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And Please, Please... It's Not Like We Have To Reinvent The ENTIRE Wheel... Go Here And Read: (Original Post) WillyT Nov 2014 OP
Recommended. NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #1
Anytime... NYC_SKP, Anytime... WillyT Nov 2014 #5
I agree.....The Progressive Promise!! Segami Nov 2014 #2
It's not the what but the how jeepers Nov 2014 #3
Sure.. Segami Nov 2014 #4
Makes me wonder why President Obama has, to the best of my knowledge, never mentioned this. Scuba Nov 2014 #6
I know. peacebird Nov 2014 #7
I have seen no indication that he supports this. nm rhett o rick Nov 2014 #12
AFAIK, Obama doesn't claim to be a liberal. merrily Nov 2014 #15
Congressional Progressive Caucus! Martin Eden Nov 2014 #8
I see little to indication the members have any such inclinations TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #14
Folding is an issue with that caucus. On the other other hand, Dems in theSenate do not even have merrily Nov 2014 #16
Thats why change won't come from "within" the party! Cosmic Kitten Dec 2014 #18
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Nov 2014 #9
Kicked & Rec'd /nt demwing Nov 2014 #10
Recommend...There is much we can build on...Thanks for this... KoKo Nov 2014 #11
We need to prioritize, evaluate available resources and develop tactics. nm rhett o rick Nov 2014 #13
Thanks! Great info for policy wonks and everyone else. UrbScotty Nov 2014 #17
 

Segami

(14,923 posts)
2. I agree.....The Progressive Promise!!
Fri Nov 14, 2014, 08:13 PM
Nov 2014
The Progressive Promise

Fairness For All

The Congressional Progressive Caucus believes in government of the people, by the people, and for the people. Our fairness plan is rooted in our core principles. It also embodies national priorities that are consistent with the values, needs, and hopes of all our people, not just the powerful and the privileged. We pledge our unwavering commitment to these legislative priorities and we will not rest until they become law.

1. Fighting for Economic Justice and Security in the U.S. and Global Economies

» To uphold the right to universal access to affordable, high quality healthcare for all.

» To preserve guaranteed Social Security benefits for all Americans, protect private pensions, and require corporate accountability.

» To invest in America and create new jobs in the U.S. by building more affordable housing, re-building America’s schools and physical infrastructure, cleaning up our environment, and improving homeland security.

» To export more American products and not more American jobs and demand fair trade.

» To reaffirm freedom of association and enforce the right to organize.

» To ensure working families can live above the poverty line and with dignity by raising and indexing the minimum wage.

2. Protecting and Preserving Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

» To sunset expiring provisions of the Patriot Act and bring remaining provisions into line with the U. S. Constitution.

» To protect the personal privacy of all Americans from unbridled police powers and unchecked government intrusion.

» To extend the Voting Rights Act and reform our electoral processes.

» To fight corporate consolidation of the media and ensure opportunity for all voices to be heard.

» To ensure enforcement of all legal rights in the workplace.

» To eliminate all forms of discrimination based upon color, race, religion, gender, creed, disability, or sexual orientation.

3. Promoting Global Peace and Security

» To honor and help our overburdened international public servants – both military and civilian.

» To bring U. S. troops home from Iraq as soon as possible.

» To re-build U.S. alliances around the world, restore international respect for American power and influence, and reaffirm our nation’s constructive engagement in the United Nations and other multilateral organizations.

» To enhance international cooperation to reduce the threats posed by nuclear proliferation and weapons of mass destruction.

» To increase efforts to combat hunger and the scourge of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other infectious diseases.

» To encourage debt relief for poor countries and support efforts to reach the UN’s Millennium Goals for Developing Countries.

4. Advancing Environmental Protection & Energy Independence » To free ourselves and our economy from dependence upon imported oil and shift to growing reliance upon renewable energy supplies and technologies, thus creating at least three million new jobs, cleansing our environment, and enhancing our nation’s security.

» To promote environmental justice in affirmation that all people have an inherent right to a healthy environment, clean air, and clean water wherever we live, work, and relax.

» To change incentives in federal tax, procurement, and appropriation policies to:



(A) Speed commercialization of solar, biomass, and wind power generation, while encouraging state and local policy innovation to link clean energy and job creation;

(B) Convert domestic assembly lines to manufacture highly efficient vehicles, enhance global competitiveness of U.S. auto industry, and expand consumer choice;

(C) Increase investment in construction of “green buildings” and more energy-efficient homes and workplaces;

(D) Link higher energy efficiency standards in appliances to consumer and manufacturing incentives that increase demand for new durable goods and increase investment in U.S. factories;

» To eliminate environmental threat posed by global warming and ensuring that America does our part to advance an effective global problem-solving approach.

» To expand energy-efficient transportation choices by increasing investment in synthesized networks, including bicycle, local bus and rail transit, regional high-speed rail and magnetic levitation rail projects.

» To preserve prudent public interest regulations that encourage sustainable growth and investment, ensure energy diversity and system reliability, protect workers and the environment, reward consumer conservation, and support an expanding marketplace that rewards the commercialization of energy-efficient technologies.


http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/the-progressive-promise/
 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
6. Makes me wonder why President Obama has, to the best of my knowledge, never mentioned this.
Sat Nov 15, 2014, 09:04 AM
Nov 2014

If he supports such policies, he should be promoting them at every opportunity.

Martin Eden

(13,459 posts)
8. Congressional Progressive Caucus!
Sat Nov 15, 2014, 10:28 AM
Nov 2014

Yes -- let's build the CPC into the driving force of the Democratic Party!

TheKentuckian

(26,181 posts)
14. I see little to indication the members have any such inclinations
Sat Nov 29, 2014, 02:36 PM
Nov 2014

Last edited Sun Nov 30, 2014, 01:51 PM - Edit history (1)

They are the largest caucus, yet they fold like an umbrella - on demand. They lack aggression, relentlessness, and the willingness to be a firm "No".

Voters in our party have too much affinity for namby pampy, mealy mouthed, go along to get along instinctive compromisers.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
16. Folding is an issue with that caucus. On the other other hand, Dems in theSenate do not even have
Sun Nov 30, 2014, 12:28 PM
Nov 2014

a progressive caucus, only a New Democrat caucus.

Cosmic Kitten

(3,498 posts)
18. Thats why change won't come from "within" the party!
Mon Dec 1, 2014, 10:57 AM
Dec 2014

It's kinda pointless to look to the "insiders" for change.
They need the status quo to keep their jobs,
to get campaign cash, to keep "friends" in congress.

Change will come from public demand! Populist Demand!
Irrespective of their loathsomeness, the Tee Party
shows how to challenge incumbents and how to light a fire
under recalcitrant Congress Critters.

Populists need to take note and learn those lessons.
Or keep watching folding umbrellas and hoping for sunshine.

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
11. Recommend...There is much we can build on...Thanks for this...
Tue Nov 18, 2014, 08:29 AM
Nov 2014

We don't have to reinvent the wheel... we just have to polish it up and hopefully attach it to a machine that works better.

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