The Senate Republican minority today blocked passage of the Paycheck Fairness for Women Act, a common-sense effort to address the pay gap between women and men. The filibuster follows an attempt last week by House Democrats to get a vote on the bill, whic
Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Slam Latest Chapter in Republican War on Women
May 16, 2012
The House should take up the Senate bill, which passed with 68 votes, instead of reducing domestic and sexual violence to another partisan punching bag. Unfortunately, House Republicans have approached the Violence Against Women Act...
Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs to Introduce "Stop Shoot First Laws" Amendment
May 8, 2012
Shoot first laws have already cost too many lives. In Florida alone, deaths due to self-defense have tripled since the law was enacted. Federal money shouldn't be spent supporting states with laws that endanger their own people
Progressive Caucus Holds Hearing to Prevent One Million Foreclosures in 2012 with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman
April 26, 2012
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) today held a hearing on current efforts to help millions of American families stay in their homes and to prevent the estimated one million foreclosures experts say may occur this year.
Congressional Progressive Caucus to Hold Hearing on Preventing One Million More Foreclosures
April 20, 2012
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) will hold Turning the Tide: Preventing One Million More Foreclosures and Holding Wrong-doers Accountable on April 26th.
Progressive Caucus Declares Support for Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
April 18, 2012
We declare our support for amending the Constitution of the United States to restore the rights of the American people, undermined by Citizens United and related cases, to protect the integrity of our elections and limit the corrosive influence of money..
We applaud Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Democrats for holding a vote on the Buffett Rule, which requires millionaires and billionaires to pay the same tax rates as middle class families and working people.
After months of delay, we are encouraged that Mr. DeMarco is finally hearing the calls of the American people to write down mortgages for millions of homeowners. Now it is time follow words with action...
Allen West is denigrating the millions of Americans who voted to elect Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) members, and he is ignoring the oath they took to protect and defend the U.S. Constitution–just like he did...
Progressive Caucus Leaders Decry Republican Scheme to Bury Debate of CPC Budget Proposal
March 28, 2012
Grijalva and Ellison call the decision "cheap political posturing and an attempt to sweep the competition under the rug." "Decisions like the nation's budget affect each and every American and should be discussed in the light of day...
