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Congressional Progressive Caucus Urges Labor Laws be Enforced, Supports Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order
10/26/16WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) made the following statement today after a Texas judge temporarily blocked a final Department of Labor rule implementing President Obama's 2014 Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order, which was scheduled to take effect Tuesday. The executive order requires federal contractors to disclose labor law violations and gives agencies guidance on how to consider labor violations when awarding federal contracts.
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Congressional Progressive Caucus Urges CFPB to Continue Curbing Harmful Incentive Compensation Practices
10/17/16WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional Progressive Caucus led by Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) sent a letter to Director Richard Cordray at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today, along with 44 co-signers, urging the bureau to continue to act to curb aggressive sales quotes, low-base wages, and other related practices.
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Congressional Progressive Caucus Responds to Speaker Ryan's Speech at the University of Wisconsin
10/14/16WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) made the following statement today after Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) denounced "liberal progressivism" in a speech to students at the University of Wisconsin.
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Co-Chair Rep. Ellison: John Stumpf's Wells Fargo Racket Shows Why Bank Workers Need a Union
9/28/16To 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 Whip Rep. Barbara Lee: End Hyde Now
9/28/16Read the original in U.S. News & World Report When I first started my career in the House of Representatives, I ...
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Reps Beyer and Napolitano: It's suicide prevention month. Half of suicides are committed with a gun.
9/13/16Originally published in The Hill This summer Americans in communities across the country have been having conversati...
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John Stumpf's Wells Fargo Racket Shows Why Bank Workers Need a Union
09/28/16To 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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Fight over privatizing veterans care moves from campaign trail to House
09/28/16A key Democrat wants to bring the presidential campaign fight over veterans health care to the House floor, offering a resolution Wednesday that opposes the privatization of Veterans Affairs programs.
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The Pro-Social Security Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget
03/10/16Of all the FY 2017 proposed budgets, the Congressional Progressive Caucus People's Budget is by far the best on Social Security. It deserves the support of everyone who supports Social Security.
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