lynn Woolsey, Cost of Afghanistan War, Rethink Afghanistan, Barack Obama, World News
ZP Heller

When you factor in the projected costs of long-term military occupation, interest, and veterans' benefits, we're talking about a war that will cost close to $1 trillion.

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From the California State Democratic Convention in Sacramento

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barbara Lee, California Democratic State Convention, Proposition 1A, Howard Dean, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Senator Darrell Steinberg, President Barack Obama, Democratic Party, California Republicans, Stewart Milk, California Democrats, Republican Party, Harvey Milk, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

From the atmosphere over the weekend at the convention, one could get the impression that the Democratic Party's base is strong and the leadership of the State Legislature has made all the right moves.

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Policy Toward Cuba That Was Once Radical Is Now Logical -- My Interview With Rep. Barbara Lee

Byron Williams | Posted 05.13.2009 | World

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Byron Williams

Economic trade can do more to alter Cuban politics internally than anything achieved by staying the present course.

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Fidel Castro Meets With US Lawmakers

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

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HAVANA — Signaling its willingness to discuss improved relations with the U.S., Cuba on Tuesday granted three visiting members of the Congressio...

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Raul Castro Meets With 6 Visiting US Lawmakers

AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

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HAVANA — Signaling its willingness to discuss improved relations with the U.S., Cuba on Tuesday granted three visiting members of the Congressio...

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US Lawmakers In Cuba For Talks With Top Officials

Reuters | Esteban Israel | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics

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U.S. lawmakers met with Cuba's foreign minister and laid flowers at a Havana memorial to slain U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King on Saturday...

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Obama Reins in Wall Street Excess

Rep. Barbara Lee | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Barbara Lee

President Obama has taken an important step towards bringing fairness and a dose of reality to Wall Street. In this same vain, I will be re-introducing the Income Equity Act.

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Kucinich Leads Trend for Even Handed Foreign Policy

Michael Carmichael | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barbara Lee, Neil Abercrombie, Sam Farr, George MItchell, James McDermott, Ron Paul, Walter Jones, Fortney Stark, Keith Ellison, Todd Tiahrt, John Dingell, Frederick Boucher, William Delahunt, John Oliver, Henry Johnson, Dennis Kucinich, Brian Baird, Council for the National Interest, Robert Berry, Donna Edwards, Gwen Moore, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Paul Ronald, Nick Rahall, Raul Grijalva, Donald Payne, Lynn Woolsey, Earl Blumenauer, Loretta Sanchez, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Betty McCollum, John Shadegg, Samuel Graves, Victor Snyder, Barack Obama, James Moran, Carolyn Kilpatrick, Hilda Solis, Maurice Hinchey, Steve Kagan, Peter DeFazio, Kay Granger, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Maxine Waters, Diane Watson, Jeb Hensarling, Henry Brown, George Miller, Israel Gaza Operation, Elton Gallegly, Politics News
Michael Carmichael

According to astute observers -- there is a new trend in Congress in favor of a more even-handed approach to foreign policy. The bipartisan group, Co...

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Will Afghanistan be Obama's Tragic Folly?

Norman Solomon | Posted 01.08.2009 | World

Read More: Washington Journal, Barbara Lee, C-Span, USA Today, Pentagon, Vietnam, Wayne Morse, War Made Easy, Taliban, New York Times, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Obama Afghanistan, World News
Norman Solomon

Reminiscent of 1965, the tenet that we must send additional troops to Afghanistan is axiomatic in U.S. news media, on Capitol Hill and -- as far as can be discerned -- at the top of the incoming administration.

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A Victory For Progressive Change

Rep. Barbara Lee | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Rep. Barbara Lee

I look forward to working with the entire progressive community in the months to come as we turn our focus away from elections and toward governing so we can quickly get our nation back on track.

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Congress to HHS: End the HIV Ban, Once and For All

Steve Ralls | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Health, John Kerry, HIV Travel Ban, Immigration, Hhs, Immigration Equality, Barbara Lee, Michael Leavitt, Politics News
Steve Ralls

Earlier this year, Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Gordon Smith (R-OR), along with Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California, led a successful and histor...

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