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Jesse Jackson Jr.

Jesse Jackson Jr., member of the House Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, has represented Illinois's 2nd District since 1995.

Currently

  • The Right to Vote

    January 19, 2006

    Approve a Voting Rights Amendment to the Constitution, granting all the right to vote; craft a unitary voting system for federal, state and local elections, guaranteeing an honest and efficient count.

2004

2003

2001

  • For a Voting Rights Amendment

    November 19, 2001

    Every sound idea for improving our voting processes will be stymied until the states' rights limitations of the Tenth Amendment are fully addressed.

  • George Bush's Democrats

    January 4, 2001

    The legacy of the conservative bipartisan coalition underscores the need for a progressive alternative.

1999

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