"She was...the only member of Congress to vote against authorizing the United States to go to war. It earned her death threats and tens of thousands of pieces of hate mail. But nearly 20 years later, her Democratic colleagues and advocates call it one of her most prescient and career-defining votes, as Congress comes closer to finally achieving her goal: repealing the blank check she believes lawmakers gave to presidents to wage war in the name of fighting terrorism."
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Civil rights activistsAnti-war activistsMembers of the United States House of RepresentativesActivists from TexasWomen activists from the United States
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Tal Kopan, 'Not so lonely anymore: Barbara Lee no longer a team of one on war powers', San Francisco Chronicle, (20 July 2019)
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