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2012 - Congressional Progressive Caucus

All members are members of the Democratic Party or caucus with the Democratic Party. There are currently 75 declared Progressives including 72 voting Representatives, two non-voting Delegates, and one Senator.

Arizona

Ed Pastor (AZ-4, Phoenix)
Raúl Grijalva (AZ-7, Tucson) - Co-Chair

California

Lynn Woolsey (CA-6, Santa Rosa)
George Miller (CA-7, Richmond)
Barbara Lee (CA-9, Oakland)
Pete Stark (CA-13, Fremont)
Janice Hahn (CA-36, San Pedro)
Michael Honda (CA-15, San Jose)
Sam Farr (CA-17, Monterey)
Xavier Becerra (CA-31, Los Angeles)
Judy Chu (CA-32, El Monte)
Karen Bass (CA-33, Baldwin Hills)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34, Los Angeles)
Maxine Waters (CA-35, Inglewood)
Laura Richardson (CA-37, Long Beach)
Linda Sánchez (CA-39, Lakewood)
Bob Filner (CA-51, San Diego)

Colorado

Jared Polis (CO-02, Boulder)

Connecticut

Rosa DeLauro (CT-3, New Haven)

[edit] Florida

Corrine Brown (FL-3, Jacksonville)
Frederica Wilson (FL-17, Miami)

Georgia

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

Hawaii

Mazie Hirono (HI-2, Honolulu)

Illinois

Bobby Rush (IL-1, Chicago)
Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-2, Chicago Heights)
Luis Gutierrez (IL-4, Chicago)
Danny Davis (IL-7, Chicago)
Jan Schakowsky (IL-9, Chicago)

Indiana

André Carson (IN-7, Indianapolis)

Iowa

Dave Loebsack (IA-2, Cedar Rapids)

Maine

Chellie Pingree (ME-1, North Haven)

Maryland

Donna Edwards (MD-4, Fort Washington)
Elijah Cummings (MD-7, Baltimore)

Massachusetts

John Olver (MA-1, Amherst)
Jim McGovern (MA-3, Worcester)
Barney Frank (MA-4, Newton)
John Tierney (MA-6, Salem)
Ed Markey (MA-7, Malden)
Mike Capuano (MA-8, Boston)

Michigan

John Conyers (MI-14, Detroit)

[Minnesota

Keith Ellison (MN-5, Minneapolis) - Co-Chair

Mississippi

Bennie Thompson (MS-2, Bolton)

Missouri

William Lacy Clay, Jr. (MO-1, St. Louis)
Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5, Kansas City) - Chairman, Congressional Black Caucus

New Jersey

Frank Pallone (NJ-06, Long Branch)

Rush Holt (NJ-12)
New Mexico

Ben R. Luján (NM-3, Santa Fe)

New York

Jerry Nadler (NY-8, Manhattan)
Yvette Clarke (NY-11, Brooklyn)
Nydia Velázquez (NY-12, Brooklyn)
Carolyn Maloney (NY-14, Manhattan)
Charles Rangel (NY-15, Harlem)
José Serrano (NY-16, Bronx)
Maurice Hinchey (NY-22, Saugerties)
Louise Slaughter (NY-28, Rochester)

North Carolina

Mel Watt (NC-12, Charlotte)

Ohio

Marcy Kaptur (OH-9, Toledo)
Dennis Kucinich (OH-10, Cleveland)
Marcia Fudge (OH-11, Warrensville Heights)

Oregon

Earl Blumenauer (OR-3, Portland)
Peter DeFazio (OR-4, Eugene)

Pennsylvania

Bob Brady (PA-1, Philadelphia)
Chaka Fattah (PA-2, Philadelphia)

Rhode Island

David Cicilline (RI-1, Providence)

Tennessee

Steve Cohen (TN-9, Memphis)

Texas

Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18, Houston)
Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30, Dallas)

Vermont

Peter Welch (VT-At Large)

Virginia

Jim Moran (VA-8, Alexandria)

Washington

Jim McDermott (WA-7, Seattle)

Wisconsin

Tammy Baldwin (WI-2, Madison)
Gwen Moore (WI-4, Milwaukee)

Non-voting

Donna M. Christensen (Virgin Islands)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia)

Senate members

Bernie Sanders (Vermont)

Former members

Sherrod Brown (OH-13) - Elected to Senate
Roland Burris (IL Senate) - Retired from Congress
Julia Carson (IN-07) - Died in December 2007
Lane Evans (IL-17) - Retired from Congress
Alan Grayson (FL-8) defeated for re-election in 2010
John Hall (NY-19) defeated for re-election in 2010
Phil Hare (IL-17) defeated for re-election in 2010
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI-13) defeated for re-nomination in 2010
Eric Massa (NY-29) - Resigned in March 2010

Cynthia McKinney (GA-4) - Lost Congressional seat to current caucus member Hank Johnson

Major Owens (NY-11) - Retired from Congress

Nancy Pelosi (CA-8) - Left Caucus when Elected House Minority Leader

Hilda Solis (CA-32) - Became Secretary of Labor in 2009
Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH-11) - Died in 2008
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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Caucus

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Click on links to see lists:

Year 2010 - American Socialists Release Names of 70 Congressional Democrats in Their Ranks

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2570536/posts

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Year 2002 - Pelosi leader of ‘Progressive Caucus’

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109332/posts


28 posted on 04/15/2012 9:42:13 AM PDT by LucyT
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To: LucyT

As someday it may happen that a victim must be found

I’ve got a little list, I’ve got a little list

Of society offenders that may well be underground

And none of them be missed, and none of them be missed....


49 posted on 04/15/2012 11:24:55 AM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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