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• Congressional Progressive Caucus Urges Senate to Reject Bradbury Nomination

  6/27/17

  WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) issued the following statement today on the pending nomination of Steven Bradbury to be General Counsel of the US Department of Transportation. Bradbury's nomination will be considered by the Senate Commerce Committee this Wednesday at 10:00 am.

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• Congressional Progressive Caucus Stands with Port Truck Drivers on Strike for Fair Wages & Workplace Protections

  6/23/17

  WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) made the following statement in support of the Los Angeles Port Truck Drivers striking against wage theft and mistreatment. Last week, USA Today published an investigation on the abuses of port truck drivers, who have been overworked with little pay and forced into debt by major corporations. These drivers say that they have been misclassified as ‘independent contractors,' allowing companies to avoid paying minimum wage, overtime, or complying with key workplace protections. Additionally, truck drivers are forced to lease their trucks and pay for business expenses like insurance and fuel out of their own pockets. This leaves workers with barely any pay to show for their hours of work.

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• Congressional Progressive Caucus: Senate Health Bill Just as ‘Mean' As House Version; Will Strip Health Care from Millions

  6/22/17

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) made the following statement after Senate Republicans released their plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act after weeks of hiding the bill from the American people to avoid answering tough questions.

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Op Eds

• CPC Co-Chair Rep. Pocan: Trump may be helping to create a famine in Yemen. Congress could stop him.

  5/23/17

  Originally Published in The Washington Post

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• CPC Co-Chair Rep. Grijalva & Donald Cohen: 1284 22 3 DOJ not doing enough to end for-profit prison system

  10/27/16

  Originally Published in USA Today By Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva and Donald Cohen

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• Co-Chair Rep. Ellison: John Stumpf's Wells Fargo Racket Shows Why Bank Workers Need a Union

  9/28/16

  To end these predatory practices, financial services sector employees should be given a seat at the table and allowed to collectively bargain.

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CPC In the News

• Progressive Caucus elects Wisconsin lawmaker as new leader

  05/24/17

  Liberal Democrats on Tuesday elected Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) to replace Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) atop the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC).

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• Progressive lawmakers lay out alternative infrastructure plan

  05/24/17

  The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) will lay out its own infrastructure proposal this week, staking out a position ahead of a legislative debate over transportation that is expected to heat up later this year.

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• Mark Pocan and the Progressive Caucus propose resistance budget

  05/09/17

  Originally Published in The Capital Times

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