Look at this illustrious group of "lawmakers" and consider this list whenver we hear any of them make comments on TV shows.
Congressional Progressive Caucus
officers
Member/Position/District Address Phone
Dennis Kucinich
(CO-CHAIR, OHIO-10) 1730 LHOB 225-5871
Barbara Lee
(CO-CHAIR, CALIFORNIA-09) 426 CHOB 225-2661
Lynn Woolsey
(VICE-CHAIR, CALIFORNIA-06) 2263 RHOB 225-5161
Peter DeFazio
(OFFICER, OREGON-04) 2134 RHOB 225-6416
Jesse Jackson, Jr
(OFFICER, ILLINOIS-02) 313 CHOB 225-0773
Major Owens
(OFFICER, NEW YORK-11) 2309 RHOB 225-6231
Bernie Sanders
(OFFICER, VERMONT) 2233 RHOB 225-4115
Hilda Solis
(OFFICER, CALIFORNIA-31) 1641 LHOB 225-5464
members
Member/Position/District Address Phone
Neil Abercrombie
(MEMBER, HAWAII-01) 1502 LHOB 225-2726
Tammy Baldwin
(MEMBER, WISCONSIN-02) 1022 LHOB 225-2906
Xavier Becerra
(MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-30) 1119 LHOB 225-6235
Corrine Brown
(MEMBER, FLORIDA-03) 2444 RHOB 225-0123 WEBSITE
Sherrod Brown
(MEMBER, OHIO-13) 2438 RHOB 225-3401
Michael Capuano
(MEMBER, MASSACHUSETTS-08) 1232 LHOB 225-5111
Julia Carson
(MEMBER, INDIANA-10) 1339 LHOB 225-4011
William "Lacy" Clay
(MEMBER, MISSOURI-01) 415 CHOB 225-2406
John Conyers
(MEMBER, MICHIGAN-14) 2426 RHOB 225-5126
Danny Davis
(MEMBER, ILLINOIS-07) 1222 LHOB 225-5006
Rosa DeLauro
(MEMBER, CONNECTICUT-03) 2262 RHOB 225-3661
Lane Evans
(MEMBER, ILLINOIS-17) 2211 RHOB 225-5905
Eni Faleomavaega
(MEMBER, AMERICAN SAMOA) 2422 RHOB 225-8577
Sam Farr
(MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-17) 1221 LHOB 225-2861
Chaka Fattah
(MEMBER, PENNSYLVANIA-02) 1205 LHOB 225-4001
Bob Filner
(MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-50) 2463 RHOB 225-8045
Barney Frank
(MEMBER, MASSACHUSETTS-04) 2252 RHOB 225-5931
Raul Grijalva
(MEMBER, ARIZONA-07) 1440 RHOB 225-2435
Luis Gutierrez
(MEMBER, ILLINOIS-04) 2452 RHOB 225-8203
Maurice Hinchey
(MEMBER, NEW YORK-26) 2431 RHOB 225-6335
Sheila Jackson-Lee
(MEMBER, TEXAS-18) 403 CHOB 225-3816
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
(MEMBER, OHIO-11) 1516 LHOB 225-7032
Marcy Kaptur
(MEMBER, OHIO-09) 2366 RHOB 225-4146
Tom Lantos
(MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-12) 2217 RHOB 225-3531
John Lewis
(MEMBER, GEORGIA-05) 343 CHOB 225-3801
Jim McDermott
(MEMBER, WASHINGTON-07) 1035 LHOB 225-3106
James P. McGovern
(MEMBER, MASSACHUSETTS-03) 430 CHOB 225-6101
George Miller
(MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-07) 2205 RHOB 225-2095
Jerry Nadler
(MEMBER, NEW YORK-08) 2334 RHOB 225-5635
Eleanor Holmes Norton
(MEMBER, D.C.) 2136 RHOB 225-8050
John Olver
(MEMBER, MASSACHUSETTS-01) 1027 LHOB 225-5335
Ed Pastor
(MEMBER, ARIZONA-02) 2465 RHOB 225-4065
Donald Payne
(MEMBER, NEW JERSEY-10) 2209 RHOB 225-3436
Nancy Pelosi
(MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-08) 2457 RHOB 225-4965
Bobby Rush
(MEMBER, ILLINOIS-01) 2416 RHOB 225-4372
Jan Schakowsky
(MEMBER, ILLINOIS-09) 515 CHOB 225-2111
Jose Serrano
(MEMBER, NEW YORK-16) 2342 RHOB 225-4361
Pete Stark
(MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-13) 239 CHOB 225-5065
Bennie Thompson
(MEMBER, MISSISSIPPI-02) 2432 RHOB 225-5876
John Tierney
(MEMBER, MASSACHUSETTS-06) 120 CHOB 225-8020
Tom Udall
(MEMBER, NEW MEXICO-03) 502 CHOB 225-6190
Nydia Velazquez
(MEMBER, NEW YORK-12) 2241 RHOB 225-2361
Maxine Waters
(MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-35) 2344 RHOB 225-2201
Diane Watson
(MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-32) 2413 RHOB 225-7084
Mel Watt
(MEMBER, NORTH CAROLINA-12) 2236 RHOB 225-1510
Henry Waxman
(MEMBER, CALIFORNIA-29) 2204 RHOB 225-3976
The link is here with links to individual congresscritter websites, should anyone care:
http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp
Interesting. Thanks for the list.
It also seems kind of like the owners of Progressive Insurance had that meaning of the word under consideration, judging by what I've read about them posted on FR.