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Congressional Progressive Caucus Asks President Obama to Close Guantanamo in his Final Days
1/11/17WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, on the 15th anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention center, Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), First Vice Chair Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), and Peace and Security Taskforce Chairwoman Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), along with 36 other Members of Congress sent a letter to President Obama, urging him to deny President-elect Trump the tools to reinstate torture.
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Congressional Progressive Caucus: Will House Republicans Break Trump's Promise to Protect Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security?
1/11/17CPC Members to Introduce Amendment to House Budget Resolution blocking cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security Benefits.
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Congressional Progressive Caucus Calls on Secretary Lew to Protect Disabled Students from Burdensome Debt
12/16/16WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), and Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) sent a letter today to Secretary of the Treasury, Jacob J. Lew, concerning disabled students, and their eligibility to have student loans forgiven. To read the full letter, see below and the attached file.
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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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