Newsweek: Bernie Sanders on the Budget
March 13, 2011
Senator Bernie Sanders' interview with Newsweek on his budget filibuster
MSNBC: Minnesota Democrat has leading role for liberals
February 17, 2011
"It's a measure of how ideology matters as much as race that one of America's most prominent African-American politicians, Rep. Keith Ellison, comes from a congressional district that is 74 percent white."
Ellison: Republicans got elected 'by taking advantage of people's pain'
February 11, 2011
In a floor speech at 9:52 p.m. Thursday night, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) said he believes "Republicans got themselves elected by taking advantage of people's pain."
Washington Post on CPC Social Security Letter
January 24, 2011
Greg Sargent: "[T]he letter is a sign that the left is going to kick up a huge amount of noise if Obama flirts with any deal that would cut Social Security, which could set back efforts by the White House to repair the rift with House progressives over the tax deal, as the White House appears to want to do."
CPC to Pentagon: Martin Luther King Jr. Opposed War
January 21, 2011
Rep. Mike Honda leads a 12-Member letter to DOD on general counsel Jeh Johnson's remarks about Martin Luther King Jr. and support for war.
Lewis: A Civil Rights Icon Calls for Net Neutrality
December 20, 2010
The Huffington Post on Congressman Grijalva and Congressman Lewis' fight for net neutrality: "Now the two men, who symbolize the moral fight for social justice, are standing together and calling on the FCC to protect our Internet freedom."
Conyers: Debt Commission's Failure To Issue Final Report Is A Victory for Working People
December 3, 2010
CPC Member Rep. John Conyers Comments on Fiscal Commission Vote
