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<p>Washington -- As war apparently draws nearer, anti-war members of Congress led by Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland outlined their last-ditch bid on Wednesday to reopen debate on whether the United States should attack Iraq.</p> <p>Lee's vehicle, the latest in a host of anti-war resolutions that the leadership of both houses has refused to take up, is the introduction of a nonbinding resolution that would put the House on record as opposing so-called wars of pre-emption.</p>

SEPTEMBER 2002 Kirk Lies about Radical Anti-Israel Activist's Role in Campaign By Phil Magness Campaign ethics reports show that U.S. Senate candidate Ron Kirk employed a controversial anti-Israel activist named Steven L. Hyland on his campaign through mid-June. But Kirk, who avoided the question until a late September meeting in Houston, now suggests that Hyland, a friend of John Walker Lindh, was merely a 19 or 21 year-old campaign volunteer who put together a few yard signs. In fact, Hyland was a paid campaign aide who received nearly $7,000 in salary over a three month period from the Kirk...

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Lynn C. Woolsey (D-Petaluma) is a strong "no" vote on going to war with Iraq. Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-Mission Hills) is a solid "yes." Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher of Alamo, like many other Democrats on Capitol Hill, wishes the whole issue could be decided after November's elections. The state's Republican lawmakers, meanwhile, have raised no qualms about President Bush's Iraq policy. California's congressional delegation is, in short, a microcosm of Congress as a whole as it grapples with Bush's request for a resolution authorizing use of force against Iraq. "The snapshot is: Republicans are supportive of...

Frost supports Kirk, cites strong defense Cornyn's camp says former Dallas mayor is lacking experience 09/21/2002 By GROMER JEFFERS JR. / The Dallas Morning News A congressional heavy-hitter came out swinging Friday for Senate candidate Ron Kirk, saying he backs a strong national defense and that rival John Cornyn's partisan ways make him a poor choice for Texans. "Ron understands that on issues important to America's defense, there's no place for partisanship," said Rep. Martin Frost of Dallas, the No. 3 Democrat in the House. Mr. Frost campaigned with Mr. Kirk in Grand Prairie, praising his tenure as Dallas...

<p>Washington -- Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland stood alone last September, casting the only "no" vote when the House gave President Bush backing for the war against terrorists. But now several of her Bay Area Democratic colleagues say they'll join her stance if Bush seeks a resolution authorizing military action against Iraq.</p>

This dithering and equivocation regarding the real threat Saddam poses for America is like Clinton nostalgia; WJC would rather not deal with the difficult and dangerous issues, so he simply ignored them. He figured he could initiate some studies, waste time by ordering Gore to head some bogus commissions, and try to deflect attention away from the Middle East as the source of the terrorist threat, using the hyped up bogey man of right wing militias to get an added political boost out of bombings like OK City. These "moderate fence sitters" who counsel Scowcroft like reticence, even temporary ones...

<p>Barbara Lee was right, and who confirmed it? Rush Limbaugh, of all people.</p> <p>Limbaugh, in his role as constitutional scholar, wrote an op-ed piece in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal titled "Congress already OKd Iraq War."</p> <p>He was referring to the Sept. 14 joint resolution of Congress, which authorized the president to "use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001."</p>

<p>SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Nine months after casting the lone vote against authorizing President Bush to use force against terrorists, Rep. Barbara Lee is drawing praise from peace activists and disdain from critics.</p> <p>In the March Democratic primary, she received 85 percent of the vote. Her Republican opponent trying to block her bid for a third term to represent the Oakland-Berkeley area says he is lagging in his attempt to raise money.</p>

<p>President Bush and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani may be the new post-Sept. 11 heroes for most of the United States, but in liberal pockets across the country, Congresswoman Barbara Lee -- the Oakland Democrat who was the lone dissenter against the war on terrorism -- is the leader du jour.</p>

America needs to promote more peaceful solutions to post-Sept. 11 global issues, said Rep. Barbara Lee before a packed Chevron Auditorium at International House yesterday. Lee, famous for her controversial vote against granting President Bush war powers for the war on terrorism, stressed the need to pursue measures that promote global peace while at the same time fight terrorism. "I believe the United States and the world should bring terrorists to justice," Lee said. "We should work with other nations to prevent future attacks. But if we hope to restore our own security we must create a campaign to promote...

<p>BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) --  Congresswoman Barbara Lee, the lone vote against war following the Sept. 11 attacks, continued to sound a drumbeat of dissent as she spoke at the University of California.</p> <p>"Peace must be a policy option. It's got to be on the table at all times. It should be really ... our only option if we want to turn over to our children a world that is less dangerous and more secure," she said Monday.</p>