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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is stepping down from two high-profile leadership posts following a lawsuit from a former employee who complained that her sexual assault complaint had been mishandled.Jackson Lee, a Texas Democrat, is stepping down from her position as chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, and she will also step aside from one of the House Judiciary Committee stanley cup becher s key subcommittees.Former CBC chairman Rep. Cedric Richmond told CBS News that Jackson Lee stepped down as head of the foundation because she wanted to spend all of stanley quencher her time making sure that she defended herself and protected the reputation that she s built over the years and devote her attention to clearing up this matter. Richmond also said he s spoken with Jackson Lee a couple of times, and she said that the allegati stanley cup ons in the case are not true, and...she felt that she needed to not put the foundation in jeopardy, but to spend her time making sure that she devoted adequate time to it to make sure that her body of work is not tarnished over an allegation. Jackson Lee s office and the CBC Foundation are being sued by a former foundation intern who said was wrongfully fired and retaliated against when she threatened to sue the foundation after another employee raped her while he was her supervisor. Earlier, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler had said it was Jackson Lee s decision to step aside as chairwoman of the House Judici Ruxd Making human connections could be key to getting voters to the polls
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is stepping down from two high-profile leadership posts following a lawsuit from a former employee who complained that her sexual assault complaint had been mishandled.Jackson Lee, a Texas Democrat, is stepping down from her position as chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, and she will also step aside from one of the House Judiciary Committee stanley cup becher s key subcommittees.Former CBC chairman Rep. Cedric Richmond told CBS News that Jackson Lee stepped down as head of the foundation because she wanted to spend all of stanley quencher her time making sure that she defended herself and protected the reputation that she s built over the years and devote her attention to clearing up this matter. Richmond also said he s spoken with Jackson Lee a couple of times, and she said that the allegati stanley cup ons in the case are not true, and...she felt that she needed to not put the foundation in jeopardy, but to spend her time making sure that she devoted adequate time to it to make sure that her body of work is not tarnished over an allegation. Jackson Lee s office and the CBC Foundation are being sued by a former foundation intern who said was wrongfully fired and retaliated against when she threatened to sue the foundation after another employee raped her while he was her supervisor. Earlier, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler had said it was Jackson Lee s decision to step aside as chairwoman of the House Judici Ruxd Making human connections could be key to getting voters to the polls
Getty Images Updated 9:30 p.m. ETWASHINGTON -- Controversy over an immigration opponent who spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC blind-sided conference organizers who say they didn t know who he wa stanley website s before this week. Al Cardenas, dir starbucks stanley cup ector of the American Conservative Union ACU , wh stanley cup ich organizes CPAC, said he had never heard of Peter Brimelow, editor of VDARE, who has been labeled a white nationalist by theSouthern Poverty Law Center. I don t really know what his values are, Cardenas said. I have asked my staff to delve into that. I want to personally see what he precisely said or written before forming judgement, he said. The liberal group People for the American Wayreleased a statement condemning CPAC organizersfor giving Brimelow a platform. Liberal websites have also attacked CPAC over his inclusion. It s shocking that the CPAC would provide a platform for someone like Brimelow, said Michael Keegan, president of People For the American Way. Responsible GOP leaders should speak out against the bigotry and hatred that Brimelow and VDARE push on a regular basis. Brimelow participated on a panel discussion called The failure of Multiculturalism: How the pursuit of diversity is weakening American Identity at CPAC on Thursday. During the panel discussion, Brimelow and other panelists said immigration is polluting America.In an interview with Hotsheet, Brimelow,