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Congressional Progressive Caucus Representatives Ral Grijalva (D AZ) and Keith Ellison (D MN). It was founded in 1991 and has grown steadily since then, having more recently added 20 members since 2005 and having hired its first full time Executive Director, Bill Goold, in May of that year. Subsequent Executive Directors have included Andrea Miller (2009 2011) and Brad Bauman (2011 2014). The current Executive Director is Mike Darner. Of the 20 standing committees of the House in the 111th Congress, 10 were chaired by members of the CPC. and global economies; (2) protecting and preserving civil rights and civil liberties; (3) promoting global peace and security; and (4) strengthening environmental protection and energy independence. Their fundamental fairness plan reflects national priorities that are consistent with the values, needs, and hopes of all Americans, not just the powerful and the privileged. Representatives Ron Dellums (D CA), Lane Evans (D IL), Thomas Andrews (D ME), Peter DeFazio (D OR), Maxine Waters (D CA), and Bernie Sanders (I VT). Additional House Members joined soon thereafter, including Major Owens (D NY), Nydia Velzquez (D NY), David Bonior (D MI), Bob Filner (D CA), Barney Frank (D MA), Maurice Hinchey (D NY), Jim McDermott (D WA), Jerrold Nadler (D NY), Patsy Mink (D HI),outlet woolrich 89th United States Congress, George Miller (D CA), Pete Stark (D CA), John Olver (D MA), Lynn Woolsey (D CA), and Nancy Pelosi (D CA). Representative Bernie Sanders was the convener and first CPC Chairman. Bill Goold served as Staff Coordinator for the Progressive Caucus in its early years until 1998. The founding CPC members were concerned about the economic hardship imposed by the deepening recession, and the growing inequality brought about by the timidity of the Democratic Party response in the early 1990s. Speaker Newt Gingrich and the Republican Contract with America, which they termed "the most regressive tax proposals and reactionary social legislation the Congress had before it in 70 years." The CPC's ambitious agenda was framed as "The Progressive Promise: Fairness." Job Creation and Invest in America Act The first in a legislative package of more than a dozen separate bills that were offered was the Job Creation and Invest in America Act of 1995 to stimulate economic growth in the American economy. It would have provided $63.6 billion/year and created at least one million new jobs/year in each of the first two years that the bill would have been in effect. Roughly 2/3 of that total would have gone for new federal outlays and the remaining 1/3 would have provided tax relief to middle and low income working families. Energy Department facilities; $4 billion for economic development projects in major cities, towns and neighborhoods; $3 billion for improving existing schools/libraries and building new ones; $1 billion for energy efficiency improvements in federal buildings; $1 billion for community developments banks in low income communities to stimulate targeted lending and local economic development projects; $2 billion to train low income Americans for careers in disseminating basic health care and disease prevention information; $1 billion for youth apprenticeship training programs serving 14 21 year olds; $2.5 billion for hiring new teachers,louboutin site officiel Austr, tutors, and specially trained instructors to improve school standards; $4 billion for Head Start to cover all eligible 3 5 year olds; $900 million for community based efforts to prevent AIDS, breast and cervical cancer, tuberculosis, and lead exposure; $400 million to expand migrant and homeless health centers; $100 million for states and communities to train local residents to provide health and disease prevention materials; and $100 million for scholarships and loan programs for doctors and nurse practitioners in under served communities. The prescribed tax relief for working families would have included: $16 billion in tax credits equal to 20% of a worker's FICA contribution,scarpe hogan outlet Factors That Cause Alcoholism, capped at $200/individual; andhogan outlet louboutin site officiel doudoune pjs pas cher woolrich outlet bologna piumini moncler air max 90 pas cher scarpe hogan outlet hogan outlet roma parajumpers soldes parajumpers outlet hogan outlet 2015 air max 90 moncler outlet roma louboutin pas cher femme moncler outlet online 

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