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U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee dies
Texas Tribune via MSN ^ | 20 July 2024 | Matthew Choi and Sejal Govindarao

Posted on 07/20/2024 8:21:31 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi

WASHINGTON — Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat who was one of the longest serving members of Texas’ Congressional delegation and a longtime advocate for progressive causes, died on Friday amid her battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 74.

Jackson Lee began her congressional career as an underdog, defeating four-term U.S. Rep. Craig Washingtonin the 1994 Democratic primary, before establishing herself as a fixture in Congress and Houston with ties to the highest reaches of the Democratic Party.

Jackson Lee was a progressive fixture on Capitol Hill for decades. She was an early opponent of the Iraq War and advocate for gay rights. In 2021, Jackson Lee was arrested for engaging in civil disobedience over a federal voting rights bill. By the time of her death, she was a senior member of the House Judiciary, Homeland Security and Budget committees. She never shied from speaking on the House floor or before the cameras on causes she cared about.

She was also a household name in the 18th Congressional District, which includes Downtown Houston. She was known for her frequent visibility at constituent graduations, funerals and baby showers.

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RIP
1 posted on 07/20/2024 8:21:31 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi
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To: Erik Latranyi

already in BN


2 posted on 07/20/2024 8:23:10 AM PDT by Indy Pendance (Jesus can't get here soon enough!)
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To: Erik Latranyi

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rep-sheila-jackson-lee-claims-she-misspoke-after-delivering-bizarre-speech-about-the-moon-being-a-planet-made-up-mostly-of-gases/ar-BB1lnAmw


3 posted on 07/20/2024 8:23:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: rktman

Does anyone know if Sheila Jackson Lee has died?


4 posted on 07/20/2024 8:23:30 AM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Pancreatic cancer is nasty stuff. Wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.


5 posted on 07/20/2024 8:23:36 AM PDT by LIConFem (Feels like April 19th, 1775...)
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To: kiryandil

You’d think there’d be a thread on it if she were.


6 posted on 07/20/2024 8:25:54 AM PDT by BipolarBob (First I was called a big fat lair and then showed a certain Lake of Respect.)
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7 posted on 07/20/2024 8:26:45 AM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Mom told me to shut up if I cannot say anything nice about a dead person.

So this is my response:


8 posted on 07/20/2024 8:27:17 AM PDT by Lazamataz (If you are upset the bullet missed, contact me immediately. I'll make sure your bullet doesn't.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Again?

Come on man, only one to a customer.


9 posted on 07/20/2024 8:28:46 AM PDT by normbal (normbal. somewhere in socialist occupied America ‘tween MD and TN)
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To: Erik Latranyi

What, again?


10 posted on 07/20/2024 8:28:54 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: gundog

I expect she’ll die several more times today.


11 posted on 07/20/2024 8:30:09 AM PDT by BipolarBob (First I was called a big fat lair and then showed a certain Lake of Respect.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

She never found the Apollo flag that was planted on Mars.


12 posted on 07/20/2024 8:30:11 AM PDT by citizen (Put all LBQTwhatever programming on a new subscription service: PERV-TV)
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To: kiryandil
Does anyone know if Sheila Jackson Lee has died?

Nah, I need at least 72 hours and 16 threads to know for sure
13 posted on 07/20/2024 8:30:30 AM PDT by verum ago (I figure some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
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To: normbal; gundog

Her death was apparently forgettable...


14 posted on 07/20/2024 8:31:02 AM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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Hope she found the Lord before she died.

That said, I will not speak ill of the dead.


15 posted on 07/20/2024 8:33:20 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: Erik Latranyi

MARS flags now at half mast. RIP.


16 posted on 07/20/2024 8:33:52 AM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Awwwww!!! Too bad, so sad.../s


17 posted on 07/20/2024 8:34:54 AM PDT by matthew fuller (The biden crime family: Cheap fake for the last 53 1/2 years...)
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To: C210N

That’s funny, I lol’ed


18 posted on 07/20/2024 8:35:56 AM PDT by OldHarbor (strained statutory arguments, appeals to inconsistent history, reliance on out-of-circuit authority)
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To: C210N

I’ll aways miss her pushing everyone aside so she could reach the aisle to kiss Sotero as he entered during the state of the union.


19 posted on 07/20/2024 8:39:31 AM PDT by coalminersson
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To: Erik Latranyi
A search for Sheila Jackson Lee brings up these.
20 posted on 07/20/2024 8:41:35 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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