by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 25, 2015 | Economy, People's Budget, Progressive Vision
The Progressive Caucus People's Budget, as expected, went down to defeat on the House floor today, but not before it picked up 96 Democratic votes, a majority of Democrats. The budget got 330 nays, including 86 from Democrats. The People's Budget did get fewer votes...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 25, 2015 | People's Budget, Progressive Vision
[fve]http://youtu.be/6JmsLUC7zos[/fve]Rep. Raùl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, is presented Tuesday with the names of more than 150,000 people who signed up to be co-sponsors of the People's Budget. Politics isn't always the art...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 23, 2015 | Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Khalil Bendib, OtherWords The work of repairing the racial fissures that broke wide open in Ferguson, Missouri last year goes beyond the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. It also goes beyond ending the practices highlighted in a Justice Department...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 20, 2015 | People's Budget, Progressive Vision
A new progressive platform for "Building a Movement for People and the Planet" was published this week by the Campaign for America's Future and National People's Action. That platform lays out 12 key planks of a progressive agenda that the two organizations expect to...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Mar 18, 2015 | Economy, People's Budget
The Congressional Progressive Caucus officially released its "People's Budget: A Raise for America" today outside a chilly Capitol, as representatives of key progressive supporters stood beside Progressive Caucus co-chairs Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Keith Ellison...
