Progressive Caucus Supports Rebel Democratic Group
Are the Progressive Caucus and the Progressive Democrats of America for challenging right-leaning Democratic politicians, or for Democratic Party unity?
Are the Progressive Caucus and the Progressive Democrats of America for challenging right-leaning Democratic politicians, or for Democratic Party unity?
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 [...]
Democratic congressional candidate Matthew Campbell is full of conservative fiscal ideas, but comes up empty on the progressive side.
How will progressive Americans react to the announcement that Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii is resigning from the House of Representatives? Democrats seem to have little to fear: although a Republican, Congresswoman Pat Saiki, held Abercrombie’s seat for four years in the late 1980s, she has been the only Republican to occupy a Hawaiian seat in [...]
Rank and file Democrats may be longing for someone other than Kirsten Gillibrand to take the Senate, but though Carolyn Maloney has stepped forward, she seems unlikely to match their hopes.
Since its founding in 1991, the Congressional Progressive Caucus in the House of Representatives has been characterized as the most doctrinaire of groups, marching in a unified lockstep. Right-wing authors refer to the Progressive Caucus as “revolutionary,” “fringe left,” “socialist,” “anti-American,” “communist”, and even: Congress’ very own Red Army. They are card-carrying members of the [...]
A few days ago, I wrote a post describing the frequency distribution of bill cosponsorship in the Senate and House of Representatives for the 111th Congress so far. More particularly, I considered how many bills had gained how many cosponsors, then listed the five most cosponsored bills in each house of Congress. Today, let’s consider [...]