Rep. Barbara Lee and new Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan have history. CONGRESS | DISTRICT 13 | “I congratulate Paul Ryan on his election as Speaker of the House today,” East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee said Thursday of the new… Read More ›
Iraq
Would Rep. Eric Swalwell Really Have Voted Against the Iraq War in 2002?
Rep. Eric Swalwell with an American soldier in Afghanistan. CONGRESS | 15TH DISTRICT | Although Ellen Corbett’s main argument that Rep. Eric Swalwell isn’t progressive enough for the 15th Congressional District failed to land her a place on the November… Read More ›
Swalwell: Don’t Send Troops Back to Iraq, but Region could become ‘Training Ground for Terrorism’
CONGRESS | 15TH DISTRICT | Rep. Eric Swalwell was critical of the U.S. exit strategy from Iraq during a radio appearance Friday morning, but did not advocate for sending ground troops to the region as Sunni insurgents threatened to move toward… Read More ›
Khanna as a 14-Year-Old Colin Powell
CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | As a junior at Castro Valley High School during the first Iraq War, I grew a protest beard and followed a few other knuckleheads into the quad during fifth period, chanting, “No blood for oil!”…. Read More ›
Swalwell Considering Support For Use Of Military Force Against Syria
CONGRESS//15th DISTRICT | In the first major vote of his young congressional career, Rep. Eric Swalwell says he will consider approving the President’s plan to use military force in Syria, but not without further details he hopes will keep U.S. ground… Read More ›
After Major National Security Speech, Lee Still Has Concerns Over Use Of Drones
CONGRESS 13//DRONES | While some opponents of the Obama Administration’s use of military drones were placated by the president’s major national security speech Thursday, East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee, however, still has concerns. Preceding the president’s speech Thursday morning, Lee… Read More ›
One Man’s Plea To Prosecute Bush For War Crimes Gets Berkeley’s Attention
BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL | Nearly two years ago, East Bay resident John Henneberry sat lonely and patiently at the San Lorenzo Library waiting for a soul willing to just listen to his proposal to right the wrongs of President George… Read More ›
No I Told You So’s From Lee On 10-Year Anniversary Of Iraq War
George W. Bush: ‘Merica goes to war. CONGRESS | Rep. Barbara Lee, without a doubt the only member of Congress who can, without a whiff of hypocrisy, criticize today’s 10-year anniversary of the start of the Iraq War, hopes the… Read More ›
Stark, Lee Snub Amendment Recognizing Capture of Bin Laden
EACH VOTE PRESENT ON HOUSE BILL HONORING INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITYThree members of the California House delegation from the Bay Area, including Reps. Pete Stark and Barbara Lee voted present last week on a tag-along amendment recognizing the work of the intelligence… Read More ›
