Congressional Progressive Caucus

The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is an openly Marxist group of Democratic party congressmembers advocating for single party control of the U.S. government and disposal of the United States Constitution. As of 2019, it has 95 members or about 40% of elected Democrat House members.[1] The caucus is a hotbed of Anti-Semitism.

The Caucus was founded in 1991 by a single member, Bernie Sanders, who refused to join the Democratic party while offering to support other member's bills if they would join the caucus, compromising them by outing them as far left socialists.

## Contents

* 1 Background
* 2 Members
* 2.1 House members
* 2.2 Senate members
* 2.3 Past members
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Background[edit]

The caucus was founded in 1991 by Bernie Sanders[2] —the openly socialist then Congressman from Vermont, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and the radical Washington DC based "think tank" Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). The Congressional Progressive Caucus is an informal alliance of 95 far left and liberal and Congressional members in the U.S. House. They push for overhaul and scrapping major laws.

Many members are linked to the Democratic Socialists and/or the Communist Party USA, IPS or other radical organizations.

From small beginnings the CPC grew to embrace more than 95 members of Congress and three in the Senate \- Roland Burris, Bernie Sanders and Tom Udall (NM).

## Members[edit]

115th Congress Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chairs Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Mark Pocan omitted in their financial disclosure forms that they were board members of a dark money nonprofit group in 2017, violating House Rules and opening themselves up to criminal prosecution. Pocan introduced an Abolish ICE bill.[3] Jayapal introduced the Medicare for All bill in 2019.

The co-chairs in the 116th Congress are Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona and Lynn Woolsey of California. Most members represent big-city districts, especially in the Northeast and West Coast. Most were elected in single party controled districts. Since the term "liberal" is out of fashion, they use "progressive." Several members are Princelings, or children of former communist bureaucrats and functionaries. No Republican has ever belonged.

The Progressive Caucus overlaps heavily with the Congressional Black Caucus, an exclusive club which discriminates on the basis of race.

### House members[edit]

In the 116th Congress several members are Democratic Socialists, and many are sponsors of the communist and totalitarian Green New Deal and Medicare for All bills.

Arizona

* Raúl Grijalva (AZ-3, Tucson)
* Ruben Gallego (AZ-7, Phoenix) – vice chair

California

* Jared Huffman (CA-2, San Rafael)
* Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11, Concord)
* Barbara Lee (CA-13, Oakland)
* Ro Khanna (CA-17, Fremont) – first vice chair
* Zoe Lofgren (CA-19, San Jose)
* Jimmy Panetta (CA-20, Carmel Valley)
* Katie Hill (CA-25, Santa Clarita)
* Judy Chu (CA-27, El Monte)
* Brad Sherman (CA-30, Shermak Oaks)
* Grace Napolitano (CA-32, Norwalk)
* Ted Lieu (CA-33, Los Angeles)
* Jimmy Gomez (CA-34, Los Angeles)
* Karen Bass (CA-37, Baldwin Hills)
* Linda Sanchez (CA-38, Lakewood)
* Gil Cisneros (CA-39, Yorba Linda)
* Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40, Los Angeles)
* Mark Takano (CA-41, Riverside) – vice chair
* Maxine Waters (CA-43, Inglewood)
* Nanette Barragán (CA-44, San Pedro)
* Katie Porter (CA-45, Irvine)
* Alan Lowenthal (CA-47, Long Beach)
* Mike Levin (CA-49, San Juan Capistrano)

Colorado

* Joe Neguse (CO-2, Boulder) – vice chair

Connecticut

* Rosa DeLauro (CT-3, New Haven)
* Jahana Hayes (CT-5, Wolcott)

Delaware

* Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE at-large)

Florida

* Darren Soto (FL-9, Orlando)
* Val Demings (FL-10, Orlando)
* Lois Frankel (FL-21, West Palm Beach)
* Frederica Wilson (FL-24, Miami)
* Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26, Miami)

Georgia

* Hank Johnson (GA-4, Lithonia)
* John Lewis (GA-5, Atlanta)

Hawaii

* Tulsi Gabbard (HI-2, Honolulu)

Illinois

* Chuy Garcia (IL-4, Chicago)
* Danny Davis (IL-7, Chicago)
* Jan Schakowsky (IL-9, Chicago) – vice chair

Indiana

* André Carson (IN-7, Indianapolis)

Iowa

* Dave Loebsack (IA-2, Iowa City)

Kentucky

* John Yarmuth (KY-3, Louisville)

Maine

* Chellie Pingree (ME-1, North Haven)
* Jared Golden (ME-2, Lewiston)

Maryland

* Elijah Cummings (MD-7, Baltimore)
* Jamie Raskin (MD-8, Takoma Park)

Massachusetts

* Jim McGovern (MA-2, Worcester)
* Joseph P. Kennedy III (MA-4, Brookline)
* Katherine Clark (MA-5, Melrose)
* Ayanna Pressley (MA-7, Dorchester)

Michigan

* Andy Levin (MI-9, Bloomfield)
* Debbie Dingell (MI-12, Dearborn) – vice chair
* Rashida Tlaib (MI-13, Detroit)
* Brenda Lawrence (MI-14, Southfield)

Minnesota

* Angie Craig (MN-2, Eagan)
* Ilhan Omar (MN-5, Minneapolis) – whip

Mississippi

* Bennie Thompson (MS-2, Bolton)

Missouri

* Lacy Clay (MO-1, St. Louis)

Nevada

* Steven Horsford (NV-4, Las Vegas)

New Jersey

* Donald Norcross (NJ-1, Camden) – vice chair
* Andy Kim (NJ-03, Bordentown)
* Frank Pallone (NJ-6, Long Branch)
* Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12, Trenton)

New Mexico

* Deb Haaland (NM-1, Albuquerque)

New York

* Nydia Velázquez (NY-7, Brooklyn)
* Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8, Brooklyn)
* Yvette Clarke (NY-9, Brooklyn)
* Jerrold Nadler (NY-10, Manhattan)
* Carolyn Maloney (NY-12, Manhattan)
* Adriano Espaillat (NY-13, Manhattan)
* Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14, Bronx)
* José Serrano (NY-15, Bronx)
* Antonio Delgado (NY-19, Rhinebeck)
* Joe Morelle (NY-25, Rochester)

North Carolina

* Alma Adams (NC-12, Charlotte)

Ohio

* Marcia Fudge (OH-11, Cleveland)

Oregon

* Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1, Beaverton)
* Peter DeFazio (OR-4, Eugene)

Pennsylvania

* Dwight Evans (PA-2, Philadelphia)
* Madeleine Dean (PA-4, Abington Township)
* Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-5, Swarthmore)
* Susan Wild (PA-7, South Whitehall Township)
* Matt Cartwright (PA-8, Scranton)

Rhode Island

* David Cicilline (RI-1, Providence) – vice chair

Tennessee

* Steve Cohen (TN-9, Memphis)

Texas

* Veronica Escobar (TX-16, El Paso) – vice chair
* Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18, Houston) – vice chair
* Sylvia Garcia (TX-29, Houston)
* Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30, Dallas)
* Lloyd Doggett (TX-35, Austin)

Vermont

* Peter Welch (VT at-Large)

Virginia

* Don Beyer (VA-8, Alexandria)

Washington

* Pramila Jayapal (WA-7, Seattle) – co-chair
* Adam Smith (WA-9, Bellevue)

Wisconsin

* Mark Pocan (WI-2, Madison) – co-chair
* Gwen Moore (WI-4, Milwaukee)

District of Columbia

* Eleanor Holmes Norton \- while the D.C. representative is non-voting on the floor or in House committees, she (assuming the person identifies as female) can vote in committees and caucuses. Wikipedia errs in listing her as a "non-voting" member of the CPC.

### Senate members[edit]

* Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)

### Past members[edit]

Many powerful committee and subcommittee chairs belong to it; Speaker Nancy Pelosi was a member until she became party leader.

* Tammy Baldwin (WI-2) – elected to Senate in 2012
* Sherrod Brown (OH-13) – elected to Senate in 2006
* Roland Burris (IL Senate) – retired from Congress
* Hansen Clarke (MI-13) – defeated for re-nomination in 2012
* John Conyers (MI-13) – resigned in December 2017
* Keith Ellison (MN-5) - elected Attorney General of Minnesota
* Russ Feingold (WI Senate) – defeated for re-election in 2010
* Bob Filner (CA-51) – retired from Congress
* Barney Frank (MA-4) – retired from Congress
* Alan Grayson[4] (FL-8) (FL-9) – ran for senate in 2016 and was defeated by Patrick Murphy
* Luis Gutierrez (IL-4) - retired from Congress
* Phil Hare (IL-17) – defeated for re-election in 2010
* Mazie Hirono (HI-2) – elected to Senate
* Mike Honda (CA-17) – primaried in 2016 by current caucus member Ro Khanna
* Dennis Kucinich (OH-10) – defeated for re-nomination in 2012
* Ed Markey (MA-5) – elected to Senate in 2013
* Eric Massa (NY-29) – resigned from congress in March 2010
* Cynthia McKinney (GA-4) – defeated for re-nomination in 2008 by current caucus member Hank Johnson
* Jim Moran (VA-8) – retired from Congress
* Major Owens (NY-11) – retired from Congress (deceased)
* Nancy Pelosi (CA-8) – left caucus when elected House Minority Leader
* Jared Polis (CO-2) - elected Governor of Colorado in 2018
* Bobby Rush (IL-1)
* Louise Slaughter (NY-25) – died in 2018
* Pete Stark (CA-13) – defeated for re-election in 2012
* Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH-11) – died in 2008
* Henry Waxman (CA-33) – retired from Congress
* Paul Wellstone (MN Senate) – died in plane crash in 2002
* Robert Wexler (FL-19) – resigned in January 2010 to become President of the Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation
* Lynn Woolsey (CA-6) – retired from Congress

## See also[edit]

* Democide
* Totalitarianism
* Long march through the institutions
* The Squad
* Nancy Pelosi
* 2020 Leftwing riots

## References[edit]

1. ↑ https://m.theepochtimes.com/congressional-progressive-caucus-has-extensive-ties-to-marxist-organizations_2719131.html
2. ↑ In 1998, the Congressional Progressive Caucus founded by Sanders had the song Red Revolution, a song advocating communist revolution, featured on a website that they shared with the Democratic Socialists of America. Reference: "IS BERNIE SANDERS A COMMUNIST"
3. ↑ https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/25/progressive-caucus-dark-money/?utm_medium=email
4. ↑ "Congressional Progressive Caucus".

## External links[edit]

* official caucus website
* DiscoverTheNetworks, conservative guide
* Clark Hulse, "Frustrated Liberal Lawmaker Balances Beliefs and Politics," New York Times Oct. 19, 2009, profile of Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon on the failures of the Progressive Caucus in 2009

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