Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee

Democrat  •  18th District, Texas  •  9th Term  •  Sworn In 1995
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06/01/12
Congress Touts Radio's Role as First Informers

Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Billy Long (R-MO), Carolyn McCarthy ... where the topic of enabling cell phones with radio chips is expected to be discussed. Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), who chairs the House Subcommittee ...

Source: Radio Online
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06/01/12
Underage drinking is gateway to drug use

Typically, they may initially steal alcohol from their own homes or their friends' homes. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, was one of the hosts for the congressional panel last month. She said, "One of the strongest messages I will take back to ...

Source: AZCentral.com
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06/01/12
Bill O'Reilly, Laura Ingraham Pimp Pro-Life Propaganda & Praise Lila Rose's "Journalism"

But he asserted that "it sends a message." (That we don't trust women?) He then played video of Dem. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee who, yesterday, was accused, by Fox Nation, of defending the killing of members of one sex. She said that "we're going ...

Source: News Hounds
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06/01/12
Mexican ambassador Sarukhan dismisses as ‘urban myth’ fears Mexico wants to destroy Second Amendment

Jackson Lee speaks Also at the forum, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, took a swipe at border-state governments such as Texas that she suggested had little interest in the southward flow of guns. “We need to hear each other,” she said.

Source: Houston Chronicle
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06/01/12
Gender-Based Abortions -- and Barbarism -- Alive and Well in the US

Sheila Jackson Lee is Democratic Congresswoman. Go, roll the tape. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) REP. SHEILA JACKSON LEE, D-TEXAS: We're going back to the days of coat hangers. That's what they want to do. They want to criminalize doctors because what that ...

Source: FOX News
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06/01/12
Gender-Based Abortions -- and Barbarism -- Alive and Well in the US

Sheila Jackson Lee is Democratic Congresswoman. Go, roll the tape. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) REP. SHEILA JACKSON LEE, D-TEXAS: We're going back to the days of coat hangers. That's what they want to do. They want to criminalize doctors because what that ...

Source: FOX News
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06/01/12
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Welcomes Houston Airport Systems Application for Expansion at Houston Hobby for International Gates

(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas (18th CD), issued the following news release: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Ranking Member on the Transportation Security Subcommittee ...

Source: TMCnet
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06/01/12
Mexican ambassador calls 2nd Amendment fears ‘gobbledygook'

...said. “It ought to be easy for us to understand how Mexico feels about this illicit gun trade.” Also at the forum, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, took a swipe at border-state governments such as Texas that she suggested had little interest in the

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06/01/12
Adam Shah: O'Reilly Attacks Rep. Lee For Correctly Noting That Abortion Bill Supporters' Goal Is To "Go Back To The Days Of Coat Hangers"

...certain abortions under the guise of preventing sex-selective abortions. In particular, O'Reilly singled out Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), mocking a clip of her saying, "We're going back to the days of coat hangers. That's what they want to do. They w

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05/31/12
O'Reilly Attacks Rep. Lee For Correctly Noting That Abortion Bill Supporters' Goal Is To "Go Back To The Days Of Coat Hangers"

In particular, O'Reilly singled out Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), mocking a clip of her saying, "We're going back to the days of coat hangers. That's what they want to do. They want to criminalize doctors because what that says is, how do you know that a

Source: Media Matters
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05/31/12
Sheila Jackson Lee Misspeaks, Seems To Out Undercover CIA Agent

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) appeared for a moment to have revealed the name of an undercover CIA agent on Thursday when she mistakenly conflated the man and his station chief, whose identity is not a secret. During a floor ...

Source: Huffington Post
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05/31/12
Fox Nation Says Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee "Defends Genderside" - Racist Comments Follow

"Genderside" is defined "the systematic killing of members of a specific sex." Since having been used as the title for a video, "Genderside: Sex Selection in America," produced by the radical anti-choice "sting" videographer, Lila Rose, it has ...

Source: News Hounds
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05/31/12
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee on Dragging Women out of Patient Rooms and Into the Streets

“I think the next act will be dragging women out of patient rooms into the streets and screaming over their bodies as they are dragged out of getting access to women’s health care. That’s what I feel like is occurring today with the ...

Source: RedState
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05/31/12
Federal Repeal of the Constitutional Right to Self Govern

Mar.3, 2011, Rep. Paul Broun introduced H.J. Res ... 866-425-6565 Congresswoman, Sheila Jackson Lee D-Texas 18th dist. http://jacksonlee.house.gov/Contact Washington contact: 202-225-3816 Fax. 202-225-3317  Congressman Larmar Smith, Chairman ...

Source: RedState
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05/31/12
Sheila Jackson Lee Defends Gendercide

That's what I feel like is occurring today with the legislation that is on the floor," Rep. Jackson Lee said on MSNBC.

Source: FOX News
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05/31/12
Programming notes

...College Poll Director Lee Miringoff, Nevada political reporter Jon Ralston, Obama Campaign Press Secy. Ben LaBolt, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Rep. Theodore Deutch (D-FL), and GOP Florida Party Chair Lenny Curry. *** Thursday’s “NOW with Alex Wa

Source: MSNBC
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05/31/12
Dem Rep: GOP Wants To ‘Go Back To The Days Of Coat Hangers’ With Abortion Bill

...Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) appeared on MSNBC with anchor Thomas Roberts on Thursday where she denounced House Republican efforts to pass a bill that would make it illegal for abortion providers to offer that service to women seeking gender-specific abort

Source: Mediaite.com
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05/31/12
HUFFPOST HILL - Sheila Jackson Lee Accidentally Robert Novaks

...we can finally add an "X" to a cell in that SJLRobertNovakSimilarties.xls file we created way back when. Elise Foley: "Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) appeared for a moment to have revealed the name of an undercover CIA agent on Thursday when she mist

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05/30/12
Mexican ambassador calls 2nd Amendment fears 'gobbledygook'

Jackson Lee speaks Also at the forum, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, took a swipe at border-state governments such as Texas that she suggested had little interest in the southward flow of guns. "We need to hear each other," she said. "We need states .

Source: Houston Chronicle
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05/30/12
Six lessons from Tuesday’s Texas primary

This doesn’t have to happen to veteran lawmakers. Houston Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee faced a perilous re-nomination battle two years ago and won with ease. Dallas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, 76, turned back a spirited challenge from two rivals on Tuesday.

Source: Houston Chronicle
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05/30/12
Houston Syrians call for Assad's removal

...a news conference outside the federal building in Houston. Photo: Brett Coomer / © 2012 Houston Chronicle U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee holds a photo of Syrian massacre... Houston's Syrian community is calling for the ouster of President Bashir Assad af

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05/29/12
#rsrh My personal recommendations for the TX Primaries.

...guy will vote opposite my opinions on just about everything. I’m even pretty sure that this guy despises Republicans. BUT SHEILA JACKSON-LEE IS AS DUMB AS A GOD-D*MNED STUMP. Yes, yes, I know: I’ve gotten great copy out of her, over the years. But I

Source: Moe Lane
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05/27/12
Video: May 27: Gibbs, Gillespie, Lugar, authors

...I-Conn., former Secret Service Director Ralph Basham, Sen. Tom Coburn R-Okla., Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas on the April 22nd edition of "Face the Nation." Stephanie Cutter and Eric Fehrnstrom also appeared. Panelist

Source: CBS News
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05/25/12
Congressman Green wants more done on Chad Holley case

Green and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee say they are working with State Representative Sylvester Turner to introduce legislation that would require counties to report the racial make-up of trial juries.

Source: MyFox Houston
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05/25/12
Lawmakers hoping to promote diverse juries

...part in the alleged beating of Chad Holley, who is black, during a 2010 arrest. Congressional Democrats Al Green and Sheila Jackson Lee said Friday at a Houston news conference they will work with state Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, on legislation t

Source: KTHV
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05/25/12
Lawmakers hoping to promote diverse juries

...his part in the alleged beating of Chad Holley, who is black, during a 2010 arrest. Congressional Democrats Al Green and Sheila Jackson Lee said Friday at a Houston news conference they will work with state Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, on legislati

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05/25/12
Lawmakers hoping to promote diverse juries

...part in the alleged beating of Chad Holley, who is black, during a 2010 arrest. Congressional Democrats Al Green and Sheila Jackson Lee said Friday at a Houston news conference they will work with state Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, on legislation t

Source: KLTV
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05/25/12
Lawmakers hoping to promote diverse juries

...part in the alleged beating of Chad Holley, who is black, during a 2010 arrest. Congressional Democrats Al Green and Sheila Jackson Lee said Friday at a Houston news conference they will work with state Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, on legislation t

Source: WFAA
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05/25/12
Lawmakers hoping to promote diverse juries

...his part in the alleged beating of Chad Holley, who is black, during a 2010 arrest. Congressional Democrats Al Green and Sheila Jackson Lee said Friday at a Houston news conference they will work with state Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, on legislati

Source: KHOU.com
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05/25/12
Lawmakers hoping to promote diverse juries

...his part in the alleged beating of Chad Holley, who is black, during a 2010 arrest. Congressional Democrats Al Green and Sheila Jackson Lee said Friday at a Houston news conference they will work with state Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, on legislati

Source: KHOU.com
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