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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
- Texas
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Party
Democratic
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Current Office
U.S. House
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First Elected
11/8/1994
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Next Election
2014
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Sponsored Bills
Congress 113
22
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CoSponsored Bills
Congress 113
73
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Missed Vote %
7.55%
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Votes with Party
93.01%
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OFFICE ADDRESS
420 West 19th Street Houston, TX
Ph: 713-861-4070
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Sheila Jackson Lee is the U.S. Representative for Texas's 18th congressional district, serving since 1995. The district includes most of inner-city Houston. She is a member of the Democratic Party....
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Sheila Jackson Lee is the U.S. Representative for Texas's 18th congressional district, serving since 1995. The district includes most of inner-city Houston. She is a member of the Democratic Party....
Sheila Jackson Lee
has sponsored bill
HR5890
To conduct a study to ensure that enhanced communication is provided between commercial aircraft and air traffic control towers, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure....
Sheila Jackson Lee
has sponsored bill
HR5889
To revise the Uniform Crime Reports, and the National Incident-Based Reporting System, to direct the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to include information in those reports pertaining to law enforcement-involved justifiable homicides, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary....
Sheila Jackson Lee
has co-sponsored bill HR5880
To repeal a limitation in the Labor-Management Relations Act regarding requirements for labor organization membership as a condition of employment.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce....
Sheila Jackson Lee
has sponsored bill
HR5858
To provide for a reduction in the amount that may be awarded to a unit of local government under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.) for a unit of local government that funds an amount that is greater than 18 percent of its operating budget using revenue generated from collecting fines and other fees related to violations of traffic laws, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary....
Sheila Jackson Lee
has sponsored bill
HR5838
To require non-Federal prisons and detention facilities holding Federal prisoners under a contract with the Federal Government to make available to the public the same information pertaining to facility operations and to prisoners held in such facilities that Federal prisons and detention facilities are required to make available.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary....
Sheila Jackson Lee
has co-sponsored bill HR5830
To provide that in the case of a law enforcement officer who uses deadly force against a person, and thereby causes the death of that person, a hearing shall be conducted before a judge to determine whether there is probable cause for the State to bring criminal charges against the law enforcement officer relating to the death of the person, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary....
Sheila Jackson Lee
has co-sponsored bill HR5708
Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2014
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs....
Sheila Jackson Lee
has co-sponsored bill HR5571
To provide an increased allocation of funding for assistance in persistent poverty counties, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequen...
Sheila Jackson Lee
has co-sponsored bill HR5570
To reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources....
Sheila Jackson Lee
has sponsored bill
HR5550
To provide for a reduction in the amount that may be awarded to a unit of local government under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.) for a unit of local government that funds an amount that is greater than 18 percent of its operating budget using revenue generated from collecting fines and other fees related to violations of traffic laws, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary....
Sheila Jackson Lee
has sponsored bill
HR5540
To establish a grant program for stipends to assist in the cost of compensation paid by employers to certain recent college graduates and to provide funding for their further education in subjects relating to mathematics, science, engineering, and technology.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce....
Sheila Jackson Lee
has sponsored bill
HR5538
To establish a grant program to empower relatives, friends, and co-workers of domestic violence victims to create safety plans.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary....
Sheila Jackson Lee
has sponsored bill
HR5536
To encourage States to provide for enhanced sentencing penalties for persons convicted of committing, or attempting to commit, an act of domestic violence in the presence of minor children.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary....
Sheila Jackson Lee
has sponsored bill
HR5535
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to provide grants to States and units of local government for the video recording of custodial interrogations.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary....
Sheila Jackson Lee
has co-sponsored bill HR5524
To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that women members of the Armed Forces and their families have access to the contraception they need in order to promote the health and readiness of all members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Current Status
Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services....