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The Hill: Fair economy necessary to pursue national goals by Rep. Barbara Lee
2/2/12
It is critical that we, as a country, consider the impact of a struggling economy on the millions of individuals and families who are living life on the edge. ?While we see some slow improvements in the jobs numbers, unemployment rates...
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The Seattle Times: Corporate spending and U.S. elections: counteracting the super PACs by Rep. McDermott
1/29/12
The notion that corporations have the same First Amendment speech protections as people deeply concerns me. Corporations are not people. They don't attend our schools and breathe our air.
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Huffington Post: Strengthening the State of Our Union by Rep. Cicilline
1/26/12
his week, President Obama offered Congress a plan to rebuild our economy with proposals focused on manufacturing, innovation, and workforce training proposals that I and many of my colleagues support and have already been working hard to advance...
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CPC Co-Chairs Decry Wall St. Carve Out in STOCK Act
2/9/12
While we strongly support the Democratic version of the STOCK Act... We are appalled at Washington Republicans' refusal to produce a clean bill that would require Wall Street to play by the same rules as working Americans.
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CPC Co-Chairs Applaud Court Decision on Equality
2/7/12
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the best of America. We do not legislate our prejudices and discrimination should not be legal in the greatest country on Earth...We stand shoulder to shoulder with gay and lesbian Americans in celebrating...
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CPC Co-Chairs Call on Republicans to Stop Pitting Working Families Against One Another in FAA Reauthorization
2/2/12
Washington Republicans have failed to listen to the American people. Now they have created a situation where groups of employees are pitted against each other in the FAA reauthorization bill.
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CPC Co-Chairs Call For Real Accountability in Proposed Wall Street Bank Settlement
1/23/12
As state attorneys general and the President's team gather in Chicago today to discuss a deal with the nation's five largest banks, we urge them to come to an agreement that acknowledges the deep pain that has been inflicted on the American people
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The Nation: The Progressive Honor Roll of 2011
12/22/11
Rep. Raúl Grijalva has been just as outspoken at the federal level, working closely with his Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair, Keith Ellison, against the GOP austerity agenda while prodding the Obama administration to support a dramatically bolde
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The Hill: Why we need to restore the American dream for the 99%
12/15/11
On Tuesday, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus released a grand proposal to help rebuild America and its embattled middle class–and it couldn't come at a better time.
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MPR: Ellison and House liberals float jobs bill
12/13/11
Rep. Keith Ellison and other liberal House Democrats are trying to move the conversation to the left by offering their own year-end jobs and tax extension legislation.
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CPC Co-Chairs Applaud Court Decision on Equality
2/7/12
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the best of America. We do not legislate our prejudices and discrimination should not be legal in the greatest country on Earth...We stand shoulder to shoulder with gay and lesbian Americans in celebrating...
Read more
CPC Co-Chairs Call on Republicans to Stop Pitting Working Families Against One Another in FAA Reauthorization
2/2/12
Washington Republicans have failed to listen to the American people. Now they have created a situation where groups of employees are pitted against each other in the FAA reauthorization bill.
Read more
CPC Co-Chairs Call For Real Accountability in Proposed Wall Street Bank Settlement
1/23/12
As state attorneys general and the President's team gather in Chicago today to discuss a deal with the nation's five largest banks, we urge them to come to an agreement that acknowledges the deep pain that has been inflicted on the American people
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