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PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS OPPOSES ENDLESS WAR, DEMANDS A VOTE

November 21, 2013

This revelation is outrageous. The possibility of a military presence into 2024 is unacceptable. There is no military solution in Afghanistan. After 13 years and more than $778 billion invested in an unstable country and the corrupt Karzai government, its time to bring our troops and tax dollars home.

PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS RESPONDS TO REPORTS OF EPIC WASTE AT PENTAGON

November 20, 2013

A Reuters report released this week documents shocking levels of waste within the Pentagon. The report uncovered, among other things, billions in excess inventory at the Defense Logistics Agency, orders totaling $733 million for supplies and equipment that the Pentagon already had in its warehouses, and questionable book-keeping practices that make the Pentagon essentially un-auditable.

CPC CO-CHAIRS: HOUSE MUST ACT TO END WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION

November 7, 2013

Workplace discrimination has no place in the United States. When 17 percent of LGBT workers and 26 percent of transgender Americans report being fired or not hired for a job due to their sexual orientation or gender identity, there's a serious problem that Congress needs to address.

PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS, ADVOCATES STAND AGAINST CHAINED-CPI

October 3, 2013

"Calculating benefits for Social Security beneficiaries with chained CPI isn't a reform–it's a benefit cut. Americans oppose cutting Social Security or shutting down the government to deny millions of Americans health care. They won't be

CPC Co-Chairs Applaud New EPA Rule Proposal

September 23, 2013

We applaud the EPA for taking meaningful steps to reduce carbon pollution from power plants, the largest stationary source in the United States. Carbon pollution produces long-term changes in climate that can have catastrophic impacts on human health and

CPC Co-Chairs: Republican Budget Bill Hurts Working Families

September 20, 2013

Less than twenty-four hours after voting to cut food assistance for 3.8 million Americans, Republicans passed a bill that makes it harder for working families to find work and get affordable health care. We do not think shutting down the government and de

CPC Condemns Republican Vote to Slash Food Assistance

September 19, 2013

H.R. 3102 cuts the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by nearly $40 billion over 10 years. The bill, which passed on a 217-210 vote, leaves 3.8 million Americans without food assistance and allows states to cut off an entire family's foo
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