Congressional Progressive Caucus Totally Explained

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The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is the single largest partisan caucus in the United States House of Representatives, and works together to advance progressive issues and causes. The CPC was founded in 1991 by the independent Congressman Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who remains a member as Senator. It represents about a third of the House Democratic Caucus (with 72 members). Of the twenty standing committees of the House, eleven are chaired by members of the CPC.

Ideology

According to their website, the CPC advocates "universal access to affordable, high quality healthcare," fair trade agreements, living wage laws, the right of all workers to organize into labor unions and engage in strike actions and collective bargaining, the abolition of significant portions of the USA PATRIOT Act, the legalization of gay marriage, strict campaign finance reform laws, a complete pullout from the war in Iraq, a crackdown on free trade and corporate welfare, an increase in income tax on the wealthy, tax cuts for the poor, and an increase in social welfare spending by the federal government.

Supporting organizations

An array of national progressive organizations will work to support the efforts of the caucus, including the Institute for Policy Studies, The Nation magazine, MoveOn.org, National Priorities Project, Jobs with Justice, Peace Action, Americans for Democratic Action, and Progressive Democrats of America. Also co-sponsoring the kickoff event were the NAACP, ACLU, Progressive Majority, League of United Latin American Citizens, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, National Council of La Raza, Hip Hop Caucus, Human Rights Campaign, Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, and the National Hip Hop Political Convention. The CPC has long maintained cordial ties with the Democratic Socialists of America, which hosted its website during the 1990s.

Directors

Bill Goold, Executive Director

Current members

Arizona

Ed Pastor (AZ-4)

Raul Grijalva (AZ-7)

California

Lynn Woolsey (CA-6) - Co-Chair

George Miller (CA-7) - Chairman, House Education and Labor Committee

Barbara Lee (CA-9) - Co-Chair

Pete Stark (CA-13)

Michael Honda (CA-15)

Sam Farr (CA-17)

Henry Waxman (CA-30) - Chairman, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee

Xavier Becerra (CA-31)

Hilda Solis (CA-32)

Diane Watson (CA-33)

Maxine Waters (CA-35)

Laura Richardson (CA-37)

Linda Sanchez (CA-39)

Bob Filner (CA-51) - Chairman, House Veterans Affairs Committee

John Lewis (GA-5)

Hawaii

Neil Abercrombie (HI-1)

Mazie Hirono (HI-2)

Illinois

Bobby Rush (IL-1)

Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-2)

Luis Gutierrez (IL-4)

Danny Davis (IL-7)

Jan Schakowsky (IL-9)

Phil Hare (IL-17)

Iowa

Dave Loebsack (IA-2)

Maryland

Elijah Cummings (MD-7)

Massachusetts

John Olver (MA-1)

Jim McGovern (MA-3)

Barney Frank (MA-4) - Chairman, House Financial Services Committee

John Tierney (MA-6)

Ed Markey (MA-7)

Mike Capuano (MA-8)

Michigan

Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI-13) - Chairwoman, Congressional Black Caucus

John Conyers (MI-14) - Chairman, House Judiciary Committee

Minnesota

Keith Ellison (MN-5)

Mississippi

Bennie Thompson (MS-2) - Chairman, House Homeland Security Committee

Missouri

William Lacy Clay, Jr. (MO-1)

Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5)

New Jersey

Donald Payne (NJ-10)

New Mexico

Tom Udall (NM-3)

New York

Jerry Nadler (NY-8) - Acting Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee

Yvette Clarke (NY-11)

Nydia Velazquez (NY-12) - Chairwoman, House Small Business Committee

Carolyn Maloney (NY-14)

Charles Rangel (NY-15) - Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee

Jose Serrano (NY-16)

John Hall (NY-19)

Maurice Hinchey (NY-22)

Louise Slaughter (NY-28) - Chairwoman, House Rules Committee

North Carolina

Mel Watt (NC-12)

Ohio

Marcy Kaptur (OH-9)

Dennis Kucinich (OH-10)

Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH-11) - Chairwoman, House Ethics Committee

Oregon

Peter DeFazio (OR-4)

Pennsylvania

Bob Brady (PA-1) - Chairman, House Administration Committee

Chaka Fattah (PA-2)

Tennessee

Steve Cohen (TN-9)

Texas

Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-18)

Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30)

Vermont

Peter Welch (VT)

Washington

Jim McDermott (WA-7)

Wisconsin

Tammy Baldwin (WI-2)

Gwen Moore (WI-4)

Non-voting

Madeleine Bordallo (Guam)

Donna Christian-Christensen (Virgin Islands)

Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC)

Senate member

Bernie Sanders (VT)

Former members

Sherrod Brown (OH-12) - Elected to Senate

Lane Evans (IL-17) - Retired from Congress

Cynthia McKinney (GA-4) - Lost Congressional Seat

Major Owens (NY-11) - Retired from Congress

Nancy Pelosi (CA-8) - Left Caucus when Elected House Minority Leader

Paul Wellstone (MN Senate) - Died in plane crash in 2002Further Information

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