Barbara Lee in Against the Tide, by Lincoln Chafee

On War & Peace: Post-9-11, only Representative to vote against Afghan war

Senators voted to authorize war. Out of 535 members in both houses of Congress, Representative Barbara Lee of Oakland, California, would be the only one to vote nay on the Afghanistan war authorization. She was the one missing car in the freight train. She received numerous death threats and a Capitol Police security detail was assigned to protect her around the clock. Source: Against the Tide, by Sen. Lincoln Chafee, p. 71 Apr 1, 2008

The above quotations are from Against the Tide How a Compliant Congress Empowered a Reckless President by Lincoln Chafee. Click here for other excerpts from Against the Tide How a Compliant Congress Empowered a Reckless President by Lincoln Chafee. Click here for other excerpts by Barbara Lee. Click here for other excerpts by other Governors.
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