Capitol Annex (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
A very interesting bit of gossip circulating around the Houston area this week made its way to our in-box: that a $200,000 “bounty” is offered to bring forward a write-in candidate to Sheila Jackson Lee in House District 18. Some of Jackson's constituents are reportedly upset with her over her continued support of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and want to make Jackson...
The Indypendent (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
Capitol Hill—In the final moments of an unofficial hearing held in a small chamber of the House of Representatives on May 15, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-Texas] asked members of the Iraq Veterans Against the War, who had just finished testifying about atrocities committed by the U.S. military in Iraq, if they would be willing to [...]
Housing Works AIDS Issues Update (Free subscription) | yesterday
AIDS denialists disinvited from Congressional hearing—but get indirect endorsement from Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Farber and Duesberg High-profile AIDS denialists Prof. Peter Duesberg and writer Celia Farber were disinvited at the last minute from testifying at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on laws to protect whistleblowers Wednesday as part of the NO FEAR Institute 's annual Whistleblowers...
NaiTazi.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
USA has the flair of meddling in our domestic affairs and has once more proved this notion correct. A US congressional panel by Sheila Jackson Lee, a congresswoman, was told on Wednesday the PPP was doing a good job in Pakistan while Nawaz Sharif needed to be watched. As a matter of fact, since the [...]
News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Sections of the U.S-Mexico border eventually could be secured by the same kind of high-tech virtual fence that's been deployed in Arizona, officials said.Two subcommittee chairmen within the House Homeland Security Committee -- Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, and Christopher Carney, D-Pa. -- made the comments after seeing the $20.6 million virtual fence near Sasabe, Ariz., the Houston...
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Washington, May 8 (ANI): The PPP was doing a good job in Pakistan, but former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was more of a problem and needed to be watched, said Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who chairs the Pakistan Caucus on Capitol Hill. We should applaud PPP. They are trying to work with Sharif but they [...]
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Damian Paletta reports on Congress. Before lawmakers even began debating legislation over the government's involvement in the housing turmoil, tempers flared and led to a shouting match on the floor of the House of Representatives. The fracas started after Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D., Texas), said lawmakers needed to move aggressively to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. We're [...]...
Indus Asia Online Journal (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
It is my pleasure. I’m glad that we were finally able to fo this. She would definitely like to welcome him when he comes to DC or Houston. Do you know when he is arriving? And do you have a number for his wife? The number I had was out of service. Thanks. *********************** Yohannes Tsehai Deputy Chief of Staff Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-1 2435 Rayburn House Office Building...
Balloon Juice (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
You will have to bear with me today- I only got two hours sleep last night because of insomnia, so I am a bit crankier than usual today. At any rate, Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) is still a blithering idiot. Looking dumb while appearing on the same show as Larry King is [...]
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
As the cash-strapped North Forest school district struggles to pay employees, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee made a public plea Monday that key leaders cooperate to improve the district and keep it from closing.
Iddybud Journal (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
US Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee spoke to the Mecklenburg County Democrats Convention last Saturday at East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, NC. (This photo and all photos by Jude Nagurney Camwell) Harry Taylor, candidate for U.S. Congress in NC District 9, is interviewed for WGIV radio by Donna Jenkins Dawson Note: It was announced at the convention that Mr. Taylor has been
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
With Houston Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee leading the way, House Democrats on Tuesday rebuked the Bush administration for focusing their anti-terrorism efforts on air transportation rather than urban mass transit, railroads, highways and pipelines.
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
Washington, Apr 16 (ANI): Co-chair of the Pakistan Caucus in the US Congress Sheila Jackson Lee has said that in future US financial aid to Pakistan should be linked to restoration of democracy, including the rehabilitation of the judicial system. She said this while addressing a meeting on Capitol Hill, held to highlight the judicial [...]
BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 04/14/2008
Rep. John Conyers of Michigan and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas will be keynoting our county convention. "jump in where you can and hang on" Briscoe Darling to Sheriff Andy
thevaneljounal.com | 04/11/2008
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) was booed over the weekend at a rally in her hometown. Rep. Jackson Lee is a Clinton supporter whose district overwhelmingly voted for Obama. This is a dilemma that many African American supporters of Clinton face throughout the country. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) has a challenger for the first time in years because his constituents felt that
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thevaneljounal.com | 04/11/2008
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) was booed over the weekend at a rally in her hometown. Rep. Jackson Lee is a Clinton supporter whose district overwhelmingly voted for Obama. This is a dilemma that many African American supporters of Clinton face throughout the country. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) has a challenger for the first time in years because his constituents felt that he did not change his...
