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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Shiela Jackson Lee (D-Texas) said members of the House of Representatives would have to start "flooding" the Senate in order to get gun control measures passed.

September 28, 2016 Sept. 28, 2016: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee speaks at a House Judiciary Committee hearing. (CSPAN) Wearing a candidate's campaign pin is hardly out of the ordinary this election season. But doing it while conducting congressional oversight at a hearing where that candidate's conduct is front-and-center -- that's another matter. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, raised eyebrows Wednesday when she showed up wearing a gold Hillary Clinton campaign pin to a House Judiciary Committee hearing dealing with the FBI probe regarding Clinton’s private email server. The committee heard testimony from FBI Director James Comey on the agency’s decision...

Just two weeks after Janet Napolitano announced her resignation as Secretary of Homeland Security, the Congressional Black Caucus has suggested Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston fill her spot. Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/29/cbc-recommends-sheila-jackson-lee-homeland-securit/#ixzz2aaJUgZSD Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter

Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D., Texas) claimed that the United States had a $5.6 trillion surplus at the end of the Clinton administration Tuesday.

Anita MonCrief, infamous ACORN whistleblower, will go on Sean Hannity's radio show this afternoon in the 3 -4 pm (eastern) time slot to discuss the founding of America's first black Tea Party. Named after the first person to die in the Revolutionary War, the Crispus Attucks Tea Party was founded Tuesay, January 18th, 2011, at "This Is It" soul food restaurant in the heart of Houston, Texas' 3rd district. (Read the interesting original court documents about the "Boston Massacre," including a dramatic description of Attucks' slaying, here.) The 3rd district is Represented by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, and was the...

WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shut the door Thursday to a resolution honoring Michael Jackson because debate on the symbolic measure could raise "contrary views" about the pop star's life. Lawmakers are free to use House speeches "to express their sympathy or their praise any time that they wish," said Pelosi, D-Calif. "I don't think it's necessary for us to have a resolution."

House Committee Political Crisis in Haiti International Relations, Western Hemisphere Washington, District of Columbia (United States) ID: 180815 - 03/03/2004 - 4:49 - $300.00 Ballenger, Cass, U.S. Representative, R-NC Carney, Timothy, Ambassador, United States, Haiti Franco, Adolfo, Official, U.S. Agency for Intl. Development, Latin American Affairs Dewey, Arthur, Assistant Secretary, Department of State, Popul.,Refugees,Migr.Bur. Sachs, Jeffrey, Professor, Columbia University Maguire, Robert, Assistant Professor, Trinity College, International Affairs Noriega, Roger, Assistant Secretary, Department of State, Western Hemisphere Affairs Paquiot, Pierre Marie, President, University of Haiti Marville, Orlando, Election Observer Witnesses testified about the insurgency in Haiti that forced President Aristide to...