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Across the country, Americans are outraged and taking to the streets to demand accountability from the big Wall Street banks whose reckless actions cost millions of families their homes and wreaked havoc on the American middle class.

The President's announcement is a victory for America and another monumental step toward the end of the disastrous foreign policy of the Bush era. The President is fulfilling a promise to the American people to end this misguided war...

The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) today sent policy proposals to Senator Patty Murray and Congressman Jeb Hensarling, Co-Chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, recommending that the work of the committee focus on creating jobs

For nearly a month, demonstrators in New York City have been speaking to the growing sense of unease among millions of Americans that the American Dream is slipping further out of reach. While demonstrating peacefully against the deep inequities in our

After ten years of war in Afghanistan, we must bring our troops home and reinvest in America. The economic and human costs in Afghanistan are far too high and we are crippling our ability to recover from a deep recession. The cost of this war and its shar

Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Co-Chairs Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva and Keith Ellison joined hundreds of activists today at the Jobs, Not Cuts Rally on the east lawn of the U.S. Capitol. "We are experiencing a progressive revival," said Rep. Ellison.

We have been inspired by the growing grassroots movements on Wall Street and across the country. We share the anger and frustration of so many Americans who have seen the enormous toll that an unchecked Wall Street has taken on the overwhelming majority o

Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Co-Chairs Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva and Keith Ellison will join the Jobs, Not Cuts Rally on Wednesday, October 5, 2011. Each will give opening remarks welcoming participants to the Capitol. Grassroots activists will rally at the Capitol for job creation and to protest Republican job cuts as well as cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) co-chairs Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva and Keith Ellison along with CPC leaders Reps. John Conyers, Charles Rangel and Barbara Lee, today unveiled the next round of legislation in the CPC "Rebuild the American Dream Framework." The new initiatives focus on rebuilding our economy immediately with emergency jobs legislation and implementing longer-term job creation strategies.

Today, we stood with the American people and rejected yet another Republican proposal that will kill thousands of jobs. Americans won't stand for Republican politicians that refuse to lift a finger to help flood victims unless they can put thousands of Americans out of work in return. At no point in our history has one party attempted to hold disaster funds hostage, and it is simply unconscionable.

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Press Releases

Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Urge No Immunity for Wall Street Banks

November 4, 2011

CPC Co-Chairs Applaud President's Announcement of Full Troop Withdrawal from Iraq

October 21, 2011

Progressive Caucus Releases Recommendations to Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction

October 14, 2011

Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Statement on Closure of Occupy Wall Street Demonstrations

October 13, 2011

Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Call for End to War in Afghanistan on Conflict's Tenth Anniversary

October 7, 2011

Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Attend "Jobs, Not Cuts" Rally

October 5, 2011

CPC Co-Chairs Applaud Occupy Wall Street Movement

October 4, 2011

Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Join "Jobs, Not Cuts" Rally

October 3, 2011

Congressional Progressive Caucus Announces Latest Jobs Legislation in Framework to Rebuild the American Dream

September 21, 2011

Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Reject Republican Job Killing Legislation

September 21, 2011