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Congressional Progressive Caucus Statement on USMCA
11/22/19The Trade Working Group has been waiting for 23 days for a written commitment from USTR Lighthizer addressing our long-standing concerns with the USMCA as drafted. Before any proposed deal comes up for a vote in Congress, critical changes must be made to strengthen the labor and environmental provisions and address the giveaways to Big Pharma.
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Bipartisan Congressional Leaders Pen Letter Calling on Congress to End Unconstitutional Surveillance Powers
11/20/19Today, 49 members sent a bipartisan letter to the leadership of the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees calling for meaningful surveillance reform as Congress considers whether to reauthorize Section 215 and other provisions in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
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Congressional Progressive Caucus Statement on the Situation in Bolivia
11/20/19We are gravely concerned by the deteriorating human rights situation in Bolivia. The disproportionate use of force against protestors and indigenous Bolivians is unacceptable and undermines Bolivians' fundamental rights to peaceful protest and assembly.
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Op Eds
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The Hill: A $15 minimum wage is exactly what our economy needs
7/16/19This week, Democrats in the House have the chance to end poverty wages and increase paychecks for 27 million American workers. There's no excuse not to get this done.
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CPC Co-Chair Rep. Raul Grijalva: Bailing On the Paris Climate Deal Would Be a Huge Security Risk
6/28/17By Rep. Raul Grijalva and Michael Shank Published in Time The Trump Administration is poised to isolate itself f...
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CPC Vice Chair Rep. Keith Ellison: Three myths about the minimum wage
6/28/17All workers, whether they get tips or not, deserve $15 an hour.
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CPC In the News
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Millionaire (and billionaire) taxes: An idea whose time has come?
02/08/19Originally Published in CBS News By Megan Cerullo The idea of hiking taxes on the richest Americans i...
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'Everybody In, Nobody Out': What We Know So Far About the Medicare for All Act of 2019
02/07/19With H.R. 676 no longer and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wa.) to soon unveil a revised single-payer bill, here's our informed perspective on why the new version is shaping up to be a much stronger and more detailed piece of legislation
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'Green New Deal' lands in the Capitol
02/07/19The climate and economic plan backed by progressives and several Democratic presidential hopefuls calls for "massive" government action "on a scale not seen since World War II."
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