I've got an op-ed in today's special budget edition of The Hill newspaper, including a preview of the upcoming Congressional Progressive Caucus budget proposal. You'll be hearing more about this during the next several weeks. Here's the first paragraph to whet your appetite; the rest is after the jump.
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Job creation and tax fairness are at the top of voters’ to-do lists for Congress. These days, instead of hacking and slashing investments in our future and creating more corporate tax loopholes, the national conversation is right where it should be: how we get America back to work. The Congressional Progressive Caucus, of which I am co-chairman, isn’t just listening to the national conversation — we’re going to follow through with action.
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