PDA PRESS RELEASES
National Progressive Organizations Announce New Congressional Scorecard on Public Health, Environmental Issues
By Food & Water Watch | National Nurses United Scorecard Shows Whether Members of Congress Support Five Benchmark Bills Setting Standards for a Clean, Healthy Country Washington, D.C. – A group of leading progressive advocacy and labor organizations today...
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It’s a Good News Sort of Friday
By Deb and Donna for Mike H., Mike F., Janis, Kimberly, Bryan, Dan, Judy and Dr. Bill, your PDA National Team Progressive Programs Win in Spite of Budget Concerns The new omnibus budget passed by the Trumpublicans and signed by the Trumpublican President has a few...
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Republicans Shut Down Government And We Soldier On For Justice
By The PDA National Team Stay tuned on what our next steps are, outside of getting to a Women's March near you today or tomorrow. Here are some thoughts from PDA national staff on the Republican government shutdown. Donna Smith, Executive Director of Progressive...
Read MoreProgressive Democrats Win Big In Elections
By Donna Smith, Executive Director - Progressive Democrats of America | Press Release WASHINGTON - Nov. 8, 2017 - PRLog -- Who: Progressive Democrats of America Staff and Supporters What: Congratulates the Progressive Democrats who won smashing statewide victories...
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Our Hearts Are Heavy Today
By Donna Smith, PDA Executive Director for Mike H, Mike F., Judy, Dr. Bill, Janis, Dan, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, and Amos—Your PDA National Team About Our Sadness Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) is heartbroken today. Our thoughts are with the people of...
Read MorePDA’s Response To The DNC. We’re Coming….
By Donna Smith and Mike Fox for Mike H., Amos, Janis, Deb, Kim, Bryan, Dan, Judy, Dr. Bill and the rest of the PDA team Yes, We'll Continue The Fight From The Ground Up When we learned of the dismissal of several progressive members of the DNC, we saw the...
Read MoreComplicit in Their Silence(r), More Gun Massacres Likely
By Donna and the PDA national team, Mike F., Judy H., Mike H., Deb S., Dan O'N., Janis K, Amos M., Kimberly B., and Dr. Bill H. Tell Congress To End The Silence On Sensible Gun Policy Our hearts ache for all those hurt and all those grieving for one of the dead in...
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Progressive Democrats Stand With Dreamers and DACA
Progressive Democrats of America - Press Release Who: Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) a grassroots political action committee What: Calls on Americans to stand with Dreamers and Defend DACA Why: Because deportation of Dreamers will destroy families and hurt...
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Laughing While People Suffer — Trumpublican Storm Warning
By Donna Smith, Executive Director - Progressive Democrats of America Hurricane Harvey begins its assault on the Texas coast tonight, and what was Trump doing? He was assaulting justice as he pardoned Maricopa County, Arizona, former sheriff Joe Arpaio, and he was...
Read MoreCongressional Progressive Caucus Demands Firing of White Supremacists from the White House, Removal of Confederate Statues in the U.S. Capitol, and Reopening of DHS Right-Wing Extremism Division in Response to Violence in Charlottesville
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 14, 2017 Press Contacts: Sayanna Molina (Grijalva) Ron Boehmer (Pocan) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) released the following statement responding to...
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