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A look back at 'queen' Sheila Jackson Lee's wildest moments from years in Congress: 'mean' boss, verbal abuse

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, has faced numerous scandals during her nearly three decades serving in the House of Representatives. Here is a look at some of those wildest moments.

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Texas Dem Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee announces run for Houston mayor

Democratic Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas, announced she will retire from Congress, where she served for more than 28 years, and will run to be the next mayor of Houston.

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Congressional Black Caucus to push for police reform in White House meeting

Some lawmakers are expected to bring family members of victims of police violence to President Biden's State of the Union address.

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Tyre Nicholsโ€™s death renewed push for George Floyd Act. Hereโ€™s whatโ€™s in it.

Tyre Nichols's killing renewed calls for Congress to pass police reform legislation, including the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.

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Afghan soldier seeking US asylum hopes for 'American dream'

After being held in detention in Texas for months during his legal fight to remain in the U.S., Afghan soldier Abdul Wasi Safi is now a free man as he works to secure asylum in America.

Greenwald warns Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee's new bill will 'criminalize speech:' Prosecute those who disagree

Journalist Glenn Greenwald spoke on his show about a bill that would possibly shred freedom of speech in America by prosecuting people for rhetoric that somehow inspires a hate crime.

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TUCKER CARLSON: Sheila Jackson Lee has devoted her life to shrieking about White racism

Fox News host Tucker Carlson voices his concerns over Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's latest legislation and discusses the push for racial reparations on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.'

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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee introduces bill criminalizing some forms of 'hate speech'

Texas Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee's new bill targeting White supremacy criminalizes hate speech, raising serious constitutionality questions about the legislation.

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Democrats seek reparations, โ€˜national apologyโ€™ for slavery: โ€˜We are moving closerโ€™

House Democrats this week introduced legislation to create a commission to study reparations for slavery, and some form of apology from the federal government.

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TUCKER CARLSON: What can we learn from what's happening in California?

Fox News host Tucker Carlson shares his take on reparations programs being proposed in California and across the rest of the nation on "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

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Dem lawmaker justifies swapping 'Merchant of Death' for Brittany Griner: 'He has not killed Americans'

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, argued on MSNBCโ€™s โ€œThe ReidOutโ€ Friday that releasing Russian prisoner Viktor Bout was justified because he never killed any Americans.

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Ukraine live briefing: Russia is expanding its nuclear arsenal, U.S. says

U.S. Defense Secretary Austin said nuclear powers should avoid escalating conflicts after Russia's Putin raised the possibility of a preemptive military strike.

washingtonpost.com

Houston City Hall to be lit up in honor of Brittney Griner

Houston is lighting its city hall in red, white and blue tonight to honor the return of native Brittney Griner from Russia following a prisoner swap.

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Democrats push for 1st semi-automatic gun ban in 20 years

A ban on certain semi-automatic weapons is moving forward in the House.

Black educator Mary McLeod Bethune honored in Statuary Hall

Civil rights leader and trailblazing educator Mary McLeod Bethune has became the first Black person elevated by a state for recognition in the Capitolโ€™s Statuary Hall.

House panel advances gun bill after recent mass shootings

The House Judiciary Committee has advanced legislation that would raise the age limit for purchasing a semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21.

Biden vows to โ€˜continue to pushโ€™ for gun laws after visiting Uvalde

Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas) said she will hold hearings on the massacre and push for gun legislation to move through Congress.

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Obamas, students cheer high court's 1st Black female justice

Lawmakers erupted in cheers after Vice President Kamala Harris announced the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

'A moment like this': Senate history in Supreme Court vote

Moments before the Senate began Judge Ketanji Brown Jacksonโ€™s confirmation vote to become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, the chamber filled with the swell of history.

California reparations plan advances movement, advocates say

California took a big step this week toward becoming the first U.S. state to make some form of restitution a reality by tackling the divisive issue of which Black residents should be eligible to receive reparations for the atrocity and injustices of slavery and racism.

Congress votes to renew landmark domestic violence law

Congress has renewed a 1990s-era law that extends protections to victims of domestic and sexual violence.

House Dems demand prison rape audit at Calif. federal lockup

Eight House Democrats are demanding the Bureau of Prisons make public an audit of sexual assault reports at a federal women's prison in California where inmates say they were subjected to rampant abuse.

After decades of lobbying, supporters say they have the votes in the House to pass a reparations bill

H.R. 40 would create a commission on reparations for Black Americans modeled on the process Japanese Americans went through to receive reparations for being imprisoned in internment camps during World War II.

washingtonpost.com

A year after the Jan. 6 attack, Congress is plagued by a toxic atmosphere

Distrust between the parties is high a year after the violent insurrection. And it has impacted how the institution operates.

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GOP McCarthy's 'angry' rant stalls, does not stop Biden bill

Republican leader Kevin McCarthy seized control of the House floor for more than eight hours overnight, preempting passage of President Joe Bidenโ€™s big domestic policy bill with a rambling speech full of vitriol.

Texas lawmakers pass new congressional maps bolstering GOP

Texas Republicans have approved redrawn U.S. House maps that favor incumbents and could decrease political representation for growing minority communities in the nationโ€™s largest red state.

Texas GOP advances new maps that would tighten slipping grip

Texas lawmakers are on the brink of finishing redrawn U.S. House maps that would shore up their eroding dominance as voters peel away from the GOP in the stateโ€™s booming suburbs.

Voting rights advocates rally for stronger elections laws

Thousands of voting rights advocates are rallying across the country Saturday to call for sweeping protections against a further erosion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

U.S. voting rights events reflect multiracial reform agenda

In the nationโ€™s capital on Saturday, multiracial coalitions of civil, human and labor rights leaders are convening rallies and marches to urge passage of federal voter protections that have been eroded since the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Federal holiday pressures companies to give Juneteenth off

The declaration of Juneteenth as a federal holiday is putting the pressure on more U.S. companies to give their employees the day off, accelerating a movement that took off last year in response to the racial justice protests that swept the country.

Black Americans laud Juneteenth holiday, say more work ahead

Black Americans are rejoicing after President Joe Biden signed legislation establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday.

Fort Worthโ€™s Opal Lee joins President Biden as he makes Juneteenth a national holiday

The 94-year-old Lee began a campaign in 2016 to have the holiday recognized at the national level. She walked 1,400 miles from Fort Worth to Washington to bring awareness to the celebration.

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President Biden To Sign Juneteenth Bill Thursday

The Senate passed the bill yesterday under a unanimous consent agreement that expedites the process for considering legislation.

newsy.com

House passes bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday

For many Black Americans, especially those from Southern states, Juneteenth has been an important day in history for over 150 years.

cbsnews.com

Congress approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday

The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery.

Biden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday

President Joe Biden has signed legislation Thursday establishing a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery, saying he believes it will go down as one of the greatest honors he has as president.

House passes bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday

For many Black Americans, especially those from southern states, Juneteenth has been an important day in history for over 150 years.

cbsnews.com

Talks narrow on a compromise to changes in US policing laws

Lawmakers from both parties say once-stalled legislation on Capitol Hill that would change the nation's policing laws is now closer than ever to consensus.

After Floyd, Congress ready to plunge into policing laws

Bolstered with new momentum, Congress is ready to try again to change the nationโ€™s policing laws.

House panel votes to advance bill on slavery reparations

A House panel has advanced a decades-long effort to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves, approving legislation Wednesday night that would create a commission to study the issue.

Bill that could lead to slavery reparations proposals may be nearing consideration on House floor

The House Judiciary Committee plans to prepare and vote on the measure first proposed by the late Congressman John Conyers in 1989.

cbsnews.com

House passes domestic violence bill, pushes issue to Senate

The reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act passed 244-172 with 29 Republicans joining Democrats in supporting the legislation. The White House announced its support earlier Wednesday for reauthorizing VAWA, which aims to reduce domestic and sexual violence and improve the response to it through a variety of grant programs. AdPresident Joe Biden introduced the original Violence Against Women Act in June 1990 when serving as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. A subsequent version was eventually included in a sweeping crime bill that President Bill Clinton would sign into law four years later. Congress has reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act three times since.

Movement for Black Lives opposes George Floyd Justice Act

A coalition of 150 organizations nationwide is opposing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. The Movement for Black Lives argues the bill is entrenched in strategies that have historically failed to address police violence across the country and fails to meet the moment." The bill, designed by the Movement for Black Livesโ€™ Electoral Justice Project, would also redirect funding toward communities to address the nationโ€™s systemic racial injustices. โ€œItโ€™s not just about after the fact accountability,โ€ said Gina Clayton-Johnson, the lead BREATHE Act architect and leadership team member of the Movement for Black Livesโ€™ Policy Table. AdBut the movement faces a significant uphill battle in securing needed political support from lawmakers who will be key in pushing forward the BREATHE Act or revamping the Justice in Policing Act.

Some electricity restored in Texas, but water woes grow

Houston and several surrounding cities are under a boil water notice as many residents are still without running water in their homes. But the crisis was far from over in parts of the South, where many people still lacked safe drinking water. The next phase of the stateโ€™s disaster response will be to test drinking water from systems knocked offline by the cold. Power was cut to a New Orleans facility that pumps drinking water from the Mississippi River and generators were used until electricity was restored. Drinking water was made available at fire stations throughout Jackson and officials also planned to set up bottled water pickup sites.

Biden backs studying reparations as Congress considers bill

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with labor leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Washington. Biden backs the idea of studying the issue, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday, though she stopped short of saying he would sign the bill if it clears Congress. Even with Democrats controlling both chambers of Congress and the White House, passing a reparations bill could prove difficult. Most Black Americans favored reparations, 74%, compared with 15% of white Americans. AdRep. Burgess Owens, a first-term Republican from Utah, argued against a reparations commission.

More U.S. workers getting Juneteenth off as awareness grows

The date - June 19th - is not a federal holiday, and many non-black Americans have only recently become of aware of the day. Several of her employees are spending the day volunteering for the Juneteenth Freedom Phonebank, an initiative encouraging Census participation. Declaring the date a federal holiday would add considerable momentum, and there is growing support for the idea. Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, introduced legislation Thursday to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. In contrast, 93% of employers close on Independence day, with similar rates for Labor Day, Christmas Day and Thanksgiving.

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