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Congressional Progressive Caucus Slams CMS Rule Limiting Labor Rights of Home Health Workers
5/7/19We strongly oppose the new rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that singles out home health workers to deny them their fundamental right to support their union and collectively bargain for retirement and health care benefits. Make no mistake: this is a direct attack on home health workers – disproportionately low-income and minority women – who do the heroic work of caring for seniors and people with disabilities in their own homes.
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Congressional Progressive Caucus Statement on Venezuela
5/1/19President Trump should heed the constitution and refrain from promoting regime change in another sovereign country. Additionally, it is clearer than ever that Congress must do its job to prevent this administration from engaging in illegal, ill-advised and open-ended wars.
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Congressional Progressive Caucus Announces Endorsement of H.R. 1046, The Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act
4/29/19Today, the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) announced its endorsement of H.R. 1046, the Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2019, introduced by Congressman Lloyd Doggett (TX-35).
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CPC Co-Chair Rep. Raul Grijalva: Bailing On the Paris Climate Deal Would Be a Huge Security Risk
6/28/17By Rep. Raul Grijalva and Michael Shank Published in Time The Trump Administration is poised to isolate itself f...
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CPC Vice Chair Rep. Keith Ellison: Three myths about the minimum wage
6/28/17All workers, whether they get tips or not, deserve $15 an hour.
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CPC Co-Chair Rep. Pocan: Trump may be helping to create a famine in Yemen. Congress could stop him.
5/23/17Originally Published in The Washington Post
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CPC In the News
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Millionaire (and billionaire) taxes: An idea whose time has come?
02/08/19Originally Published in CBS News By Megan Cerullo The idea of hiking taxes on the richest Americans i...
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'Everybody In, Nobody Out': What We Know So Far About the Medicare for All Act of 2019
02/07/19With H.R. 676 no longer and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wa.) to soon unveil a revised single-payer bill, here's our informed perspective on why the new version is shaping up to be a much stronger and more detailed piece of legislation
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'Green New Deal' lands in the Capitol
02/07/19The climate and economic plan backed by progressives and several Democratic presidential hopefuls calls for "massive" government action "on a scale not seen since World War II."
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