Congressional Progressive Caucus Unveils The Peoples Budget

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Unveils The People’s Budget: A Roadmap for the Resistance

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional Progressive Caucus, led by Co-Chairs Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), and First Vice Chair Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) along with other Members of the CPC, released the annual People’s Budget today. The Congressional Progressive Caucus’ People’s Budget: A Roadmap for the Resistance reinvests in American families, prioritizing funding for education, health care, jobs, clean air, and water. The People’s Budget puts political and economic power back in the hands of the people.

The Executive Summary of The People’s Budget: A Roadmap for the Resistance can be found here. The full text can be found here. A list of organizations supporting this year’s budget can be found here. The Economic Policy Institute released an analysis of The People’s Budget, which can be found here.

Members of the CPC including Rep. Pocan, Rep. Ellison, Rep. Grijalva, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA), Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Rep. André Carson (D-IN), and Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) made the following statements about the Fiscal Year 2018 The People’s Budget:

“It’s one thing to oppose President Trump and expose his broken promises to workers, but it’s also important to lay out a positive path forward,” said Rep. Pocan. “The Congressional Progressive Caucus’s budget is a plan to actually help working Americans who have felt left behind by an economy rigged against them. Our budget is a roadmap for the resistance, investing in the progressive priorities and economic, kitchen table issues that matter to real people: infrastructure to create jobs; education to help our kids reach their full potential; and access to affordable health care.”

Much more: https://congressionalblackcaucus.com/congressional-progressive-caucus-unveils-the-peoples-budget/

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1. and the response from most democrats in and out of congress? zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz nt

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2. Every year the Progressive budget is always the best

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3. Kick.

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4. We might have gotten those things with a different outcome in 16...but

now why even bother? I have to wonder why when every Democrat needs to be out there fighting to save health care which will save lives.. I doubt a budget that goes nowhere is even needed. Priorities people. Let's not allow Trump to kill thousands perhaps in the end millions with this horrific health care bill. The Trumpcare bill affects everyone...including those with employer insurance. Let's stop with legislation that will go nowhere and concentrate on stopping Trump's war on the American people by fighting him publicly...show up on every TV show, run ads... Trumpcare and excessive tax cuts threaten us all.