Daily Archives: March 20, 2012

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Prepares Response to Republican Budget for the 1%

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 20, 2012
3:15 PM

CONTACT: Congressional Progressive Caucus

Adam Sarvana (Grijalva), 202-225-2435

Jennifer Porter Gore (Ellison), 202-225-4755

Jack d’Annibale (Honda), 202-225-3327
Congressional Progressive Caucus Holds Emergency Meeting in Response to the Republican Budget for the 1%

WASHINGTON – March 20 – The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow morning, Wednesday, March 21st, to set its budget priorities in the aftermath of the Republican budget proposal released today.

This year’s Republican budget compounds last year’s mistakes: reckless cuts that slash millions of jobs, an endto the Medicare guarantee, and higher health costs for America’s seniors. The GOP scheme gives more tax breaks to billionaires, Big Oil, and corporations that ship American jobs overseas.

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Economy, Green Jobs, Infrastructure, unemployment

Our Infrastructure Emergency Can Be a Source for Green Jobs

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Locked and Dammed: The Region’s 23 Locks and Dams Are on the Brink of Failure

By Len Boselovic
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
This is the first of a four-part series.

March 18, 2012 – Pittsburgh’s three rivers, an economic engine since Lewis and Clark departed the city for their epic exploration of the West, are flirting with disaster.

The region’s 23 locks and dams, which annually move 33 million tons of coal, petroleum and other commodities that fuel the local economy, are on the brink of failure, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the federal agency charged with maintaining them.

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