The Congressional Progressive Caucus fully stands with our Deputy Chair Rep. Ilhan Omar Omar:

Over 100 million Americans are in medical debt. That is criminal in a country as wealthy as ours.

Bernie Sanders and I introduced a bill today that will erase all existing medical debt for patients and clear it from credit reports.

Congress needs to step up and pass it.

We endorse Harry Dunn, whose progressive platform includes support for the PRO Act, College for All & Medicare for All. He's championing a democracy-focused agenda to expand voting rights, ban members of Congress from becoming lobbyists & to get corporate money out of politics!

Cook County Judge Charles Beach has presided over hundreds of pretrial hearings since Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail last fall. 'We’ve come a very long way in the right direction,” he said. “Things are working well.” trib.al/pfdfccb

Truth!

If you ever wondered why drug costs are completely unaffordable. Beyond ridiculous.

'I think it's incredibly insulting... dangerous rhetoric.'

Rep. Summer Lee responds to fellow PA Democrat Senator John Fetterman's claim that Joe Biden shouldn't 'pander' to the 'fringe' left who 'empower Hamas,' on #MehdiUnfiltered last week.

Full interview: youtube.com/watch?v=0-PQHS…

Congratulations to the workers at H&M in Melbourne, Florida, who came together and overwhelmingly voted to form a union with UFCW Local 1625 on Friday - a historic first in the state for H&M workers! orlandoweekly.com/news/retail-wo…

🚨IMPACT JOURNALISM WINS: Congrats to the The Lever team which broke the original story that exposed the airline industry scheme, shamed the lawmakers who slipped the corrupt language in, and now prompted the successful effort to fix it!

Orig story here:…

If you ever wondered why drug costs are completely unaffordable. Beyond ridiculous.

'Organizations running smear campaigns full of disinformation is reprehensible.'

Thank you, Jeff Merkley .

'More than 6,000 Academic Student Employees at the University of Washington (UW) announced Friday that they will walk off the job and onto the picket line Tuesday, May 14, unless they reach agreement with the university administration on a fair contract.'

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Congress likes to act my work isn’t important.

Well check this.

On Feb 7, Representative Markwayne Mullin bought $30k in Badger Meters, $BMI. They produce automated water tech.

Mullin represents Oklahoma, and Oklahoma announced they are upgrading their water meters.

What’s…

BREAKING: Live on Fox News, Republican Representative Keith Self exposed Republicans as the reason the border isn’t secure. Retweet so all Americans know who is to blame for border related issues.

“Wesley Bell went from running against Senator Josh Hawley to being bankrolled by his GOP donors. Bell has compromised on every democratic value—from abortion rights to our democracy—to run a vanity campaign funded by MAGA extremists.”
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It's a proud day for Chicago! Congrats Sarah Conway City Bureau Invisible Institute and team on your well-deserved Pulitzers for chicagomissingpersons.com

Great piece from Patrick Gaspard. Glad to see the rejection of the disorder vs. protest frame that we heard last week. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Nearly 40 million families, or 29% of the population, have jobs but struggle to cover basic needs, per CNBC.

That figure doesn’t include the 37.9 million Americans who live in poverty, which accounts for another 11.5% of the total population, per the U.S. Census Bureau.

MAGA fears Susheela Jayapal because they know she will be a powerful progressive force in Congress. That's why they're melting down and pouring millions into her race in Oregon. We're ready for the attacks because we're on the right side of history!