Sheila Jackson Lee

Fans of House Health Option Cite Rights, Hopes, But Risk Big Defeat

Andrew Kreig | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Conyers, Sheila Jackson Lee, Public Option, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Single Payer, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Harry Reid, Politics News
Andrew Kreig

Despite favorable national poll numbers, the public option faces a potentially fatal counter-attack during the weeks ahead because of lack of follow-up by its proponents.

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Will An Oct. 27 Hill Hearing Make History For Your Health Rights?

Andrew Kreig | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, John Conyers, Single Payer, Public Option, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Walter Fauntroy, Health Care, Politics News
Andrew Kreig

To energize public support for robust health care reform, a civil rights icon and two House leaders are planning a hearing and rally to duplicate the reform achievements of the 1960s.

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Rick Sanchez Battles Rep. Jackson-Lee Over Cell Phone Call (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas) went on CNN with Rick Sanchez to explain why she was talking on her cell phone during a town hall meeting. It turned...

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Support John Conyers' Truth Commission

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Are you frustrated by all the "we need to look forward, not backward" language from Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders? Well, now you can do something about it.

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Clinton Assembles Troops For Lone Star Showdown

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Bill Clinton, Sheila Jackson Lee, Hillary Clinton, Texas Primary, Home News
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"Bill Clinton has certainly got his problems, but that's no reason not to vote for the senator," Sheila Jackson Lee says to the young woman expressing...

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Racial Tensions Roil Democratic Party

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sheila Jackson Lee, Democratic Primary, New Hampshire Primary, Hillary Clinton Martin Luther King, Jesse Jackson Jr, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama Martin Luther King, Race Relations, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Race 2008, Barack Obama Race, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News

A series of comments from Senator Hillary Clinton, her husband, and her supporters are spurring a racial backlash and adding a divisive edge to the pr...

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