Barbara Lee

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Barbara Lee (born July 16 1946), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1998, representing the 9th District of California. She was born in El Paso, Texas, was educated at Mills College and the University of California, Berkeley. A fascinating side note is that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Representative Barbara Lee often have opposite views of the way the United States should act in the world, although both share an educational background with the Sisters of Loretto, whose motto is "Work for Peace, Act for Justice."

Lee was a staff member for United States Representative Ron Dellums and a member of the California State Assembly and the California State Senate before entering the House. Dellums endorsed her when she ran for Congress in a special election that created a year-long series of five special elections as various East Bay politicians vied for political office. For a detailed account of these elections, see Special election musical chairs.

Lee is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. In 2001, Congresswoman Lee cast the only "no" vote to the US invasion of Afghanistan which made her a national hero among the anti-war movement, but also caused her to receive death threats. Lee has been an vocal critic of the Iraq War and supports legislation creating a Department of Peace.

External links

[official website]
[Barbara Lee Speaks For Me] Reelection Site
[Mother Jones Interview With Barbara Lee]
[In These Times Op Ed By Barbara Lee] Permanent Occupation
[A Progressive State of the Union By Barbara Lee and Lynn Woolsey]
Text of Barbara Lee's dissent against the war in Afghanistan on the House Floor [link]
[record maintained by the Washington Post]

California Congressional Delegation currently serving in the United States Congress
Senators :	Dianne Feinstein (D), Barbara Boxer (D)
Representative(s) :	Mike Thompson (D), Wally Herger (R), Dan Lungren (R), John T. Doolittle (R), Doris Matsui (D), Lynn C. Woolsey (D), George Miller (D), Nancy Pelosi (D), Barbara Lee (D), Ellen Tauscher (D), Richard Pombo (R), Tom Lantos (D), Pete Stark (D), Anna Eshoo (D), Mike Honda (D), Zoe Lofgren (D), Sam Farr (D), Dennis Cardoza (D), George Radanovich (R), Jim Costa (D), Devin Nunes (R), William M. Thomas (R), Lois Capps (D), Elton Gallegly (R), Howard McKeon (R), David Dreier (R), Brad Sherman (D), Howard Berman (D), Adam Schiff (D), Henry Waxman (D), Xavier Becerra (D), Hilda Solis (D), Diane Watson (D), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D), Maxine Waters (D), Jane Harman (D), Juanita Millender-McDonald (D), Grace Napolitano (D), Linda Sánchez (D), Ed Royce (R), Jerry Lewis (R), Gary Miller (R), Joe Baca (D), Ken Calvert (R), Mary Bono (R), Dana Rohrabacher (R), Loretta Sánchez (D), John Campbell (R), Darrell Issa (R), Brian Bilbray (R), Bob Filner (D), Duncan Hunter (R), Susan Davis (D)
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