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Congressional Progressive Caucus

Speaker Pelosi: Please Stop Bullsh*ting Us on Dropping State Single Payer Amendment

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

Progressive leaders are calling the neutered public option in the House bill a "once in a lifetime reform," despite the fact that it has eliminated the very provision they promised was essential.

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Calling Out the House Progressive Caucus: Are You Men and Women, or Are You Mice?

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Raul Grijalva, Lynn Woolsey, Public Option, Kucinich Amendment, Alan Grayson Health Care, Anthony Weiner Health Care, Health Insurance, Single Payer, Obama Health Care, Pelosi Health Care, Progressive Caucus, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Jan Schakowsky, Health, Health Care Reform, Democrats Public Option, Single Payer Healthcare, Pelosi Public Option, Health Reform, Health Care, Healthcare, Obama Public Option, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

If you break your pledge and vote for a health reform bill without this minimally robust version of the public option, you've ensured that even with a Democratic majority, all "reform" will be limited by your Blue Dog colleagues.

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Ryan Grim

Pelosi To Dems: Time To Take A Stand On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pelosi Public Option, Pelosi Health Care, Democratic Caucus, Nancy Pelosi, Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Keith Ellison, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrats, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Politics News

Nancy Pelosi is ready to rumble. The House Speaker told her Democratic caucus Tuesday night that she plans to bring a health care reform bill with a r...

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Jeff Muskus

Progressives Push Pelosi On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Congressional Progressive Caucus, House Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Health Reform, Politics News

Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus met with House Democratic leaders Thursday afternoon to reiterate their commitment to a strong public ...

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Congressional Progressives Will Cave to Obama on Health Care

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Keith Ellison, Public Option, John Conyers President Obama, Lynn Woolsey, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Maxine Waters, Democrats, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

House Progressives will talk loudly about breaking ranks with Obama on his health care bill, but they won't. It's simply too personally and politically painful for them.

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Liberals Crank Up Heat, Send Obama Another Letter Demanding Meeting

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Raul Grijalva, Public Option, Lynn Woolsey, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee, Liberals, President Obama, Healthcare Reform, Politics News

Speech or no speech, it looks like House liberals have no intention whatsoever of easing their pressure on Obama to keep a meaningful public option in...

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Key House Progressives Open To "Trigger" Bargain

Roll Call | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Trigger, Public Option Trigger, Health Care Trigger, House Progressive Caucus, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Obama Public Option, Politics News

Amid fresh signs that the White House is preparing to back a scaled-down health care overhaul that would only include a public insurance option as a f...

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Defeating the Coalition to Kill Health Care Reform

Mike Lux | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

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Mike Lux

In the Clinton White House, we fought for the most progressive budget bill since 1965. And we did it without a single Republican vote. We are now on the verge of a much greater achievement.

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Progressive House Leader: Abandon Bipartisanship On Health Bill

The Hill | Jordan Fabian | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Raul Grijalva, Bipartisanship, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Public Option, Healthcare Reform, Politics News

The head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) said on Tuesday that Democratic lawmakers should go it alone to pass healthcare legislation bec...

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An Alternative to the Public Option I Could Live With

Mike Lux | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Darcy Burner, Health Insurance Rate Regulation, Howie Klein, Bob Creamer, Public Option, David Atkins, 2009 Obama Administration, Dante Atkins, Blue Dogs, Democracy for America, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Jane Hamsher, Politics News
Mike Lux

I want health care form like a drink of cold water in the desert. But without either a public option or strong rate regulation, health care reform is a nightmare for the public and the federal budget.

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Ryan Grim

Progressive Dems Push For House Vote On Single-Payer Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kucinich Health Care, House Health Care, Single Payer Health Care, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Politics News

The Congressional Progressive Caucus is pressing Democratic leaders to allow a vote on the House floor on a measure that would allow individual states...

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The March of Folly, Continued

Norman Solomon | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cognitive Dissonance, Barbara Tuchman, Predator Drones, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Vietnam, John Kennedy, Pakistan, Laos, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Counterinsurgency, The March of Folly, Baghdad-Iraq, Iraq, Fallujah-Iraq, Politics News
Norman Solomon

Obama can make many wise comments about past international affairs while proceeding with actual policies largely unfettered by the wisdom.

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