Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D)

Current Office: Representative
District: TX-18
First Elected: 11/08/1994
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Female
Family: Husband: Elwyn; 2 Children: Erica, Jason
Birth date: 01/12/1950
Birthplace: Jamaica, NY
Home City: Houston TX
Religion: Seventh Day Adventist

Profession

Democratic Nominee, Texas District Court Judge, 1988 Associate Municipal Court Judge, City of Houston, 1987-1989 Staff Counsel, United States House Select Committee on Assassinations, 1977-1978 Attorney, Private Practice

Education

JD, University of Virginia School of Law, 1975 BA, Political Science, Yale University, 1972

Committees

Foreign Affairs
Homeland Security
Judiciary
Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights
Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement
Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia

Recent Votes

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1140 Prohibits Reductions to Strategic Nuclear Arms Required by New START
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

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