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Name: MzTee

Comment: Congrats to Rep. Barbara Lee. We in the Bay Area are very proud of this sista.

Name: TGen

Comment: Yes, congrats to her. I remember her from way back being the only one who voted not to give Bush permission to invade Iraq. Ever since, she's been a ok with me. This 2001 article explains, http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2001/09/lee.ht ml Excerpt: "It was a vote of conscience," says California Democratic Representative Barbara Lee. On September 15, the US Congress approved a resolution authorizing President Bush to use "all necessary and appropriate force" against anyone associated with the terrorist attacks of September 11. The measure passed 98-0 in the Senate and 420-1 in the House. The lone dissenting vote was a colonel's daughter and longtime maverick from California -- Democrat Barbara Lee. "I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States," Lee said on the House floor on Sept. 15. "There must be some of us who say, 'Let's step back for a moment and think through the implications of our actions today -- let us more fully understand the consequences.'" In the emotionally charged aftermath of the terrorist attacks, Lee's lone vote of dissent brought gridlock to the telephone system in her Capitol Hill office and threats against her life. In the wake of the vote, the Capitol Police assigned a detail of plainclothes officers to guard Lee 24 hours a day."

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