Lois Frankel

Joined 257 members of Congress in a brief asking the Supreme Court to uphold a federal law requiring hospitals to give emergency care, including emergency abortion care.

April 5, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2017-05-04 against the American Health Care Act (H.R. 1628), the Republican bill to repeal and replace much of the Affordable Care Act. It passed 217-213.

May 4, 2017Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Pushed a 1990 teen pregnancy prevention bill through the Senate that gave schools $6 million for student health services. She agreed to drop the words "school-based health clinics" to pass it.

June 2, 1990Supports Healthcare Affordability

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Announced on 2007-11-19 that she was forming a citizens committee to review long-term fixes for the city's old water plant. The same day, the commission approved $3 million for urgent repairs.

November 19, 2007Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Signed an executive order in early October 2007 suspending West Palm Beach's water surcharge during a boil-water crisis, so residents could flush chlorine through pipes.

October 8, 2007Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Tried and failed in 1996 to change a school smoking ban so it also covered adults, not just minors.

May 1, 1996Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Co-sponsored and led a 1995 Florida House bill to ban smoking in restaurants. It passed a House subcommittee.

March 24, 1995Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Won final passage of her tobacco sales bill on 1992-06-22, when the House voted 81-27 to strip tobacco permits from stores caught selling to minors.

June 22, 1992Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Sponsored a 1992 bill that let the state take away tobacco permits from stores that sold cigarettes to minors. It also required vending machines to be in view of clerks. It passed the House 113-1 in March.

March 10, 1992Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Led the Florida House task force on AIDS that wrote the state's 1988 AIDS law. The law barred AIDS discrimination, kept test results private, and paid for AIDS education.

June 19, 1988Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Passed the Keeping Girls in School Act (H.R. 2153) through the House on 2020-01-28. The bill proposed U.S. aid goals to help girls abroad stay in school.

January 28, 2020Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Co-led with Rep. Ed Royce the Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act, which became law on 2019-01-09. It aimed U.S. foreign aid at women-owned businesses in poor countries.

January 9, 2019Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Marched with farmworkers through Palm Beach on 2023-03-18 and spoke in support of their campaign against abuse on farms.

March 18, 2023Supports Labor Rights

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Led the House version of the Speak Out Act (H.R. 8227), which became law on 2022-12-07. It barred using pre-signed nondisclosure agreements to silence sexual assault and harassment claims.

December 7, 2022Supports Labor Rights

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Filed a court brief on 2019-10-25 with 61 House colleagues opposing the Trump administration's bid to end pay data collection by gender and race from large employers.

October 25, 2019Supports Labor Rights

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2019-03-27 for the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 7) to fight pay gaps between men and women. It passed 242-187.

March 27, 2019Supports Labor Rights

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Ended automatic 5% yearly step raises for newer West Palm Beach police officers, along with the city commission, in 2010. About 90 officers protested at SunFest on 2010-04-28.

April 28, 2010Opposes Labor Rights

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2021-01-13 to impeach President Trump for inciting the January 6 attack on the Capitol (H.Res. 24). It passed 232-197.

January 13, 2021Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2019-12-18 to impeach President Trump for abuse of power (Article I of H.Res. 755). It passed 230-197.

December 18, 2019Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2019-12-18 to impeach President Trump for obstruction of Congress (Article II of H.Res. 755). It passed 229-198.

December 18, 2019Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2019-10-31 for the resolution that set rules for the impeachment inquiry into President Trump (H.Res. 660). It passed 232-196.

October 31, 2019Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Called on Labor Secretary Alex Acosta to resign on 2019-07-09 over the plea deal he gave Jeffrey Epstein as a federal prosecutor.

July 9, 2019Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2019-03-08 for the For the People Act (H.R. 1), a voting rights, campaign finance, and ethics bill. It passed 234-193.

March 8, 2019Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Called on the Justice Department on 2019-03-01, with 13 House colleagues, to reopen Jeffrey Epstein's plea deal and release the misconduct review of then-prosecutor Alex Acosta.

March 1, 2019Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Set up a task force in July 2006 to create a West Palm Beach ethics commission, after a city commissioner was found on a developer's payroll.

March 6, 2007Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Announced on 2006-05-08 that City Commissioner Ray Liberti had been paid $5,000 to $8,000 a month by the developer picked for the City Center project.

May 8, 2006Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Released an election reform package on 2000-09-13 to curb anonymous campaign attack ads, with fines up to $50,000 for false statements. She asked for a special session to pass it before the fall election.

September 13, 2000Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Co-wrote with Rep. Randy Weber a provision, passed by Congress on 2016-12-10, letting the State Department hire embassy guard firms on best value instead of lowest price.

December 10, 2016Supports Government Efficiency

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Backed a House resolution on 2026-01-21 to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over ICE actions she said violated due process rights.

January 21, 2026Supports Immigration

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2019-06-04 for the American Dream and Promise Act (H.R. 6), a path to citizenship for young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. It passed 237-187.

June 4, 2019Supports Immigration

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Spoke at a rally on 2018-06-30 before about 550 people marched to Mar-a-Lago to protest the separation of immigrant families at the border.

June 30, 2018Supports Immigration

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2015-11-19 against the American SAFE Act (H.R. 4038), which added new security checks before Syrian and Iraqi refugees could enter the U.S. It passed 289-137.

November 19, 2015Supports Immigration

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2020-07-01 for a $1.5 trillion bill to rebuild roads, transit, and other infrastructure (H.R. 2). It passed 233-188.

July 1, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2020-05-15 for the HEROES Act (H.R. 6800), a $3 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. It passed 208-199.

May 15, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2018-03-22 for the $1.3 trillion spending bill that funded the government for 2018 (H.R. 1625). It passed 256-167.

March 22, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Passed her bill (H.R. 1678) through the House 423-0 on 2017-05-03. The bill proposed stopping FEMA from taking back hurricane aid from Florida local governments years after the storms.

May 3, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Ended automatic 5% yearly step raises for newer West Palm Beach police officers, along with the city commission, in 2010. About 90 officers protested at SunFest on 2010-04-28.

April 28, 2010Supports Government Spending Reduction

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Started demolition on 2006-04-03 for City Center, her project for a new city hall and library downtown. Critics tried to force a public vote on the project.

April 3, 2006Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Pushed a 1990 teen pregnancy prevention bill through the Senate that gave schools $6 million for student health services. She agreed to drop the words "school-based health clinics" to pass it.

June 2, 1990Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Sponsored a 1990 bill (CS-HB 1453) that spent $12.6 million a year on day-care help for children at risk of abuse and neglect. It passed the Senate 36-0 and the House 107-1 on 1990-06-01.

June 1, 1990Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Helped write a farmworker housing bill as chair of the House farmworker housing subcommittee. The House passed it 114-1 on 1987-05-21. It set aside $3.7 million, mostly for housing in Belle Glade and Immokalee.

May 21, 1987Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2020-05-15 for the HEROES Act (H.R. 6800), a $3 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. It passed 208-199.

May 15, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Passed her bill (H.R. 1678) through the House 423-0 on 2017-05-03. The bill proposed stopping FEMA from taking back hurricane aid from Florida local governments years after the storms.

May 3, 2017Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2013-02-28 to renew the Violence Against Women Act (S. 47). It passed 286-138.

February 28, 2013Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Was one of the sponsors of the 1998 Healthy Families law, which paid for home visits to at-risk families to prevent child abuse. She joined Gov. Lawton Chiles when he signed it.

June 2, 1998Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Sponsored a 1990 bill (CS-HB 1453) that spent $12.6 million a year on day-care help for children at risk of abuse and neglect. It passed the Senate 36-0 and the House 107-1 on 1990-06-01.

June 1, 1990Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Helped write a farmworker housing bill as chair of the House farmworker housing subcommittee. The House passed it 114-1 on 1987-05-21. It set aside $3.7 million, mostly for housing in Belle Glade and Immokalee.

May 21, 1987Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Joined House Democrats in a sit-in on the House floor on 2016-06-22 to demand votes on bills to close the "no fly, no buy" and gun show loopholes.

June 22, 2016Supports Gun Control

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted against two 1987 Florida House gun bills: one wiped out local gun-control rules statewide (HB 251), and one set a statewide standard for concealed handgun permits (CS-HB 253). Both passed the House.

April 23, 1987Supports Gun Control

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Joined 257 members of Congress in a brief asking the Supreme Court to uphold a federal law requiring hospitals to give emergency care, including emergency abortion care.

April 5, 2024Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Opposed Florida's 2000 late-term abortion ban as one of its strongest critics in the Legislature. She called it an attempt to scare doctors. Gov. Jeb Bush signed it on 2000-05-25.

May 25, 2000Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Spoke on the Florida House floor against two 1997 abortion bills, an informed-consent rule and a late-term ban. She said the state needed to put more money into family planning and adoption. The House passed both.

April 29, 1997Supports Women's Reproductive Rights

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2017-12-20 against the final Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1). It passed 224-201.

December 20, 2017Opposes Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Proposed a 2006 city budget on 2005-07-25 that lowered the tax rate and paid for 13 police officers once funded by a grant.

July 25, 2005Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2019-12-19 for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (H.R. 5430). It passed 385-41.

December 19, 2019Supports Foreign Trade

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2015-06-18 against giving the president fast-track power to negotiate trade deals (H.R. 2146). It passed 218-208.

June 18, 2015Opposes Foreign Trade

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2015-05-13 for the USA FREEDOM Act (H.R. 2048), which ended the NSA's bulk collection of Americans' phone records. It passed 338-88.

May 13, 2015Supports Data Privacy

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2020-06-25 for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (H.R. 7120), which banned chokeholds and limited legal shields for police. It passed 236-181.

June 25, 2020Supports Civil Rights

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Filed a court brief on 2019-10-25 with 61 House colleagues opposing the Trump administration's bid to end pay data collection by gender and race from large employers.

October 25, 2019Supports Civil Rights

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Passed her resolution on 2019-07-15 condemning Saudi Arabia's jailing and alleged abuse of women's rights activists (H.Res. 129).

July 15, 2019Supports Civil Rights

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Passed her resolution condemning female genital mutilation as a human rights abuse (H.Res. 106) on 2019-05-20. The vote was 393-0.

May 20, 2019Supports Civil Rights

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2019-05-17 for the Equality Act (H.R. 5), which added sexual orientation and gender identity to federal civil rights law. It passed 236-173.

May 17, 2019Supports Civil Rights

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2019-03-28 for a House resolution opposing the ban on transgender people serving in the military (H.Res. 124). It passed 238-185.

March 28, 2019Supports Civil Rights

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2019-03-27 for the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 7) to fight pay gaps between men and women. It passed 242-187.

March 27, 2019Supports Civil Rights

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2019-03-08 for the For the People Act (H.R. 1), a voting rights, campaign finance, and ethics bill. It passed 234-193.

March 8, 2019Supports Civil Rights

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2018-12-20 for the First Step Act (S. 756), which cut some federal prison sentences and expanded early release programs. It passed 358-36.

December 20, 2018Supports Civil Rights

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Held a House hearing on 2017-04-05 as chair of the Democratic Women's Working Group on nude photos of service members shared without consent, after the Marines United scandal.

April 5, 2017Supports Civil Rights

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Went with a constituent to a September 2015 meeting of the Judicial Proceedings Panel, which studies military sex crime law, to push for changing how the law treats abuse of rank.

September 28, 2015Supports Civil Rights

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Wrote a provision in the 2014 defense law, which was signed on 2013-12-26. It ordered the military to study a new definition of rape and sexual assault for cases where someone abuses their rank.

December 26, 2013Supports Civil Rights

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2013-02-28 to renew the Violence Against Women Act (S. 47). It passed 286-138.

February 28, 2013Supports Civil Rights

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Nominated Assistant Police Chief Delsa Bush on 2003-12-18 to be West Palm Beach's police chief, the first woman and first Black officer picked for the job.

December 18, 2003Supports Civil Rights

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Joined local Democrats on 2001-06-13 in asking for state and federal investigations of voter disenfranchisement in Florida's 2000 election.

June 13, 2001Supports Civil Rights

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Sponsored a 1989 bill (HB 1269) to let group homes for abused children, older adults, and people with mental disabilities open in single-family neighborhoods without special zoning approval. It passed the House social services committee.

May 4, 1989Supports Civil Rights

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Led the Florida House task force on AIDS that wrote the state's 1988 AIDS law. The law barred AIDS discrimination, kept test results private, and paid for AIDS education.

June 19, 1988Supports Civil Rights

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Led the House version of the Speak Out Act (H.R. 8227), which became law on 2022-12-07. It barred using pre-signed nondisclosure agreements to silence sexual assault and harassment claims.

December 7, 2022Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted against a 2001 nursing home bill (CS-SB 1202) that capped lawsuits against nursing homes. She called it a bill to protect the industry, not patients.

May 3, 2001Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Won final passage of her tobacco sales bill on 1992-06-22, when the House voted 81-27 to strip tobacco permits from stores caught selling to minors.

June 22, 1992Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Sponsored a 1992 bill that let the state take away tobacco permits from stores that sold cigarettes to minors. It also required vending machines to be in view of clerks. It passed the House 113-1 in March.

March 10, 1992Supports Corporate Accountability

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2020-07-01 for a $1.5 trillion bill to rebuild roads, transit, and other infrastructure (H.R. 2). It passed 233-188.

July 1, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Announced on 2007-11-19 that she was forming a citizens committee to review long-term fixes for the city's old water plant. The same day, the commission approved $3 million for urgent repairs.

November 19, 2007Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Started demolition on 2006-04-03 for City Center, her project for a new city hall and library downtown. Critics tried to force a public vote on the project.

April 3, 2006Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Sponsored a 1990 bill (HB 1189) letting Palm Beach County add a 1- or 2-cent tax on meals to pay for a convention center. It passed the House 59-43, but Gov. Bob Martinez vetoed it.

July 3, 1990Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Won unanimous committee approval on 2025-07-23 for her amendment requiring at least 15% of economic aid funds in the State Department spending bill to go to Africa.

July 23, 2025Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Won House approval on 2019-07-11 of her amendment to the 2020 defense bill. It blocked money for missiles banned by the INF nuclear treaty unless set conditions were met. It passed 215-214.

July 11, 2019Supports Peaceful Foreign Policy

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Passed her resolution condemning sexual violence as a weapon of war, including by Hamas on October 7, through the House on 2024-02-14 with no votes against.

February 14, 2024Supports U.S.-Israel Ties

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Was appointed to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, which runs the Holocaust Memorial Museum, and announced it on 2025-06-03.

June 3, 2025

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Was named on 2025-01-15 the top Democrat on the House appropriations subcommittee that funds the State Department and foreign aid.

January 15, 2025

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Reported under the STOCK Act that First Republic Bank stock was sold from her account on 2023-03-16 and JPMorgan stock bought six days later. She said a money manager made the trades on his own.

March 16, 2023

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Passed her bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Benjamin Ferencz, the last living Nuremberg prosecutor (H.R. 6015), through the House on 2022-05-10.

May 10, 2022

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Led a bill that became law on 2022-04-13 to place statues of Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the U.S. Capitol.

April 13, 2022

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Endorsed Joe Biden for president on 2020-03-04.

March 4, 2020

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Was elected on 2019-03-28 as a co-chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus, the group of all Democratic women in the House.

March 28, 2019

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Got provisions into the 2018 FAA law, passed by Congress on 2018-10-03. They stopped FEMA claw backs of 2004-2005 hurricane aid and ordered a study of how presidential flight limits hurt Palm Beach businesses.

October 3, 2018

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Led a group of House Democratic women to the Senate on 2018-09-27 to ask Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to delay the Kavanaugh hearing for an FBI investigation.

September 27, 2018

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Was elected on 2016-12-12 as a co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues for the 115th Congress.

December 12, 2016

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Received the Sun Sentinel editorial board's endorsement for re-election to Congress on 2016-10-16.

October 16, 2016

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2015-09-11 against a bill to approve the 2015 Iran nuclear deal (H.R. 3461). It failed 162-269.

September 11, 2015

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2014-12-11 against the $1.1 trillion spending bill known as the "cromnibus" (H.R. 83). It passed 219-206.

December 11, 2014

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Was elected on 2014-11-18 by Florida and Georgia House Democrats to the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, which assigns Democrats to committees.

November 18, 2014

Source: frankel.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2013-10-16 for the bill that reopened the federal government after a shutdown and suspended the debt limit (H.R. 2775). It passed 285-144.

October 16, 2013

Source: clerk.house.gov · researched September 21, 2026

Received the endorsement of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund on 2012-04-17.

April 17, 2012

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Received the endorsement of U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings on 2012-02-21, twenty years after he beat her in a bitter 1992 congressional primary.

February 21, 2012

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Endorsed Kendrick Meek for U.S. Senate in 2009.

June 15, 2009

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Won re-election as mayor of West Palm Beach on 2007-03-13, defeating former City Commissioner Al Zucaro.

March 13, 2007

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

A state grand jury reported on 2007-02-02 that developers saw West Palm Beach as a "pay-to-play" city, pointing to donations to Frankel's re-election campaign. The jury found no example of favors traded for donations.

February 2, 2007

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Won the West Palm Beach mayor's race on 2003-03-11, beating incumbent Mayor Joel Daves 55.7% to 37.8%.

March 11, 2003

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Led Democratic opposition to the Republican redistricting maps passed on 2002-03-22. She called the process "the most raw partisan political act" of her 14 years in the House.

March 22, 2002

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Argued against a 2002 Florida House bill banning human cloning, saying it blocked promising medical research. The House passed it.

March 13, 2002

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Voted on 2001-12-05 to delay a $128 million tax break for wealthier Floridians to avoid deeper budget cuts. The House passed the delay 102-17.

December 5, 2001

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Urged House Democrats to vote against the 2001 state budget, as a message to Republicans before the 2002 governor's race.

May 4, 2001

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Asked Republican leaders in December 2000, with 30 House Democrats beside her, to call off the special session to name Florida's presidential electors. She cited 37 scholars who said the Legislature had no legal role.

December 12, 2000

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Received the Sun-Sentinel editorial board's endorsement for re-election to the Florida House on 2000-10-26.

October 26, 2000

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Was chosen on 1999-04-28 as the next leader of Florida House Democrats.

April 28, 1999

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Chaired a new Florida House select committee on child abuse and neglect in 1995, working on changes to the state's child welfare system.

March 19, 1995

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Was named chair of the Florida House Health and Rehabilitative Services Committee, which oversaw the state's $7.5 billion social services agency.

December 5, 1990

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Chaired the Florida House Finance and Taxation Committee in 1989.

July 10, 1989

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Received the Nelson Poynter Civil Liberties Award from the ACLU of Florida on 1988-10-16 for her work passing the state's AIDS law.

October 16, 1988

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Voted for the 1987 Florida law that put the sales tax on many services (CS-SB 777). The House passed it.

April 24, 1987

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026

Won her first race for the Florida House in District 83 on 1986-11-04, beating Republican Gerald Adams 16,960 votes to 7,511.

November 4, 1986

Source: sun-sentinel.com · researched September 21, 2026