Personal Life and Public Image
Lee has two grown sons, Tony and Craig, both of whom work in the insurance industry.
Lee endorsed Senator Barack Obama for President in the 2008 primary.
Lee was ranked as the sixth-most Progressive member of the House by the National Journal, based on roll-call votes on economic, social and foreign policy issues in 2006. Lee received a 97% progressive rating from "The Progressive Punch," and a 4% conservative rating from the American Conservative Union.
In 2003, she was awarded 'special recognition' as a Woman of Peace at the Global Exchange Human Rights Awards in San Francisco with Bianca Jagger, Arundhati Roy and Kathy Kelly.
In 2010, Lee took the food stamp challenge and also appeared in the documentary film Food Stamped.
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