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Women’s March Brings ‘Medicare for All’ Lobbying to Washington

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Sat, Jan 19th, 2019

As the Women’s March comes to Washington today they will be joined by other progressive organizations who spent the day Friday lobbying lawmakers on behalf of for “Medicare for All” legislation. Members of several groups advocating for healthcare rights stormed Capitol Hill on Friday for a “lobby day” to begin an event-filled weekend as part…

Pelosi Cuts Deal With Progressives and Guarantees She Will Be Speaker

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Sat, Nov 17th, 2018

Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, who will co-chair the House Progressive Caucus next year, left a meeting with Nancy Pelosi late Thursday night and immediately announced that she would support Pelosi as Speaker of the House. She also proclaimed that Progressive Caucus members would have more seats on powerful committees in the new Congress, and…