Texas Representative Sheila Jackson Lee is calling on the U.S. Department of Education to investigate a civil rights violation “of anyone who thinks that they can recklessly challenge those people of color.”

Last time we live blogged the House debate on District voting rights, things didn’t go too well. We’re hoping for a bit of an improvement today. From what we’ve heard on the Hill, debate kicks off at 10:30 a.m., and the legislation has been split up into two separate parts — one covering the actual voting seats both D.C. and Utah would receive and the other dealing with the minor increase in annual spending the…

Well, it’s been an exciting day in the world of advocacy for Darfur. Earlier today, five Democratic members of the House of Representatives were arrested during a protest at the Embassy of Sudan. The arrestees — Reps. Tom Lantos of California, James McGovern and John Olver of Massachusetts, James Moran of Virginia, and Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas — are sure to bring attention to this Sunday’s rally on the National Mall to push the…