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Eddie Bernice Johnson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 30th district
Incumbent
Assumed office  January 3, 1993
Preceded by	None (District Created After 1990 Census)
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Born	December 03, 1935 (1935-12-03) (age 72) Waco, Texas
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	divorced
Religion	Baptist

Eddie Bernice Johnson (born December 3, 1935) is a politician from the state of Texas, currently representing the state's 30th congressional district (map) in the U.S. House.

Johnson was born in Waco, Texas. A psychiatric nurse and psychotherapist, Congresswoman Johnson was educated in nursing at Saint Mary's College of Notre Dame, Indiana, 1955; B.S., Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, 1967; M.P.A., Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1976;

She was elected to the Texas House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1972. She was an administrator for the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1977 to 1981. She was elected to the Texas State Senate in 1986. As a state senator, she was on the redistricting committee where she was instrumental in shaping the district she represents. She was subsequently elected to the House of Representatives in 1992 becoming the first nurse elected to congress.

The 17th chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, she was a leading voice in opposition to the Authorization For the Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002. During debate on the house floor, she stated "I am not convinced that giving the President the authority to launch a unilateral, first-strike attack on Iraq is the appropriate course of action at this time. While I believe that under international law and under the authority of our Constitution, the United States must maintain the option to act in its own self-defense, I strongly believe that the administration has not provided evidence of an imminent threat of attack on the United States that would justify a unilateral strike. I also believe that actions alone, without exhausting peaceful options, could seriously harm global support for our war on terrorism and distract our own resources from this cause."

She was one of the 31 who voted in the House against counting the electoral votes from Ohio in the United States presidential election, 2004. [1]

On November 7, 2006, she was re-elected to serve an eighth term in Congress. Johnson won 80% of vote, defeating Republican Wilson Aurbach and Libertarian Ken Ashby.

• U.S. Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson official House site
• Eddie Bernice Johnson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Federal Election Commission — Eddie Bernice Johnson campaign finance reports and data
• On the Issues — Eddie Bernice Johnson issue positions and quotes
• OpenSecrets.org — Eddie Bernice Johnson campaign contributions
• Project Vote Smart — Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX) profile
• SourceWatch Congresspedia — Eddie Bernice Johnson profile
• Washington Post — Congress Votes Database: Eddie Bernice Johnson voting record

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