Early reaction among Lee’s progressive base for endorsing the centrist Democrat is not positive.
Barbara Lee
Lee on Sessions resignation
President Trump is going to learn that NO ONE is above the law, not even him.-Rep. Barbara Lee, in a tweet Wednesday, following the resignation of U.S. Attorney General Jeff Session at the behest of the President.
Lee on SCOTUS nominee Kavanaugh
It’s this simple: If Judge Brett Kavanaugh is nominated to the Supreme Court, our civil liberties will be at stake. We must demand the Senate reject Trump’s nominee. -Rep. Barbara Lee’s reaction on Twitter to President Trump’s nomination of Brett… Read More ›
Barbara Lee calls for Homeland Security Secy. Nielsen to resign
Weeks after visceral images of young children, separated from their parents, has shined a light on the Trump administration’s immigration policies, and a day after two error-filled press conferences by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, East Bay Rep. Barbara… Read More ›
Lock her up: Iowa rep. introduces ‘Libby Schaaf Act’
Days after President Trump called for Oakland Libby Schaaf to be prosecuted comes a House bill calling for the same.
Barbara Lee calls for end to militarization, racism during speech honoring MLK on 50th anniversary of his death
13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTAt a ceremony in Memphis honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 50th anniversary of his assassination, East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee called for an end “forever wars” and militarization and again condemned President Donald Trump for… Read More ›
Barbara Lee schools Betsy DeVos ‘This is horrible’
13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTThe enmity toward U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos from Democrats and some conservatives, reached East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee, an elected official not known for public displays of irritation. During a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Tuesday that… Read More ›
East Bay’s June ballot is set; AD15 features 12 candidates; sheriff, 2 supervisors to run unopposed
Just a portion of the AD15 field during a forum in Oakland last January. ELECTION 2018Voters in the contentious 15th Assembly District will have to choose from a list of 11 Democrats and a lone Republican this June. The wide-open… Read More ›
Libby Schaaf: ‘Bay Area liberal standard-bearer’?
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf was the subject recently of at least three profiles published by national publications. OAKLANDIn 2014, the New York Times proclaimed Oakland as “Brooklyn by the Bay.” Former Mayor Jean Quan loved the New York Times’ portrayal… Read More ›
Ro Khanna to appear Friday on HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher
Bill Maher will be joined by East Bay Rep. Ro Khanna this Friday, Jan. 26. 17TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTTo the unexpected, the scene might seem to be the result of a strange fever dream. This Friday, Rep. Ro Khanna will share… Read More ›
East Bay congressmembers team up to legalize cannabis at the federal level
East Bay progressives Reps. Barbara Lee and Ro Khanna. CONGRESSReps. Barbara Lee and Ro Khanna introduced legislation Wednesday that would end the federal prohibition on cannabis. The bill piggy-backs similar legislation introduced with great fanfare last year by Sen. Cory… Read More ›
Rep. Barbara Lee, agreeing with Trump, says she supports reinstituting federal earmarks
Rep. Barbara Lee also said Saturday that she will support any resolution to impeach Trump. 13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTAt a town hall event that Rep. Barbara Lee‘s office termed a teach-in for the “GOP tax scam bill” Saturday morning in Oakland,… Read More ›
Trump is unhinged, says East Bay congressmember
Rep. Barbara Lee has been critical of Trump’s comments toward North Korea in the past. CONGRESS“I’ll say it again,” said East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee on Tuesday. “President Trump is unhinged.” The reason for Lee’s criticism followed many others who… Read More ›
2017 Year in East Bay Politics: We grabbed Trump by the politics
2017 YEAR IN EAST BAY POLITICSIt’s difficult to imagine what the prevailing story line of politics in the East Bay would have been without the daily barrage of tweets and general insanity emanating from President Donald Trump in 2017. Much… Read More ›
The Nation names freshman Rep. Ro Khanna rookie of the year
Rep. Ro Khanna wins high praise from the progressive “The Nation” magazine. 17TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTSince even before his election to Congress and swearing-in last January, Rep. Ro Khanna has tried to burnish an exemplary progressive image. Progressives in his own… Read More ›
58 House Democrats considered impeaching Trump, but Swalwell, Khanna wasn’t one of them
The White House said the 58 Democrats who supported President Trump’s impeachment were “extremists.” CONGRESSA procedural vote in the House Wednesday on whether to table discussion on the impeachment of President Donald Trump included support from Republicans and Democrats that… Read More ›
Khanna floats Lee for U.S. Senate: A look at the political earthquake that would hit the East Bay
CONGRESSBefore Rep. Ro Khanna dropped fellow Alameda County Rep. Barbara Lee‘s name today as a possible progressive challenge to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who announced Monday that she is running for re-election next year, the idea of such a run was… Read More ›
Lee to Trump: ‘End the war of words’ with North Korea
13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTWar on the Korea peninsula would “catastrophic” and further threatened by talk of nuclear war, Rep. Barbara Lee said during a speech on the House floor Tuesday. “Diplomacy is the only answer. However, President Trump‘s actions has destabilized… Read More ›
EBC AGENDA | SEPT 1-7 | ALAMEDA to end dispensary moratorium, selects just cause elex date; SAN LEANDRO tenant relocation $$; Piedmont rages
THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 1-7As far as the dreaded August council recess period goes this was awful. Nothing much happened because the players in politics took some time to relax. Many went of vacations, near and far. I even saw… Read More ›
Barbara Lee wants to cut salaries for controversial Trump aides
13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTNorth Bay Rep. Jared Huffman and East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee wants to punish two of President Donald Trump’s top aides where it hurts–in the checkbook. Huffman and Lee introduced an amendment Friday to a government spending bill… Read More ›
Barbara Lee is taking heat for saying Trump’s new chief of staff is an ‘extremist’
Rep. Barbara Lee during a town hall last April at Laney College in Oakland. 13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTEast Bay Rep. Barbara Lee is under fire from the right after labeling President Donald Trump‘s new chief of staff John Kelly an “extremist”… Read More ›
‘A slap in the face’: Paul Ryan strips Barbara Lee’s AUMF repeal from defense budget bill
Rep. Barbara Lee met last week with House Speaker Paul Ryan. 13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTAs East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee expected, House Speaker Paul Ryan removed her proposed repeal of the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force amendment Tuesday night from… Read More ›
No surprise here: Speaker Paul Ryan not likely to accept Barbara Lee’s AUMF repeal amendment
Rep. Barbara Lee’s famous Sept. 2001 speech opposing authorization for war in Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks. 13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTThe powerful House Appropriations Committee offered a sympathetic ear two weeks ago to Rep. Barbara Lee‘s amendment to a defense budget bill that… Read More ›
Ro Khanna endorsed Kimberly Ellis for state party chair, but didn’t vote for her
Rep. Ro Khanna 17TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTLt. Gov. Gavin Newsom last month famously announced support for both candidates in the hard-fought state Democratic Party chair race. But in the aftermath of the contentious campaign won by Los Angeles Democratic Party Chair… Read More ›
‘Whoa!’ 16 years later, Barbara Lee’s famous stand against ‘endless war’ moves forward
After the House Appropriations Committee approved Rep. Barbara Lee’s AUMF repeal amendment, she tweeted, “Whoa.” 13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTRep. Barbara Lee‘s lone stand against the authorization of war in the Middle East in 2001 is legendary in the East Bay and… Read More ›
Lee says Trump’s Cuba policy is an ‘unnecessary step backwards’
Rep. Barbara Lee says President Trump’s new Cuba policy hurts U.S. businesses. 13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTRep. Barbara Lee has another reason to be critical of President Donald Trump after the administration announced Thursday that it would roll back the reopening of… Read More ›
East Bay pols celebrate the Warriors NBA Finals victory
WARRIORSThe Golden State Warriors’ second NBA title in three years means the Larry O’Brien Trophy is coming back to Oakland. The city’s victory parade is scheduled for Thursday, 10 a..m. In the meantime, with the Warriors being the only professional… Read More ›
Barbara Lee says Trump’s plan to withdraw U.S. from Paris Climate Agreement is ‘reckless’
13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTEast Bay Rep. Barbara Lee slammed President Donald Trump’s reported decision to remove the U.S. from the Paris climate accord, a pact signed in 2015 that includes more than 150 countries seeking to reduce carbon emissions. “Climate change… Read More ›
Barbara Lee for President? Town hall says yes!
13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTEast Bay Rep. Barbara Lee’s town hall meetings are usually lovefests between the popular progressive congressmember and her adoring constituents. But last Sunday at a town hall featuring Watergate-era White House counsel John Dean, the crowd in Berkeley… Read More ›
