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Sheila Jackson Lee (born January 12, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician who is the U.S. representative for Texas's 18th congressional district, having served since 1995. The district includes most of central Houston. She is a member of the Democratic Party and served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council before being elected to the House. She is also co-dean of Texas's congressional delegation. Born in Queens, New York, Jackson Lee graduated from Yale University in 1972 and the University of Virginia School of Law in 1975. In 1987, after she had moved to Houston, she was appointed as a municipal judge for the city by Kathy Whitmire. In 1989, Jackson Lee was elected to the Houston City Council. She served in the office until 1994 when she began a campaign for Congress. In the Democratic primary, she defeated incumbent Craig Washington and went on to easily win the general election. Since 1995, she has retained her position as the U.S. Representative from Texas's 18th congressional district. During her congressional tenure, Jackson Lee has been a supporter of many progressive policies. She introduced the Essential Transportation Worker Identification Credential Assessment Act in 2013 and the Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act in 2021. In 2019, Jackson Lee stepped down as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and a subcommittee in the House Judiciary after a lawsuit filed by a former staffer claimed she was fired due to planned legal action against an alleged rape by a supervisor. Jackson Lee announced her candidacy for the 2023 Houston mayoral election in March of that year. In the first round, she placed second behind state senator John Whitmire. However, as no candidate crossed the 50% threshold to win outright, a runoff election occurred on December 9, 2023. Despite several key endorsements, Jackson Lee lost the election in a landslide to Whitmire. On December 11, she filed to run for re-election to her congressional seat, and would successfully win the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024. Early life and career in Texas Jackson Lee was born Sheila Jackson in Queens, New York. Her father, Ezra Clyde Jackson, who was born in Brooklyn, was a comic book artist and the son of Jamaican immigrants. Her mother, Ivalita Bennett Jackson, was a nurse, and came to New York at an early age from her birthplace of St. Petersburg, Florida. Jackson Lee graduated from Jamaica High School in Queens. She earned a BA in political science from Yale University in 1972 and a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1975. Jackson Lee moved to Houston when her husband, Elwyn Lee, accepted a position at the University of Houston. She made three unsuccessful attempts at local judgeships before becoming a Houston, Texas municipal judge from 1987 to 1990. Along with Sylvia Garcia, Jackson Lee was appointed by then Mayor of Houston Kathy Whitmire. In 1989, Jackson Lee won the at-large position for a seat on the Houston City Council, serving until 1994. On the city council, she helped pass a safety ordinance that required parents to keep their guns away from children. She also worked for expanded summer hours at city parks and recreation centers as a way to combat gang violence. U.S. House of Representatives 1994 run for office In 1994, Jackson Lee challenged four-term incumbent U.S. Representative Craig Washington in the Democratic primary. Washington had come under fire for opposing several projects that would have benefited the Houston area. Jackson Lee defeated Washington, 63% to 37%. The victory was tantamount to election in this heavily Democratic, black-majority district. In the general election, she defeated Republican nominee Jerry Burley, 73%–24%. Tenure Before the 110th Congress, Jackson Lee served on the House Science Committee and on the Subcommittee that oversees space policy and NASA. She is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and a CBC whip. On September 27, 2013, Jackson Lee introduced the Essential Transportation Worker Identification Credential Assessment Act (H.R. 3202; 113th Congress), a bill that would direct the United States Department of Homeland Security to assess the effectiveness of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. The bill would require an independent assessment of how well the TWIC program improves security and reduces risks at the facilities and vessels it is responsible for. In January 2019, The New York Times reported that Jackson Lee planned to resign as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. The move came in the wake of a lawsuit filed by a former staffer earlier in January that claimed the staffer was fired in retaliation for her planned legal action related to an alleged rape by a supervisor in 2015. The resignation came the day after the National Alliance to End Sexual Violence announced it would not support making Jackson Lee the lead sponsor of a law to reauthorize the federal Violence Against Women Act. She also stepped down from her chairmanship of the House Judiciary subcommittee. On January 4, 2021, Jackson Lee introduced the Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act (H.R. 127; 117th Congress), a bill that expanded requirements for firearm licensing to every firearm and banned any ammunition of .50 caliber BMG or larger. In the 117th Congress (2021–2023), Jackson Lee voted with President Joe Biden's stated position 100 percent of the time, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis. Jackson Lee and Representative Lloyd Doggett became co-deans of Texas's congressional delegation in January 2023 after the retirement of Eddie Bernice Johnson. Staffing issues In 1998, The Houston Press reported that five of Jackson Lee's staffers had quit that spring. The paper quoted Lee's former Capitol office executive assistant and events scheduler, Rhiannon Burruss, as saying that "the congresswoman's abrasive ways not only drove off staff members but irritated Continental Airlines staffers to the point where one suggested she fly on a competitor instead." In 2011, Jackson Lee was reported to have one of the highest staff turnover rates in Congress. The Huffington Post and the Houston Chronicle reported that she had gone through 11 chiefs of staff in the course of 11 years. A 2013 report concluded that "the veteran Texas Democrat had the highest turnover rate for all of Congress over the [previous] decade." Washingtonian magazine named Jackson Lee as the "meanest Democratic Congress member" in both 2014 and 2017. In 2018, LegiStorm reported that Jackson Lee's annual turnover rate, at 62%, was the highest in Congress. Committee assignments Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence Co.... Discover the Lee A Jackson popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Lee A Jackson books.
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Ninth Street Women
Mary GabrielFive women revolutionize the modern art world in postwar America in this "gratifying, generous, and lush" true story from a National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist (Jennife...
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The Bloody Ground
Bernard CornwellFrom New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, comes the fourth installment in The Starbuck Chronicles, an exciting novel which vividly captures the horror of the battle ...
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Invisibility Blues
Michele WallaceFirst published in 1990, Michele Wallace’s Invisibility Blues is widely regarded as a landmark in the history of black feminism. Wallace’s considerations of the black experience in...
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Salvation of Sam
Lee A JacksonJonas has just lost wife, so he turns to some comfort of solitude by taking a walk in the forest. The forest is familiar to him, but the creature which he discovers lying on the fo...
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Delphine
Lee A JacksonLying underneath the floorboards of Delphine's home, he watches her. He doesn't know why, he doesn't know anything, but he is compelled to watch. The intimate synergy between someo...
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Secret Lives of the Civil War
Cormac O'Brien & Monika SuteskiLegendary Heroes of U.S. HistoryAs You’ve Never Seen Them Before! Secret Lives of the Civil War features irreverent and uncensored profiles of men and women from the Union a...
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The Encyclopedia of Confederate Generals
Samuel W. MitchamA renown military historian and frequent television commenter brings to life the generalship of the South during the Civil War in sparkling, informationfilled vignettes. For both t...
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Voices from Gettysburg
Allen C. GuelzoThe voices of those who witnessed the Battle of Gettysburg and its aftermath with their own eyes – who saw the bloodshed, heard its din, trembled in its crash, struggled with its a...
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Lincoln and the Irish
Niall O'DowdAn unprecedented narrative of the relationship that swung the Civil War. When Pickett charged at Gettysburg, it was the allIrish Pennsylvania 69th who held fast while the surroundi...
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Company Aytch
Samuel R. Watkins & M. Thomas IngeTold from the point of view of an ordinary foot soldier, this personal memoir has been hailed as one of the liveliest, wittiest, and most significant commentaries ever written on t...
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My War Gone By
Lee A JacksonComing home after many years way from home, what is left there? The pictures from memory and those he holds in his pocket, don't recreate what is being looked for on his return. Re...
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A Glorious Army
Jeffry D. WertFrom the time Robert E. Lee took command of the Army of Northern Virginia on June 1, 1862, until the Battle of Gettysburg thirteen months later, the Confederate army compiled a rec...
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The Muralist
B. A. ShapiroDon't miss B. A. Shapiro's new novel, Metropolis, available now! “Vibrant and suspenseful . . . Like The Art Forger, this new story takes us into the heart of what it means t...
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MatchUp
Lee ChildThis “highly recommended” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) collection edited by New York Times bestselling author Lee Child pairs the beloved characters of twentytwo internation...
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Destination B
Lee A JacksonFive short stories about reaching out for something, trying to get somewhere. The stories range from not being able to reach a destination, such as in the Everyman who experiences ...
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Argylle
Elly ConwayVergessen Sie Bond! Hier kommt Argylle, Aubrey Argylle! – Das Buch aus dem neuen Blockbusterfilm von Matthew Vaughn!Der russische Milliardär Wassili Federov träumt davon, Russland ...
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The Hunt for History
Nathan RaabNathan Raab, America’s preeminent rare documents dealer, delivers a “diverting account of treasure hunting in the fast lane” (The Wall Street Journal) that recounts his years as th...
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From Western Virginia with Jackson to Spotsylvania with Lee
Peter C. LuebkeFrom Western Virginia with Jackson to Spotsylvania with Lee presents the diaries and letters of St. Joseph Tucker Randolph, a young Confederate soldier from Richmond, Virginia. As ...
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50 Classic Biographies
Lord Charnwood, John Cooke & Henry JamesLearn more about some of the most interesting people to ever live with this anthology of 50 classic biographies. An active table of contents is included to make it easy to quickly ...
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Sing for Your Supper
Rosie HarrisA mother will do anything to protect her child...Karen and Tudor Morgan have moved from a small mining community to the bustle and noise of Cardiff in search of a new life. Tudor l...
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New York Scandal
Rhyannon Byrd'I was on the edge of my seat from page one all the way to the end. You must read this book!' Susan Stoker, New York Times bestselling author'A steamy read, with a dash of intrigui...
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BEV
Andrea Williams & Matty RichBased on the real life story of a littleknown figure in the Civil Rights Movement: a white social worker who left the comforts of her life in New York City to travel to the segrega...
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ROAR
Bruce WagnerA new novel by Hollywood’s "master of satire."The myth of an epic, public lifeits triumphs and tragediesis a particularly American obsession. ROAR is a metafictional exploration of...
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His Hideous Heart
Dahlia AdlerThirteen of YA’s most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe’s most surprising, unsettling, and popular tales for a new generation.Edgar Allan Poe may be a hundred and fifty ye...
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Till Victory Is Won
Janet Cheatham BellTaking its title from the moving lyrics of the official song of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," Till Victory Is Won chr...
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Lee
Douglas Southall FreemanDouglas Southall Freeman’s Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Robert E. Lee was greeted with critical acclaim when it was first published in 1935. This reissue chronicles all the ...
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Trust But Verify
Karna Small Bodman"Bodman's hardwon information and sheer storytelling talent make this a book to remember.” LEE CHILD, #1 worldwide bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series "Karna B...
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Cavalryman of the Lost Cause
Jeffry D. WertCavalryman of the Lost Cause is the first major biography in decades of the famous Confederate general J. E. B. Stuart. Based on research in manuscript collections, personal memoir...
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The Crawling
Lee A JacksonAlex had wanted change, had wanted to be noticed, but there was a price to pay. Increasing horrors mount for her in the aftermath of her procedure.The crawling sensations inside he...
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Slipknot
Jason Arnopp"The only plan right now is to kill everybody" Joey Jordison, drummerIgnoring every rule in the book and more besides, Slipknot are a notoriously controversial band who combine a ...
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Jumpman
Johnny SmithHow Michael Jordan’s path to greatness was shaped by race, politics, and the consequences of fame To become the most revered basketball player in America, it wasn’t enough for Mich...
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When the Dead Awaken
Steffen JacobsenSabrina D'Avalos's father was murdered by the mafia. Now a district attorney, she wants justice, or revenge. Whichever comes first. The Camorra, one of the oldest criminal organisa...
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S and M
Lee A JacksonAre you listening closely? Pay attention as you are taken on a guided tour down to the basement by the artist who has created his most wonderful spectacle yet. It is a very intimat...
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Recollections of a Maryland Confederate Soldier and Staff Officer Under Johnston, Jackson and Lee
McHenry HowardMcHenry Howard was the son of Colonel John Eager Howard of the revolution. His mother was the daughter of Francis Scott Key. At the outbreak of the civil war Mr. Howard was living ...
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Damage Them All You Can
George WalshFrom the campaigns to the men who fought the battles, George Walsh takes the reader into the world of the most infamous fighting brigade of America's Civil War, The Army of Norther...
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No Middle Name
Lee ChildTHE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES Don’t miss the hit streaming series Reacher! The ultimate Jack Reacher experience: a thrilling new novell...
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The Last Enforcer
Charles OakleyIn this “incredible read on some incredible days and nights in the old association” (Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN senior NBA insider) Charles Oakleyone of the toughest and most loyal p...
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Trophy
Steffen Jacobsen & Charlotte BarslundTwo hours to get away, 22 more to survive. The sun released its grip on the mountains in the east as they started running. Hunted for their lives, Ingrid and Kasper Hanse...
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The Cannons Roar
Bruce ChadwickThe firstever oral history of the attack that started the Civil War that combines illuminating historical narrative with intense firsthand accounts. On April 12, 186...
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Philistines at the Hedgerow
Steven GainesBestselling author Steven Gaines's "richly entertaining" (People) and juicy social history of the Hamptons.As one of America's most fabled communitieslong a magnet for artists, cel...
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Hymns of the Republic
S. C. GwynneFrom the New York Times bestselling and awardwinning author of Empire of the Summer Moon and Rebel Yell comes “a masterwork of history” (Lawrence Wright, author of God Save Texas),...
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The Training Ground
Martin DugardFew historical figures are as inextricably linked as Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. But less than two decades before they faced each other as enemies at Appomattox, they had b...
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Clouds of Glory
Michael KordaNew York Times Bestseller"Lively, approachable, and captivating. Like Lee himself, everything about Clouds of Glory is on a grand scale." Boston GlobeMichael Korda, the acclaimed b...
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Michael Collins
Dr James MackayThe most charismatic figure to emerge during the struggles for the independence of Ireland was undoubtedly Michael Collins. This remarkable biography, which draws on much hitherto ...
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The Selma Campaign
Craig SwansonTroopers, advance! Those two words, shouted by a police commander in Selma, Alabama, some 50 years ago, changed the course of U.S. history. The date was March 7, 1965. The scene wa...
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics
Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, Minyon Moore & Veronica Chambers“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics. It’s a wonderful, necessary book.”– Hillary ClintonThe four most powerful African American women in politics share the story of the...