U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat, gathered with faith leaders Saturday to announce they would offer their facilities as places of refuge for immigrants during the deportation raids set to happen this weekend.
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Criminal Justice
On Juneteenth, Sheila Jackson Lee spearheads congressional hearing on reparations, calling them “long overdue”
The Houston Democrat’s bill calls for a commission to “study and develop reparation proposals for African-Americans,” and consider a national apology by the government.
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Congress
Sheila Jackson Lee steps down from two powerful posts — but not from Congress
A former staffer in the congresswoman’s office claims Jackson Lee fired her after the staff member reported a rape by a supervisor at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. Jackson Lee was the foundation’s board chair before stepping down Wednesday.
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Politics
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee accused in lawsuit of retaliation against staffer
The Houston congresswoman is accused of firing an employee after the employee sued the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation over an alleged 2015 rape.
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Politics
Returning Texas Republicans in Congress preparing for a “whole different world” in 2019
As Congress prepares to begin a new term, most of the Texans returning to the U.S. House will by adjusting to a new reality – either as a member of the majority or the minority for the first time.
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Report: Former intern for Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee accused of posting GOP senators’ private information online
Jackson A. Cosko is accused of “doxing” three Republican members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee who were at the center of last week’s controversial U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Brett Kavanaugh, the Houston Chronicle reported Wednesday.
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Texas Elections 2018
Texas poised to end dry spell of electing new women to Congress in 2018
Dozens of women from Texas are running for Congress this year, and several are drawing attention as serious contenders, prompting predictions that the state will elect the first freshman female to a full term in Congress in 22 years.
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In Harvey's Wake
Texans in Congress face daunting needs in Harvey aftermath
In the coming days, weeks, months — and even years — it will be up to the state’s 38-member congressional delegation to imagine and legislate what Southeast Texas’ “new normal” will look like after Hurricane Harvey.
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Congress
As Trump talks unity, Texas delegation offers a divided response
Among members of Congress, Texans’ reactions to President Donald Trump’s first joint address to Congress fell along partisan lines.
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Politics
Around D.C., Sheila Jackson Lee’s image belies her persistence
Some see U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee as a publicity hound, but according to dozens of interviews with members of Congress, House staffers and political players back home in Houston, there is a method to her madness.