[Peace-discuss] FW: Are Progressive Caucus Leaders Pushing Toward War?

Tue Jan 6 19:46:45 EST 2015

It's difficult to take the "Pwogessive [as the late Alex Cockburn would say] Caucus" seriously.

Much better to listen to (& support) these ten - the Left fringe of the Dems & the Right fringe of the Reps.

The majority of both parties is thoroughly neoliberal (and neocon), as the administration is.  

They should be exposed and opposed. 

On Jan 6, 2015, at 5:49 PM, E. W. Johnson via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> those who voted against:
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> Alcee Hastings	Democrat
> Jim McDermott	Democrat
> George Miller	Democrat
> Alan Grayson	Democrat
> Beto O'Rourke	Democrat
> John “Jimmy” Duncan Jr.	Republican
> Walter Jones Jr.	Republican
> Dana Rohrabacher	Republican
> Justin Amash	Republican
> Thomas Massie	Republican
> 
> On 01/07/2015 05:12 AM, David Johnson via Peace-discuss wrote:
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>> 4. Foreign Affairs: How the West Broke Its Promise to Moscow
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