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Congresswoman Barbara Lee & East Bay Leaders Stand Against Bigotry & Hate

Oakland, CA – Today, U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee, California State Senator Nancy Skinner, California Assemblyman Rob Bonta, California Assemblyman Tony Thurmond, Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson and Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin hosted a press conference to condemn hatred, b ...

Issues: Civil Rights

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Congresswoman Barbara Lee Hosts Immigrants’ Rights Forum

Oakland, CA – Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee hosted a forum to discuss the Trump Administration’s immigration policies and the direct impact these policies will have on the East Bay.  

“We have already witnessed President Trump’s enhanced deporta ...

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Congresswoman Barbara Lee: There is No Military Solution in Afghanistan

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Barbara Lee released the following statement in response to President Trump’s announced plan to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

“I am deeply troubled by President Trump’s failure to outline a comprehensive strategy to bring ...

Articles & Op-Eds

How Barbara Lee Became An Army of One

It’s a recent Wednesday afternoon, and Barbara Lee’s communications director is trying to find her. She’s scheduled to give a speech in nine minutes, and she hasn’t read it yet.

The anti-war congresswoman—from an ultraliberal congressional district that inclu ...

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Rep. Lee closer to goal of revising military-force resolution

For Rep. Barbara Lee, a loss can be just a stop on the road to victory.

A little more than a week ago, the Oakland Democrat’s amendment calling for repeal of the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, which allows presidents to wage war against terrorists without direct congr ...

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Ryan squashed war authorization repeal, congresswoman says

A proposal to end the 2001 authorization of the use of military force and any operations conducted under it was stripped from a House measure to fund the Pentagon in 2018.

The House Rules Committee stripped the provision from the bill late Tuesday. It had been sponsored by Rep. Barbara Le ...