Barbara Lee

Congress endorses the use of force

2001-09-15 00:00:00

WASHINGTON - Voting overwhelmingly, Congress gave President Bush sweeping powers yesterday to use military force to avenge Tuesday's terrorist attacks. But it stopped short of granting the president open-ended authority to prevent future attacks. The...

Apple,Samsung CEOs in U.S. court talks over patent row

2012-05-21 00:17:02

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The chief executives of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd come face to face on Monday in court-directed mediation in the United States over a dispute in which the iPhone maker claims the Korean firm has "slavishly"...

REFILE-ANALYSIS-China reformer sees his opportunity after Bo's fall

2012-05-21 01:00:14

(Changes third sub-head) By John Ruwitch and Michael Martina SHANGHAI/BEIJING, May 21 (Reuters) - One of China's most conspicuously reform-minded leaders has stepped back into the spotlight after the nation's biggest political convulsion in a...

Corrine Brown, Angela Corey now are at odds

2012-05-19 18:15:18

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown has made herself one of the central figures in the George Zimmerman case. The Democratic congresswoman got involved when the shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, became national news. Soon after, the Department...

Khalfani Muhammad wins two sprint events at championships

2012-05-19 19:17:00

Junior Khalfani Muhammad of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High thrives on having a target on his back as the sprinter you have to beat to be considered the fastest teenager in California. "Everybody wants to come after me," he said. "I love it. I love the...

China keeps up pressure Chen's family, supporters

2012-05-19 22:29:03

* Some of Chen's supporters remain under house arrest * No lawyer, family member allowed to meet Chen's detained nephew * Chen says local officials beat and threatened elder brother By Chris Buckley and Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING, May 20 (Reuters) - While...

House Passes Bill That Would Up Submarine Production

2012-05-18 14:03:39

The House of Representatives passed a bill Friday outlining its priorities for Department of Defense spending beginning this fall, and it wants $778 million more spent on building submarines in the next 10 years than the Pentagon's proposal. The bill...

Buy American Amendment Passes House

2012-05-18 15:28:08

An amendment that gives manufacturers the option of telling the Department of Defense how winning a contract would support or add jobs passed the House of Representatives Friday. Rep. Chris Murphy, D-5th District, has made "Buy American" contracting...

Tea Partiers yearn for a "truly red" Tennessee

2012-05-18 10:57:05

NASHVILLE, May 17 - When conservative Tea Party activists helped Republicans extend their majority in Tennessee's legislature in 2010, they expected to get the legislation they wanted. Many of these middle-class insurgents are disappointed. State...

House-backed defense budget sets up clash with Obama

2012-05-18 13:21:08

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led House of Representatives voted on Friday to authorize $642.5 billion in defense and war spending next year, defying a White House veto threat by exceeding President Barack Obama's Pentagon funding request by...

US defense budget debate touches on Afghanistan, NASCAR

2012-05-17 15:56:03

* Bill would authorize $642.5 billion for defense spending * Debate blocked on moderate amendment seeking US troop return * Confrontation looms over presidential powers of detention * Move to cut $96 million in Pentagon sports sponsorships By David...

Staples Center has a full dance card this weekend

2012-05-16 16:55:00

Imagine tens of thousands of cycling fans gathered in front of Staples Center on Sunday morning for the final leg of the country's largest stage cycling race, the Amgen Tour of California. Now mix in 20,000 hockey fans, nearly all of them giddy in the...

Focusing on "the beginning of the end of AIDS," the event was sponsored by HIV/AIDS awareness organizations The ONE Campaign and (RED). Speakers also included former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton (via satellite link), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rep.

2011-12-01 16:52:27

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) has opposed the Afghanistan war since 2001, when she cast the lone congressional vote against it. "There is no military solution in Afghanistan."

2009-09-09 00:00:00

Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee of Oakland and John Conyers Jr. of Michigan were among lawmakers who joined filmmaker Michael Moore for a rally on Capitol Hill.

2007-06-20 00:00:00