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The term Progressive caucus is used to describe American left-liberal caucuses within either the Democratic Party or the Democratic caucus in various legislatures:
Congressional Progressive Caucus People's Budget
DASO Black progressive caucus press conference
Progressive Caucus Leader Says Raise Retirement Age
First Press Conference of Progressive Caucus on CETA & TTIP
Congressional Progressive Caucus To Outnumber Blue Dogs in Next Congress (Part 2 of 2)
Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget Strikes Back Against Austerity
Congressional Progressive Caucus Unveils The People’s Budget: A Raise for America
Congressional Progressive Caucus 2017 Budget Unveiling
Progressive Caucus Split on Issue of Arming Syrian Rebels
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Supports the Congressional Progressive Caucus's "Better Off Budget"
The Congressional Progressive Caucus has released its budget. The People's Budget invests in people and infrastructure and taxes all income with the same rules.
DASO endorses the shutdown of campuses national and condemns police and private security brutality towards students, they in support of free decolonial education and bring back our cadres campaign nationally
MSNBC Host Cenk Uygur and Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) discuss whether or not we should raise the retirement age for social security. What reforms should we really be discussing?
The steering committee of the Progressive called a press conference before its first public event “CETA, TTIP: two sides of the same coin?” Sergio Cofferati, MEP S&D;: “CETA negotiations have been conducted without the necessary public debate. The result is a very dangerous agreement which does not ensure a full respect of workers’ rights and labour standards.” Fabio De Masi, MEP GUE/NGL: "CETA is the little brother of TTIP and needs to be buried alongside it. The investment court system still undermines our justice system. A provisional application of CETA before decision of national parliaments is unacceptable." Eva Joly, MEP Greens/EFA: “The negotiation of new trade agreements putting multinational companies above choices of citizens would be an unbearable turning point for our democra...
The Democrats lost the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday's midterm elections, but what is the makeup of the new Democratic House caucus? The conservative Blue Dogs lost half their members, while the Progressive Caucus remains near eighty. We speak to its co-chair, Rep. Raúl Grijalva, who appears to have retained his seat in a close election in Arizona's 7th Congressional District. Over the past year, Grijalva has received numerous threats, including having a suspicious package covered in swastikas sent to his office and having a bullet shot through his district office in Yuma, Arizona. Democracy Now! speaks with Rep. Grijalva. For the complete interview, podcast, transcripts and more information, visit www.DemocracyNow.org. Please consider supporting independen...
Bob Pollin: The Congressional Progressive Caucus's budget would increase spending on education, healthcare and the green economy while rolling back cuts against social services See more videos: http://therealnews.com
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, March 18th at 12:00pm EST, the Congressional Progressive Caucus will unveil The People’s Budget: A Raise for America. While working families face smaller paychecks, corporations and the wealthy are amassing record wealth. American families know the system is rigged in favor of the corporations. The People’s Budget makes the economy work for everyone. It creates high quality jobs and reduces family expenses, restoring the buying power of working Americans to drive a full economic recovery. WHAT: Congressional Progressive Caucus unveils The People’s Budget WHO: Congressman Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA) Congresswoman Sheil...
Topic: Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) 2017 Budget Unveiling Who: Congressman Keith Ellison (MN-05) Congressman Raul Grijalva (AZ-03) Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02) Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) Congresswoman Gwen Moore (WI-04) Chris Shelton, President of Communications, Workers of America Josh Bivens, Director of Research and Policy, Economic Policy Institute
Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Co-Chairs Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Keith Ellison (D-MN), along with the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), today held a forum titled “Oil Is The New Tobacco”. The forum examined issues surrounding the fossil fuel industry’s concerted efforts to deceive elected officials, investors, and the American public on the reality of climate change. Speakers included members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, Kathy Mulvey from the Union of Concerned Scientists, Ed Garvey, a Former Researcher at Exxon, Naomi Oreskes, Harvard Professor and Author of Merchants of Doubt, and Natasha Lamb, Arjuna Capital’s director of equity research and shareholder engagement.
This was a great interview. New Zealand author, speaker, and activist Trevor Loudon joined me to discuss what we might expect from Barack Obama's last few months in office and we take a look at his new movie coming out based on his best selling books The Enemy Within: in which he exposes over 100 Communists, Socialists, and radical progressives in our US Congress.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) held an introductory briefing about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on March 17, also featuring Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Celeste Drake, AFL-CIO & Karen Hansen-Kuhn, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. TTIP is a potential bilateral, far-reaching free trade agreement between the United States and the European Union. Negotiations have been ongoing since 2013 and both sides are aiming to complete the agreement by the end of this year. As the U.S. and the E.U. continue to negotiate this massive deal behind closed doors, experts gave an overview of some of the threats posed by the TTIP agreement in a number of areas, including environmental standards, financial reform, food safety, chemical ...
Sen. Bernie Sanders will secure his first Capitol Hill endorsement this week when the head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus formally backs his White House bid. Rep. Raúl Grijalva is expected to endorse Sanders (I-Vt.) at a campaign rally Friday in Grijalva's Tucson district, a source close to the Arizona Democrat confirmed Wednesday. The news was first reported early Wednesday by the LA Times. Sanders, who launched his presidential run in May to low expectations, has emerged as a surprisingly formidable candidate on the left. He has raised tens of millions of dollars — mostly in small denominations — closed the advantage once enjoyed by front-runner Hillary Clinton in national polls, and even surpassed the former secretary of State in the early primary states of Iowa and New Hamp...
On April 15, 2015, ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell testified at a hearing held by the Congressional Progressive Caucus. The forum, chaired by Representatives Keith Ellison and Raúl Grijalva, focused on how federal contracting and other forms of financial support for business should be overhauled to reflect American values and build the kind of economy we need. The hearing featured perspectives from both low-wage workers and independent businesses. As Stacy noted in her testimony, much of federal policy now works to bend the marketplace in favor of big corporations, putting both workers and small businesses at a competitive disadvantage. Federal subsidies, tax credits, loan guarantees, and other public benefits skew heavily in favor of large, low-wage corporations over responsible small businesses...
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) will host a forum Wednesday, April 15th at 2:30 pm EST on how the federal government can create good jobs as millions of Americans go on strike around the country. America’s elected leaders and CEOs are finally waking up to the reality that a low-wage economy – in which many workers can’t afford the basic necessities of life and are forced to rely on public aid to survive – isn’t good for working families or the economy. The Progressive Caucus forum will highlight model employers in order to show that real-world alternatives to a business model reliant on poverty-jobs are possible. What: The CPC to host forum on a good jobs strategy for the low wage economy Who: Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) Con...
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, March 17th at 2:00pm EST, the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) will host a forum on ISIL and President Obama’s proposed AUMF. What: The CPC to host forum on ISIL and President Obama’s Proposed AUMF Who: Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) Congressman (ret.) Ron Dellums, former chair of the House Armed Services Committee Phyllis Bennis, Director of New Internationalism Project, Institute for Policy Studies Jen Daskal, Professor at American University Washington College of Law Mel Duncan, Executive Director, Nonviolent Peaceforce