Congressional Member Organizations in the House of Representatives, commonly called “caucuses,” are a way members of Congress can work together on legislation that doesn’t fit into traditional committees or their chairs’ agendas. When caucuses are registered by the Committee on House Administration, one or more Representatives is identified as a co-chair. There are currently 597 [...]

So far, Karen Bass and David Cicilline have proven to be inconsistent in their application of liberal values. Will their new membership in the Progressive Caucus strengthen their liberal resolve, or is it merely intended to provide political cover for illiberal legislative action?

Marcy Winograd’s opponents are machine Democrats, already having commissioned opinion polls and begun robocalls to voters in California’s 36th congressional district. Winograd, on the other hand, is campaigning as a genuine liberal Democrat.

From the moment she took the gavel as Speaker of the House in January of 2007 to the night her Democratic Party lost its majority and access to the Speakership, Nancy Pelosi was repeatedly branded as a congressional “ultra-liberal” by the Republican Party. A few examples: South Carolina Republican Party, in a demonstrably untrue declaration: [...]

The Tea Party movement says it is all about defending the Constitution of the United States. But the Tea Party Express twitter feed has nothing posted about the Patriot Act reauthorization that’s going on quietly but quickly in Congress starting today. If you have an account and can log into the Tea Party Nation website’s [...]

A number of political advocacy organizations need Americans to think of Congress in dire and extreme terms in order to attract donations and advance their particular causes. As Bill Nissim advises non-profit organizations: “The human mind can only attach one specific meaning or feeling to an item. Although the overall perception of that item represents [...]

Was Mike Castle too liberal when he voted to help George W. Bush rush into war in Iraq? Was Mike Castle too liberal when he voted against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act?

In a letter to his supporters dated July 2010, fundamentalist Christian leader Tim Wildmon leveled a series of charges at the feet of Democratic Party politicians, including the flamingly false accusation that President Barack Obama wanted the Supreme Court to somehow mandate vast redistribution of wealth. Tim Wildmon doesn’t have a good record when it [...]

In March of 2009, we reviewed the congressional activity of the-members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. The Congressional Progressive Caucus is a coalition of liberals in the House of Representatives, one that has been characterized by the right wing as relentless in their pursuit of Red Army extremism. We found that, despite conservatives’ characterization of [...]

As Democrats go, Martin Heinrich just isn’t very liberal, having earned just a 37 out of a possible 100 points on his progressive legislative scorecard. That leaves a special kind of space for challengers coming from a libertarian direction.