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U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas told her followers on Twitter that racial animus is to blame for a Dec. 18 seat-stealing controversy on United Airlines. A customer wants an apology from United for giving her first-class ticket to the Democrat, although United claims the ticket was forfeited on an app before the flight. (Image: Twitter, Jean-Marie Simon)
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The Word “Welfare” - In January of 2014, Texas Representative Sheila Jackson Lee took to the House floor to propose banning the word ‘welfare’ from the government’s vocabulary. Using the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty, Lee said, "maybe the word welfare should be changed to something of, 'a transitional living fund.' For that is what it is — for people to be able to live." Jackson Lee was referring to all welfare, including food stamps, unemployment, Medicaid, and Medicare.
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From left, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Clive Davis, Aretha Franklin and Denzel Washington attend Aretha's 72nd birthday celebration on Saturday, March 22, 2014 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas Democrat (Associated Press/FILE)
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Ted Nugent and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee after the State of the Union speech.
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Vice President Joe Biden, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee, D-Texas, right, and others arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2103, for President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (center), Texas Democrat, offers words to Tracy Martin (left) and Sybrina Fulton, parents of slain teen Trayvon Martin, as they appear March 27, 2012, at a House briefing at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
