Congressional Progressive Caucus

The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is a caucus in the Democratic congressional caucus in the United States Congress. The CPC is a left-leaning organization that works to advance progressive and liberal issues and positions. 

In the 116th United States Congress, the CPC has 98 members, making it the second largest caucus within the Democratic Party and the third largest caucus in Congress. The CPC is currently co-chaired by U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (D-WI) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA).

History 
The CPC was created in 1991 by six members of the United States House of Representatives: U.S. 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). More House Members joined shortly after, including Major Owens (D-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), David Bonior (D-MI), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Patsy Mink (D-HI), George Miller (D-CA), Pete Stark (D-CA), John Olver (D-MA), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) and Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Sanders was the convener and first CPC Chairman. Bill Goold was Staff Coordinator for the Progressive Caucus in its early years until 1998.

Budget proposal for 2012 
In April 2011, the Congressional Progressive Caucus released a proposed "People's Budget" for fiscal year 2012. Two of its supporters said: "By having a fair tax code, by building a strong American economy, and by bringing our troops home, we achieve a budget surplus of over $30 billion by 2021 and we end up with a debt that is less than 65% of our GDP. This is what sustainability looks like".

Electoral results

Senate

House of Representatives

Membership 
All members are members of the Democratic Party or caucus with the Democratic Party. In the 116th Congress, there are 97 declared Progressives, including 95 voting Representatives, one non-voting Delegate and one Senator.

House members 

Arizona
 Raúl Grijalva (AZ-3, Tucson)
 Ruben Gallego (AZ-7, Phoenix) – vice chair
California
 Jared Huffman (CA-2, San Rafael)
 Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11, Concord)
 Barbara Lee (CA-13, Oakland)
 Ro Khanna (CA-17, Fremont) – first vice chair
 Zoe Lofgren (CA-19, San Jose)
 Jimmy Panetta (CA-20, Carmel Valley)
 Judy Chu (CA-27, El Monte)
 Brad Sherman (CA-30, Sherman Oaks)
 Grace Napolitano (CA-32, Norwalk)
 Ted Lieu (CA-33, Los Angeles)
 Jimmy Gomez (CA-34, Los Angeles)
 Karen Bass (CA-37, Baldwin Hills)
 Linda Sanchez (CA-38, Lakewood)
 Gil Cisneros (CA-39, Yorba Linda)
 Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40, Los Angeles)
 Mark Takano (CA-41, Riverside) – vice chair
 Maxine Waters (CA-43, Inglewood)
 Nanette Barragán (CA-44, San Pedro)
 Katie Porter (CA-45, Irvine)
 Alan Lowenthal (CA-47, Long Beach)
 Mike Levin (CA-49, San Juan Capistrano)
Colorado
 Joe Neguse (CO-2, Boulder) – vice chair
Connecticut
 Rosa DeLauro (CT-3, New Haven)
Delaware
 Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE at-large)
Florida
 Darren Soto (FL-9, Orlando)
 Val Demings (FL-10, Orlando)
 Lois Frankel (FL-21, West Palm Beach)
 Frederica Wilson (FL-24, Miami)
 Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26, Miami)
Georgia
 Hank Johnson (GA-4, Lithonia)
 John Lewis (GA-5, Atlanta)
Hawaii
 Tulsi Gabbard (HI-2, Honolulu)
Illinois
 Chuy Garcia (IL-4, Chicago)
 Danny Davis (IL-7, Chicago)
 Jan Schakowsky (IL-9, Chicago) – vice chair
Indiana
 André Carson (IN-7, Indianapolis)
Iowa
 Dave Loebsack (IA-2, Iowa City)
Kentucky
 John Yarmuth (KY-3, Louisville)
Louisiana
 Cedric Richmond (LA-2, New Orleans)
Maine
 Chellie Pingree (ME-1, North Haven)
Maryland
 Jamie Raskin (MD-8, Takoma Park)
Massachusetts
 Jim McGovern (MA-2, Worcester)
 Joseph P. Kennedy III (MA-4, Brookline)
 Katherine Clark (MA-5, Melrose)
 Ayanna Pressley (MA-7, Dorchester)
 Lori Trahan (MA-3, Westford)

Michigan
 Dan Kildee (MI-5, Flint Township)
 Andy Levin (MI-9, Bloomfield Township)
 Debbie Dingell (MI-12, Dearborn)
 Rashida Tlaib (MI-13, Detroit)
 Brenda Lawrence (MI-14, Southfield)
Minnesota
 Angie Craig (MN-2, Eagan)
 Ilhan Omar (MN-5, Minneapolis) – whip
Mississippi
 Bennie Thompson (MS-2, Bolton)
Missouri
 Lacy Clay (MO-1, St. Louis)
Nevada
 Steven Horsford (NV-4, Las Vegas)
New Jersey
 Donald Norcross (NJ-1, Camden) – vice chair
 Andy Kim (NJ-3, Bordentown)
 Frank Pallone (NJ-6, Long Branch)
 Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12, Trenton)
New Mexico
 Deb Haaland (NM-1, Albuquerque)
New York
 Nydia Velázquez (NY-7, Brooklyn)
 Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8, Brooklyn)
 Yvette Clarke (NY-9, Brooklyn)
 Jerrold Nadler (NY-10, Manhattan)
 Carolyn Maloney (NY-12, Manhattan)
 Adriano Espaillat (NY-13, Manhattan)
 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14, Bronx)
 José Serrano (NY-15, Bronx)
 Joe Morelle (NY-25, Rochester)
North Carolina
 Alma Adams (NC-12, Charlotte)
Ohio
 Marcia Fudge (OH-11, Cleveland)
Oregon
 Suzanne Bonamici (OR-1, Beaverton)
 Earl Blumenauer (OR-3, Portland)
 Peter DeFazio (OR-4, Springfield)
Pennsylvania
 Brendan Boyle (PA-2, Philadelphia)
 Dwight Evans (PA-3, Philadelphia)
 Madeleine Dean (PA-4, Abington Township)
 Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-5, Swarthmore)
 Matt Cartwright (PA-8, Scranton)
Rhode Island
 David Cicilline (RI-1, Providence) – vice chair
Tennessee
 Steve Cohen (TN-9, Memphis)
Texas
 Veronica Escobar (TX-16, El Paso) – vice chair
 Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18, Houston) – vice chair
 Sylvia Garcia (TX-29, Houston)
 Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30, Dallas)
 Lloyd Doggett (TX-35, Austin)
Vermont
 Peter Welch (VT at-Large)
Virginia
 Don Beyer  (VA-8, Alexandria)
Washington
 Pramila Jayapal (WA-7, Seattle) – co-chair
 Adam Smith (WA-9, Bellevue)
Wisconsin
 Mark Pocan (WI-2, Madison) – co-chair
 Gwen Moore (WI-4, Milwaukee)
Non-voting
 Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia)

Senate members 

 Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)

Former members 

 Thomas Andrews (ME-1) – defeated in run for Senate in 1994
 Tammy Baldwin (WI-2) – elected to Senate in 2012
 Bob Brady (PA-1) – left caucus prior to 2018 retirement
 Sherrod Brown (OH-13) – elected to Senate in 2006
 Roland Burris (IL Senate) – retired from Congress
 Mike Capuano (MA-7) defeated for re-nomination by current caucus member Ayanna Pressley in 2018
 Julia Carson (IN-7) – died in December 2007
 Donna M. Christensen (Virgin Islands) – retired from Congress
 Hansen Clarke (MI-13) – defeated for re-nomination in 2012
 Emmanuel Cleaver (MO-5)
 John Conyers (MI-13) – resigned in December 2017 
 Donna Edwards (MD-4) – Defeated in run for Senate in 2016
 Keith Ellison (MN-5) - elected Attorney General of Minnesota
 Lane Evans (IL-17) – retired from Congress (deceased)
 Chaka Fattah (PA-02) – defeated for re-nomination in 2016 by current caucus member Dwight Evans
 Russ Feingold (WI Senate) – defeated for re-election in 2010
 Bob Filner (CA-51) – retired from Congress
 Barney Frank (MA-4) – retired from Congress
 Alan Grayson (FL-8) (FL-9) – ran for senate in 2016 and was defeated by Patrick Murphy
 Luis Gutierrez (IL-4) - retired from Congress
 John Hall (NY-19) – defeated for re-election in 2010
 Phil Hare (IL-17) – defeated for re-election in 2010
 Maurice Hinchey (NY-22) – retired from Congress (deceased)
 Mazie Hirono (HI-2) – elected to Senate
 Mike Honda (CA-17) – defeated for re-election in 2016 by current caucus member Ro Khanna
 Rush Holt (NJ-12) – retired from Congress
 Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-2) – resigned his House seat on November 21, 2012
 Ruben Kihuen (NV-4) - retired from Congress in 2018
 Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI-13) – defeated for re-nomination in 2010
 Dennis Kucinich (OH-10) – defeated for re-nomination in 2012
 Ed Markey (MA-5) – elected to Senate in 2013
 Eric Massa (NY-29) – resigned from congress in March 2010
 Cynthia McKinney (GA-4) – defeated for re-nomination in 2008 by current caucus member Hank Johnson
 Brad Miller (NC-13) – retired from Congress
 George Miller (CA-11) – retired from Congress
 Jim Moran (VA-8) – retired from Congress
 Rick Nolan (MN-8) - retired from Congress in unsuccessful bid to become Minnesota Lt. Governor in 2018
 John Olver (MA-1) – retired from Congress
 Major Owens (NY-11) – retired from Congress (deceased)
 Ed Pastor (AZ-7) – retired from Congress (deceased)
 Nancy Pelosi (CA-8) – left caucus when elected House Minority Leader
 Jared Polis (CO-2) - elected Governor of Colorado in 2018
 Carol Shea-Porter (NH-1) - retired from Congress in 2018
 Laura Richardson (CA-37) – defeated for re-election in 2012
 Bobby Rush (IL-1)
 Louise Slaughter (NY-25) – died in 2018
 Hilda Solis (CA-32) – became Secretary of Labor in 2009
 Pete Stark (CA-13) – defeated for re-election in 2012
 John Tierney (MA-6) – lost renomination in 2014
 Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH-11) – died in 2008
 Henry Waxman (CA-33) – retired from Congress
 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
 Lynn Woolsey (CA-6) – retired from Congress

References

United States Democratic Party