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		The Progressive Caucus is an organization of Members of Congress founded in 1991 by newly-elected House Representative Bernie Sanders (Independent-Vermont), the former mayor of Burlington and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which describes itself as "the principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International."
		Progressive Challenge is a coalition through which the activities and talking points of leftist groups are synchronized and harmonized with one another, producing coordinated, mutually-reinforcing propaganda from some 200 seemingly-unconnected groups.
		In 2005 the Progressive Caucus crafted its "Progressive Promise" document, which advocates socialized medicine; radical environmentalism; the redistribution of wealth; higher taxes; the elimination of numerous provisions of the Patriot Act; dramatic reductions in the government's intelligence-gathering capabilities; debt relief for poor countries; and the quick withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
	www.discoverthenetwork.org /groupProfile.asp?grpid=6497 (462 words)

	The Black Commentator - Cover Story: How to Fix the Fractured Black Caucus - Issue 136
		The unfolding implosion of the Congressional Black Caucus as a coherent voice for progressive politics is commonly bundled into discussion of the general disarray in the Democratic Party.
		Clay is also a member of the Progressive Caucus, but it is difficult to understand why, given his vote for the Republican estate tax bill (see graph) and his decision, this week, to switch his vote on a key abortion bill.
		Progressives in the CBC, who are still in the great majority, must act as a body to establish their own PAC whose funding of incumbents and candidates will be based on affirmation of “bright line” positions on issues held dear by the Black electorate.
	www.blackcommentator.com /136/136_cover_black_caucus.html (2502 words)

	Progressive Members of Congress to Offer Progressive Alternative State of the Union
		Washington, DC - Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) will present an alternative, inclusive, and uplifting vision for the United States of America on the morning of the President's State of the Union address.
		The Progressive Caucus news conference and follow-on panel discussions will highlight progressive priorities and ideas embodied in a set of twenty articles published by the Members of the Caucus in a special issue of The Nation magazine: Paths to Renewal which will be available at www.thenation.com on January 19, 2006.
		The Wasserman Conference Room, 430 South Capitol Street, SE, Washington, DC The Congressional Progressive Caucus is a group of 62 Members of Congress who believe in fair government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
	www.buzzflash.com /alerts/06/01/ale06009.html (504 words)

	The Philadelphia Tribune - In The News Story
		The prime symbol of the new clout of progressives and women is Nancy Pelosi of California, a former member of the Democrats’ Congressional Progressive Caucus, who will occupy the most powerful seat in the legislative branch of government when she takes over as speaker of the House in January.
		Caucus leaders use their ability to deliver unified voting blocs to exert pressure on congressional leaders and to influence the legislative agenda.
		Several other progressive women will chair congressional committees, including the powerful House and Senate Rules panels, which set the parameters of debate and determine the number and kind of amendments that may be attached to legislation.
	www.phila-tribune.com /channel/inthenews/120306/progressives.asp (1116 words)

	foodfirst.org: The Congressional Progressive Caucus Position Papers
		The Progressive Caucus is united in its goal of making health care a right, not a privilege.
		The Progressive Caucus could take the lead in the formation of a national leadership steering committee to put this dramatic issue before the public through coordinated media campaigns and local education and action forums.
		Several pieces of legislation are already on the table which the Progressive Caucus could endorse.
	www.foodfirst.org /bustour/pp1.html (1788 words)

	Congressional Progressive Caucus seeks better coordination - 06/30/05 \| Workers Independent News
		Congressional Progressive Caucus seeks better coordination - 06/30/05
		A revitalized Congressional Progressive Caucus is out with a new agenda called the Progressive Promise and an effort is underway to organize much better coordination between the caucus and progressive groups nationwide to advance the progressive political agenda.
		Ending the war in Iraq is another important goal of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
	www.laborradio.org /node/920 (202 words)

	Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC)
		WASHINGTON - January 18 - Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) will present an alternative, inclusive, and uplifting vision for the United States of America on the morning of the President's State of the Union address.
		The meeting will feature Progressive Caucus leaders discussing issues ranging from how to bring our troops home from Iraq to ending the Republican culture of corruption and cronyism to healthcare reform to rebuilding New Orleans and the Gulf Coast and achieving broad-based economic growth.
		The Progressive Caucus news conference and follow-on panel discussions will highlight progressive priorities and ideas embodied in a set of twenty articles published by the Members of the Caucus in a special issue of The Nation magazine: Paths to Renewal which will be available at www.thenation.com on January 19, 2006.
	www.commondreams.org /news2006/0118-22.htm (537 words)

	Progressive Women Outnumber 'Blue Dog' Dems
		The prime symbol of the new clout of progressives and women is Nancy Pelosi of California, a former member of the Democrats' Congressional Progressive Caucus, who will occupy the most powerful seat in the legislative branch of government when she takes over as Speaker of the House in January.
		Two women--California Democrats Barbara Lee and Lynn Woolsey--currently chair the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and both are seeking re-election to lead the caucus in the 110th Congress.
		The gains by progressive Democratic women follow an election in which the party's two campaign chairs--Rep. Rahm Emanuel of Illinois and Sen. Charles Schumer of New York--actively sought out a number of fiscally and socially conservative candidates to run in moderate districts and states.
	www.womensenews.org /article.cfm/dyn/aid/2967/context/archive (1233 words)

	Rep. Lynn Woolsey \| The Progressive Promise
		As one of the two co-chairs of the 60-member Congressional Progressive Caucus, along with my colleague, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), we are prepared to help lead our caucus in forceful, impassioned and organized opposition.
		As progressives, we are not going to accept the same head-in-the-sand denial, the same stubborn detachment from reality and the same failed leadership.
		Progressive media are taking advantage of new opportunities to cut through the homogenized corporate-drivel.
	www.truthout.org /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/38/12595 (892 words)

	Progressive Caucus Rising: This election was no victory for centrists
		In particular, the Congressional Progressive Caucus is on the rise.
		Indeed the CPC is poised to increase its ranks.
		Though the CPC represents about a third of House Democrats, the caucus members hold ranking minority positions on half of the House's 20 standing committees, including Conyers on the Judiciary Committee, Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) on the Education and the Workforce Committee, and Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) on the Government Reform Committee.
	www.opednews.com /articles/opedne_nick_bur_061110_progressive_caucus_r.htm (1629 words)

	Progressive Democrats of America
		Barbara Lee is co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
		She spent 14 years in the California State Assembly, where she rose to the position of Democratic Caucus Chair and was responsible for such legislation as the largest divestment of state pension funds from South Africa, landmark affirmative action legislation, and the introduction of the nation’s first plant closure law.
		Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey is co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and the first former welfare mother to serve in Congress.
	pdamerica.org /about/board.php (2444 words)

	Progressive Democrats of America
		Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) exists to carry the progressive agenda from the American grassroots to Congress to guide the development of progressive legislation, fight for its passage into law, and support the realization of progressive policies at the state and local levels.
		PDA State Caucus: A Caucus is a statewide organizing unit within the State Democratic Party (in some states called a Club or an Initiative).
		A PDA Caucus is organized to provide a structure through which individual progressives and PDA Chapters can work collectively to rebuild the party and renew democratic values.
	www.pdamerica.org /about/faq.php (1069 words)

	Congressional Progressive Caucus
		The Congressional Progressive Caucus was established in the U.S. House of Representatives in the early 1990s.
		The Co-Chairwomen of the 72-Member Congressional Progressive Caucus, U.S. Representatives Lynn Woolsey and Barbara Lee, welcome your interest in the growing Progressive Caucus.
		Congressional Progressive Caucus On Reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act
	cpc.lee.house.gov /index.cfm?SectionID=1&ParentID=0&SectionTypeID=1&SectionTree=1 (244 words)

	The Capital Times
		Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., advanced an amendment seeking a withdrawal plan almost two years ago, while the other co-chair, Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., has led the House in voting for resolutions opposing the construction of permanent U.S. bases in Iraq.
		The Congressional Progressive Caucus has determined accordingly that a predominantly military approach is no longer a viable solution to stabilizing Iraq.
		The only question now is whether the workable alternative of the Congressional Progressive Caucus will garner as much attention from the media as the failed status quo of the Bush-Cheney White House.
	www.madison.com /tct/opinion/index.php?ntid=118302&ntpid=0 (679 words)

	MichaelMoore.com : Progressive Caucus offers alternative vision for U.S.
		At a small gathering Tuesday hosted by the Nation magazine, the Congressional Progressive Caucus -- which represents 62 of the body's most liberal members -- announced their "Alternative State of the Union," an agenda they would pursue if they could wrest control of Washington from Republicans.
		Five other members of the Bay Area's congressional delegation are part of the caucus -- including the two co-chairs, Rep. Lynn Woolsey of Petaluma and Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland -- and they represent a region that voted overwhelmingly for Bush's Democratic opponents in the past two presidential elections.
		Progressives hope to seize on the administration's missteps -- especially the bungled federal response to Hurricane Katrina -- to persuade voters to support the idea of a bigger, more active government to address social needs.
	www.michaelmoore.com /words/latestnews/index.php?id=5723 (601 words)

	The Crowded Progressive Caucus
		The largest ideological caucus in the new House Democratic majority will be the Congressional Progressive Caucus, with a membership that includes New York's Charles Rangel, Michigan's John Conyers, Massachusetts' Barney Frank and at least half the incoming chairs of House standing committees.
		(The CPC worked with labor and progressive groups to assist a number of candidates in targeted races around the country this year, reflecting the more aggressive approach it has taken since the caucus was reorganized under the leadership of Lee and Woolsey and hired veteran labor and political organizer Bill Goold as a full-time staffer.)
		CPC members Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Sherrod Brown of Ohio will be leaving the House to become U.S. Senators.
	www.thenation.com /blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=139093 (1611 words)

	BTC News » Progressive Democrats spotted in the wild
		The San Francisco Chronicle reports today that the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which consists of 58 liberal House Democrats along with Independent congressman Bernie Sanders, is alive and inching toward wellness in Washington.
		The Caucus have enumerated their principles in the “Progressive Promise,” which is detailed in this press release on Caucus co-chair Barbara Lee’s web site.
		Progressive Democrats and other liberals should be salivating at the prospect of a functional progressive Congressional organization, and one hopes that eagerness will translate into the support the organization will require if they hope to articulate, popularize and enact a progressive agenda.
	www.btcnews.com /btcnews/1000 (1072 words)

	Congressional Progressive Caucus: The Socialist Fifth Column In Congress
		The CPC was founded in 1991 by former Vermont Representative Bernie Sanders, an admitted socialist.
		Members of the CPC who will gain influential positions in the House and Senate are: New York’s Charles Rangel who will oversee tax policy in the House; Massachusetts’ Barney Frank; California’s Henry Waxman; Mississippi’s Bennie Thompson; George Miller of California; Tom Lantos of California and more.
		The CPC will push for higher taxes; lax immigration and national security measures; and far more federal control over our nation’s economy and institutions.
	www.traditionalvalues.org /modules.php?sid=2978 (435 words)

	NOVEMBER 23, 1998--The enemy within
		an avowedly socialist congressional caucus is operating out of a congressional office which is staffed by a congressional aide and paid for with your tax dollars.
		In conjunction with the Campaign DSA is working with the Congressional Progressive Caucus, a network of more than 50 progressive members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
		The Caucus also works with a coalition of organizations, called the Progressive Challenge, to bring new life to the progressive voice in U.S. politics.
	www.geoffmetcalf.com /wndarchive/19519.html (766 words)

	Matt Renner \| Progressive Democrats Aim to Cut Iraq War Funding
		The Congressional Progressive Caucus is leading the Democratic effort in the House to stop the president's escalation plan in its tracks and bring US Troops home within the year.
		The co-chairs of the 71-member Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), Congresswomen Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), have pushed a plan into the forefront as Congressional debate on Iraq accelerates.
		Still, the Democratic Caucus said despite overwhelming public opposition and a lack of support from Democrats and Republicans to a troop increase, President Bush has forced Democrats to take dramatic measures in hopes of stopping the president's plan.
	www.truthout.org /docs_2006/020807K.shtml (979 words)

	The Democratic Party: Whose Party Is It?
		Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Progressive Caucus chair, says progressives must "force debate on issues that conservatives and moderates prefer not to deal with." One issue that should be at the top of any serious national debate, he says, is the unfair distribution of wealth and income.
		Ehrenreich says that her "most important" message to the audience at the Progressive Challenge was to urge the Progressive Caucus to disassociate itself from Clinton.
		The American progressive community tends to express and finance its politics through Washington-based, nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations that are prohibited by law from taking part in overt political activity, like encouraging people to lobby for legislation or to vote a congressmember out of office.
	baltimorechronicle.com /democrat.html (1913 words)

	foodfirst.org: The Congressional Progressive Caucus
		The Congressional Progressive Caucus is launching a "Economic Human Rights" tour, Nov. 11 and Nov. 12, 1999, focusing on national priorities for the21st century and violations of human rights due to economic injustices in this country.
		The Progressive Caucus is a 53 member body in the House of Representatives, chaired by Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR).
		The Progressive Caucus' "Economic Human Rights" Tour will bring members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus to visit the state of Georgia and hear testimony from people living there under economically depressed conditions.
	www.foodfirst.org /bustour/caucus.html (477 words)

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