Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX)

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US Lawmakers Monitor Iran Situation

In the House of Representatives, Texas Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee suggested that the election result did not reflect the will of Iran's people. "Let us raise our voices. The United Nations should raise its voice. No, we are not trying to select the next president of Iran. We are only asking that the people select the next president of Iran. Shame on Iran's election process," she said.

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From OpenCongress:

Performance Rights Act
To provide parity in radio performance rights under title 17, United States Code, and for other purposes.

Sponsor
Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]

...and 19 Co-Sponsors
Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]
Rep. Marsha Blackburn [R, TN-7]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9]
Rep. Jane Harman [D, CA-36]
Rep. Paul Hodes [D, NH-2]
Rep. Darrell Issa [R, CA-49]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D, NY-8]
Rep. Collin Peterson [D, MN-7]
Rep. Linda Sánchez [D, CA-39]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29]
Rep. John Shadegg [R, AZ-3]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D, CA-27]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D, FL-20]
Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30]
Rep. Anthony Weiner [D, NY-9]
Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19]

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NYT

Yes Votes (244)

Tim Holden D PA-17
Rush Holt D NJ-12
Michael Honda D CA-15
Steny Hoyer D MD-5
Jay Inslee D WA-1
Steve Israel D NY-2
Jesse Jackson Jr. D IL-2
Sheila Jackson-Lee D TX-18
Henry Johnson D GA-4
Eddie Johnson D TX-30
Steve Kagen D WI-8
Marcy Kaptur D OH-9
Patrick Kennedy D RI-1
Dale Kildee D MI-5
Carolyn Kilpatrick D MI-13
Mary Jo Kilroy D OH-15
Ronald Kind D WI-3
Ann Kirkpatrick D AZ-1
Larry Kissell D NC-8
Ron Klein D FL-22
Suzanne Kosmas D FL-24
Dennis Kucinich D OH-10
 

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She co-sponsored the United States National Health Insurance Act:

H.R. 676: United States National Health Insurance Act (or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act)

Cosponsors
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]

This has been described as a single-payer system.

The United States National Health Insurance Act (HR676) establishes a new American national health insurance program by creating a single payer health care system. The bill would create a publicly financed, privately delivered health care program that uses the already existing Medicare program by expanding and improving it to all U.S. residents, and all residents living in U.S. territories. The goal of the legislation is to ensure that all Americans, guaranteed by law, will have access to the highest quality and cost effective health care services regardless of one’s employment, income, or health care status.

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H.R. 1200: American Health Security Act of 2007
To provide for health care for every American and to control the cost and enhance the quality of the health care system.
 

2/27/2007--Introduced.
American Health Security Act of 2007 - Establishes the State-Based American Health Security Program to provide every U.S. resident who is a U.S. citizen, national, or lawful resident alien with health care services. Requires each participating state to establish a state health security program. 

Cosponsors [as of 2008-08-30]

Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]
Rep. William Delahunt [D-MA]
Rep. Norman Dicks [D-WA]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez [D-IL]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. John Olver [D-MA]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]

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A letter from members of Congress in 2005 urged OTC access to Plan B without age restriction (but urging age 16 as an alternative):

We would like to voice our support for Barr Laboratories' application to make the emergency contraceptive pill Plan B available over-the-counter (OTC) to women ages 16 and older. We recognize access to emergency contraception (EC) as having a critical role in the goal to prevent unintended pregnancies and reduce the need for abortion in the United States.

While we support unrestricted access to EC for all women, we believe that making Plan B available OTC to women 16 and older is a significant step in the right direction. Already, several states recognize the importance of timely access to Plan B by allowing pharmacists to directly dispense the contraceptive to women.

SHEILA JACKSON-LEE

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From Jackson's Website:

Congresswoman Jackson Lee believes that Afghanistan is the first front in the war on global terrorism, and she is concerned that we have allowed the war in Iraq to distract us from the ongoing instability in Afghanistan. She co-chairs the U.S.-Afghanistan caucus, and she has recently visited the country, where she was particularly moved by the conditions faced by women and children. Congresswoman Jackson Lee recently successfully amended the Afghanistan Freedom and Security Support Act of 2007, which recently passed the House, to encourage funding for efforts to protect Afghanistan’s female

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H.R. 2237: To provide for the redeployment of United States Armed Forces and defense contractors from Iraq

Requires the Secretary of Defense: (1) within 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to commence the redeployment of units and members of the Armed Forces (U.S. forces) deployed in Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom and defense contractors operating in Iraq and funded using amounts appropriated to the Department of Defense (DOD); and (2) to complete such redeployment within 180 days after its commencement. 

Roll Call Votes: 110th Congress: House Vote #330 (May 10, 2007) 

Aye WA-1 Inslee, Jay [D]
Aye NY-2 Israel, Steve [D]
Aye IL-2 Jackson, Jesse [D]
Aye TX-18 Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D]
Aye LA-2 Jefferson, William [D]
Aye TX-30 Johnson, Eddie [D]
Aye GA-4 Johnson, Henry [D]
Aye OH-11 Jones, Stephanie [D]

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The bill would allow for the adjustment of home mortgages in Chapter 13 proceedings.

H.R. 3609: Emergency Home Ownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act of 2007

To amend title 11 of the United States Code with respect to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences, and for other purposes.

Cosponsors [as of 2008-01-27]
Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]
Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Del. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]
Rep. George Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Steven Chabot [R-OH]
Del. Donna Christensen [D-VI]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Artur Davis [D-AL]
Rep. William Delahunt [D-MA]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]
Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez [D-IL]
Rep. Phil Hare [D-IL]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Stephanie Jones [D-OH]
Rep. Ronald Kind [D-WI]

. . .

H.R. 3609 would authorize bankruptcy courts to modify the terms of certain nontraditional and subprime home mortgages during Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceedings.

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From Real Time with Bill Maher:

I want to call a military success. I want to thank the soldiers for the job they've done. They completed their mission, and I want them to come home with ribbons and banners and I want to celebrate. We're not cutting and running. We're acknowledging that the soldiers did their job, the military job. You know, the basic job. They went into Iraq. They got rid of Saddam Hussein, and he went off in the sunset. But, the point is, is that they did their jobs and the political folk have got to find a resolution. The Iraqis got to find a solution. The leadership of Iraq has to find a solution. But the soldiers need to come home. – Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee

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From DemocracyinAmericas.org:

For five decades, U.S. policy has tried economic sanctions and diplomatic isolation to force changes in Cuba’s government. These developments demonstrate that the policy has not worked. Allies and adversaries alike have rejected our approach and instead engage the Cuban government directly on diplomatic issues and make billions of dollars in economic investments on the island, making it even less likely that our sanctions will ever achieve their stated purpose.

Rosa L. DeLauro (CT)

Michael F. Doyle (PA)

Keith Ellison (MN)

Rahm Emanuel (IL)

Bob Etheridge (NC)

Sam Farr (CA)

Bob Filner (CA)

Chaka Fattah (PA)

Bart Gordon (TN)

Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ)

Luis Gutierrez (IL)

Jane Harman (CA)

Maurice D. Hinchey (NY)

Michael Honda (CA)

Steve Israel (NY)

Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (IL)

Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX)

John Lewis (GA)

David Loebsack (IA)

Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX)

Timothy V. Johnson (IL)

Marcy Kaptur (OH)

Dale Kildee (MI)

Carolyn C. Kilpatrick (MI)

Ron Kind (WI)

Dennis Kucinich (OH)

Ray LaHood (IL)

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H.R. 3697 [109th]:

Hurricane Katrina Bankruptcy Relief and Community Protection Act of 2005

 

To amend title 11 of the United States Code to provide relief with respect to disaster-related debts incurred by victims of Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters.

 

Cosponsors [as of 2007-01-07]

. . .

Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. William Delahunt [D-MA]
Rep. Rahm Emanuel [D-IL]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]
Rep. Harold Ford [D-TN]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez [D-IL]
Rep. Jane Harman [D-CA]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]
Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]

. . .

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This letter to President Bush was signed by 29 House members:

We are writing to inform you that we will not support legislation reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that grants retroactive legal immunity to telecommunications companies that cooperated with your Administration’s wiretapping program in violation of the Constitution and applicable federal law.

 

. . .We cannot be asked to immunize these actions before we know the full extent of what occurred. Retroactive immunity sets a dangerous precedent by placing companies that are legally required to respond only to legitimate government requests for assistance based on the issuance of valid legal instruments above the law.

 

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT); Lynn Woolsey (D-CA); Barbara Lee (D-CA); Rosa DeLauro (D-CT); Raúl Grijalva; Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX); Hank Johnson (D-GA); Jan Schakowsky (D-IL); Peter DeFazio (D-OR); Bob Filner (D-CA); Peter Welch (D-VT); Dennis Kucinich (D-OH); Linda Sánchez (D-CA); Fortney Pete Stark (D-CA); James McGovern (D-MA); Jesse Jackson, Jr.(D-IL); Jim McDermott (D-WA); Betty McCollum (D-MN); Maurice Hinchey (D-NY); Donald Payne (D-NJ); Luis Gutierrez (D-IL); Keith Ellison (D-MN); Danny Davis (D-IL); Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC); Phil Hare (D-OH); Barney Frank (D-MA); Melvin Watt (D-NC); Neil Abercrombie (D-HI).

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It may have been as a protest against the war. But we are at war, and they did co-sponsor the bill to reinstate the draft, so I guess we ought to take them at their word.

H.R.163

Title: To provide for the common defense by requiring that all young persons in the United States, including women, perform a period of military service or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security, and for other purposes.

 

COSPONSORS:

Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 1/7/2003
Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] - 1/28/2003
Rep Christensen, Donna M. [VI] - 5/19/2004
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 1/28/2003
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 1/7/2003
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 1/28/2003
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 1/28/2003
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 7/21/2004
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 1/28/2003
Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 1/7/2003
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 1/7/2003
Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 1/28/2003
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 1/7/2003
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. [NY-12] - 1/28/2003