Meeting on Unaccompanied Immigrant Children
Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus convened a meeting to hear about humanitarian concerns surrounding the flood of unaccompanied Central American immigrant children crossing the…
3,664 viewsMembers of the Congressional Progressive Caucus convened a meeting to hear about humanitarian concerns surrounding the flood of unaccompanied Central American immigrant children crossing the…
3,664 viewsMinority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus held a rally on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to urge House Republicans to allow a vote on a Sen…
283 viewsMembers of the Congressional Progressive Caucus held a press conference addressing automatic spending cuts and deficit reduction. During the briefing, Representatives Raul Grijalva and Keith…
213 viewsMembers of the Progressive Caucus reacted to the debt ceiling agreement. They said that they would not vote for the compromise legislation to raise the debt ceiling because the imbalance of …
1,050 viewsMembers of Iraq Veterans Against the War talked about their experiences in Iraq. Among the topics they addressed were hardships experienced by military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan, equ…
5,949 viewsWilliam Polk talked about his book Violent Politics: A History of Insurgency, Terrorism, and Guerrilla War, from the American Revolution to Iraq, published by Harper. In his book he relays e…
341 viewsCongressional members spoke to reporters about alternatives to proposals expected to be put forth in the president’s State of the Union address. Among the topics they addressed were the econ…
133 viewsProgressive Caucus members spoke to reporters about President Bush’s energy proposals and offered their own alternatives to the plan. Among the topics the addressed were consumer concerns, p…
94 viewsMembers of the Congressional Progressive Caucus talked to reporters about the Bush administration’s tax cut proposal. They indicated the plan favors the wealthy and leaves inadequate resourc…
105 viewsDemocratic Senator Paul Wellstone (Minnesota) and Independent Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont) and other democrat members of both the House and the Senate spoke to reporters about their pla…
75 viewsMembers of the Congressional Progressive Caucus talked about issues that they are planning to address in the upcoming year. Some of the issues they intend to address are poverty in the Unite…
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