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 ›
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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 ›
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 ›
‘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 ›
‘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 ›
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 ›
After defeat of Trumpcare, Lee tells town hall to ‘stay woke’
East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee at a town hall Saturday at Laney College in Oakland. 13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTUplifted by the failure of the House Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act and a bit exhausted following a red-eye from… Read More ›
Barbara Lee wants Steve Bannon off National Security Council
Rep. Barbara Lee voiced displeasure with Steve Bannon’s appointment at a town hall Saturday. 13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTEast Bay Rep. Barbara introduced a House bill Tuesday that seeks to remove Steve Bannon, President Trump’s chief political strategist, from his position on… Read More ›
BARBARA LEE IS DITCHING TRUMP’S INAUGURATON
Rep. Barbara Lee will boycott the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration. CONGRESS | 13TH DISTRICT |In Oakland, where fewer than five percent of voters cast a ballot for Donald Trump last November, apparently the famous East Bay political slogan, “Barbara Lee… Read More ›
Watch Barbara Lee have her mic cut while protesting Trump’s electoral college vote
https://www.c-span.org/video/standalone/?c4642378CONGRESS | 13TH DISTRICT | Oakland Rep. Barbara Lee sought to stop the certification of President-elect Donald Trump’s electoral college victory Friday during a joint session of Congress. Several members of the House Democratic Progressive Caucus attempted to protest the… Read More ›
Barbara Lee, progressive leaders, criticize Trump’s Secretary of State candidates
Rep. Barbara Lee wants President-elect Trump to avoid choosing a pro-Iraq War supporter for secretary of state. CONGRESS | 13TH DISTRICT |East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee and three other members of the House Progressive Caucus are concerned about President-elect Donald… Read More ›
One more time, says Barbara Lee, I didn’t endorse Oakland council candidate
Peggy Moore during a candidate forum in Oakland last month. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL |Oakland At-Large City Council candidate Peggy Moore said last month it was an error that a push poll advocating for her campaign included the endorsement of Rep…. Read More ›
Rob Bonta’s assembly challenger is a Donald Trump delegate
Republican Roseann Slonsky-Breault was named a Trump delegate and is facing Assemblymember Rob Bonta in the June primary. ASSEMBLY | 18TH DISTRICT |Two years ago, Oakland Assemblymember Rob Bonta was opposed by a Republican who suggested an United Nations secret… Read More ›
LISTEN! East Bay Citizen Podcast – CAGOP Convention Special with Oakland CA13 candidate Sue Caro
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Barbara Lee has not endorsed Clinton or Sanders, despite Black Caucus pick
Rep. Barbara Lee CONGRESS | 13TH DISTRICT |Rep. Barbara Lee, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, said she has not offered support for any Democratic presidential candidate, despite the announcement Thursday that its Political Action Committee is supporting Hillary… Read More ›
Republican Sue Caro’s campaign for Barbara Lee’s seat is doomed, she says, but that isn’t the point
Alameda County GOP vice chair Sue Caro was one of the masterminds behind the local party’s two big upsets in 2014. CONGRESS | 13TH DISTRICT |Sue Caro doesn’t believe for a second that she will defeat long-time East Bay Rep. Barbara… Read More ›
For elected officials in the East Bay, it never hurts to attack the NRA
Rep. Barbara Lee took the NRA to task Tuesday for blocking gun control legislation in Congress. CONGRESS | 13TH DISTRICT | East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee applauded President Barack Obama’s executive order to limit gun violence, but not before blasting… Read More ›
Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson and his $111,000 campaign account
Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson ALAMEDA COUNTY | During the first half of the year, Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson received just $1,000 in campaign contributions, measly, by most standards. The easily countable list of donations included $250 from Assemblymember… Read More ›
Barbara Lee measuring drapes at U.S. embassy in Cuba, just in case?
Rep. Barbara Lee will attend Friday’s flag-raising at U.S. Embassy in Havana. CONGRESS | 13TH DISTRICT | East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee is attending Friday’s historic raising of the U.S. flag over its embassy in Havana. U.S. Secretary of State… Read More ›
Barbara Lee says Bernie Sanders is ‘galvanizing progressives’
Rep. Barbara Lee ‘It’s a good thing that he’s out there,’ says Lee CONGRESS | 13TH DISTRICT |“Barbara Lee speaks for me” is a tag line well known to voters in the East Bay. Now, the Thirteenth Congressional District representative… Read More ›
How about Barbara Lee for Obama’s ‘Poverty Czar’?
Another potential landing spot for Rep Barbara Lee? CONGRESS | 13TH DISTRICT | Many believe Rep. Barbara Lee is itching for something bigger than her seat representing Oakland and the East Bay in Congress. Here’s another possible landing spot: President… Read More ›
Schaaf signs on to Progressive Agenda
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, in background, at Tuesday’s unveiling of the Progressive Agenda in Washington, D.C. PHOTO/Progressive Caucus OAKLAND | Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf joined Rep. Barbara Lee as signers Tuesday to the Progressive Agenda to Combat Income Inequality. The… Read More ›
Rep. Barbara Lee and Progressive Caucus push for the ‘People’s Budget’
CONGRESS | 13TH DISTRICT | The Congressional Progressive Caucus calls its proposed budget, the “People’s Budget.” On the House floor Monday, East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee called it a “moral budget.” “Make no mistake, the People’s Budget, does what the… Read More ›
Honda, Swalwell attended Netanyahu speech; Lee declined
Rep. Eric Swalwell with Israeli P.M. Benjamin Netanyahu last year. CONGRESS | Earlier on, Rep. Mike Honda sounded like he would be on the 50 or more members of Congress who would skip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial speech Tuesday… Read More ›
Periodic rumors of Rep. Barbara Lee’s departure now focus on post in Cuba
If Rep. Barbara Lee’s seat is open soon, Rob Bonta could be in first in line to replace her. CONGRESS | DISTRICT 13 | Every so often in the East Bay you hear chatter that Rep. Barbara Lee is pondering… Read More ›
GOP rollback of Obama’s immigration policy is ‘cynical,’ says Barbara Lee
CONGRESS | DISTRICT 13 | House Republicans used an amendment to a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security through the fall to block President Obama’s plan to protect nearly five million undocumented immigrants. On the House floor Wednesday, Oakland… Read More ›
EAST BAY ELECTION NOTES: The Reckoning For Khanna, Sbranti; A Budding Political Rival For Bonta?
Ro Khanna should be praying Rep. Ami Bera pulls it out in CA-9. STATE LEGISLATURE | In politics, like other arenas of life, there’s losing and then there’s royally screwing up and losing. This happen in two races that include Alameda… Read More ›
Rep. Barbara Lee: Republicans Cut Hospital Preparedness Before Ebola Risk
http://player.ooyala.com/iframe.js#ec=8yN282cTrvfL3wf_wEQfNnmkjEBHlfL7&pbid=b171980b65ae4996bffea4da902c7846 CONGRESS | 13 DISTRICT | In contentious races across the country, Ebola has become a political hot potato. On Friday, Oakland Rep. Barbara Lee used the infectious disease to criticize House Republicans for past cuts to health care and… Read More ›
