Progressive Caucus

Rep. Peter DeFazio called for the firing of President Barack Obama's top two economic aides on Wednesday, accusing them of pursuing a recovery plan sk...

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.

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.

The Congressional Progressive Caucus has been furiously rounding up support for a "robust" public insurance option to be included in the health care b...

Congressman Raul Grijalva, a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, sits down for an interview about President Obama's health care speech.

President Obama is reaching out to lawmakers in his own party, including liberals, in an effort to build momentum to pass health care overhaul, accord...

The Obama White House is doing untold damage to its credibility here by scheming against the centerpiece of healthcare reform -- the public option. This is the very heart of reform.

It does seem like the August doldrums are renewing the progressive appetite for pushing Obama -- even the House Progressive Caucus is starting to channel its inner Evan Bayh and actually threaten to withhold votes.

The White House expressed surprise last week that the "left of the left" had clung so forcefully to the public insurance option as a must-have element...

The town halls make for good television, but they're a side-show to the main event. The real story should be about the back room deals reportedly being negotiated with the Obama administration.

The Congressional Progressive Caucus has fired Bill Goold, its executive director, leaving the House Democrats' liberal wing without a staff-level chi...

This is not time for half-measures that won't get the job done. If Obama is going to deliver on his promise of change, this is the the time and healthcare reform with a public option is the issue.

The American public deserves to understand how any proposed public option will expand access, cut costs, and allow all consumers to decide on the plan that's best for them.

Give voters a voice in the debate over health care reform and they ask about the one thing most lawmakers decided from the start would not be consider...

Tomorrow, when the House takes up the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget, the Congressional Progressive Caucus will present an alternative budget for the third year in a row.