Thread: DSA Members in Congress?

I got this by email today. Does anyone know if this is correct?



Q: How many members of Congress are members of the Democratic Socialists of America?

A: 70 current members of the U.S. Congress are actually members of the Democratic Socialists of America!...70!

Q: How many of the DSA members sit on the Judiciary Committee?

A: Eleven:

There are 23 Democrats on the Judiciary Committee, almost half, are now members of the DSA.

John Conyers [Chairman of the Judiciary Committee],
Tammy Baldwin
Jerrold Nadler
Luis Gutierrez
Melvin Watt
Maxine Waters
Hank Johnson
Steve Cohen
Barbara Lee
Robert Wexler
Linda Sanchez

Q: Who are the members of Congress who belong to the DSA?

A: See the listing below

Co-Chairs
Hon. Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07)
Hon. Lynn Woolsey (CA-06)

Vice Chairs
Hon. Diane Watson (CA-33)
Hon. Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-1
Hon. Mazie Hirono (HI-02)
Hon. Dennis Kucinich (OH-10)

Senate Members
Hon. Bernie Sanders (VT)

House Members
Hon. Neil Abercrombie (HI-01)
Hon. Tammy Baldwin (WI-02)
Hon. Xavier Becerra (CA-31)
Hon. Madeleine Bordallo (GU-AL)
Hon. Robert Brady (PA-01)
Hon. Corrine Brown (FL-03)
Hon. Michael Capuano (MA-0
Hon. André Carson (IN-07)
Hon. Donna Christensen (VI-AL)
Hon. Yvette Clarke (NY-11)
Hon. William ?Lacy? Clay (MO-01)
Hon. Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05)
Hon. Steve Cohen (TN-09)
Hon. John Conyers (MI-14)
Hon. Elijah Cummings (MD-07)
Hon. Danny Davis (IL-07)
Hon. Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
Hon. Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)
Rep. Donna F. Edwards (MD-04)
Hon. Keith Ellison (MN-05)
Hon. Sam Farr (CA-17)
Hon. Chaka Fattah (PA-02)
Hon. Bob Filner (CA-51)
Hon. Barney Frank (MA-04)
Hon. Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11)
Hon. Alan Grayson (FL-0
Hon. Luis Gutierrez (IL-04)
Hon. John Hall (NY-19)
Hon. Phil Hare (IL-17)
Hon. Maurice Hinchey (NY-22)
Hon. Michael Honda (CA-15)
Hon. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-02)
Hon. Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30)
Hon. Hank Johnson (GA-04)
Hon. Marcy Kaptur (OH-09)
Hon. Carolyn Kilpatrick (MI-13)
Hon. Barbara Lee (CA-09)
Hon. John Lewis (GA-05)
Hon. David Loebsack (IA-02)
Hon. Ben R. Lujan (NM-3)
Hon. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14)
Hon. Ed Markey (MA-07)
Hon. Jim McDermott (WA-07)
Hon. James McGovern (MA-03)
Hon. George Miller (CA-07)
Hon. Gwen Moore (WI-04)
Hon. Jerrold Nadler (NY-0
Hon. Eleanor Holmes-Norton (DC-AL)
Hon. John Olver (MA-01)
Hon. Ed Pastor (AZ-04)
Hon. Donald Payne (NJ-10)
Hon. Chellie Pingree (ME-01)
Hon. Charles Rangel (NY-15)
Hon. Laura Richardson (CA-37)
Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34)
Hon. Bobby Rush (IL-01)
Hon. Linda Sánchez (CA-47)
Hon. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09)
Hon. José Serrano (NY-16)
Hon. Louise Slaughter (NY-2
Hon. Pete Stark (CA-13)
Hon. Bennie Thompson (MS-02)
Hon. John Tierney (MA-06)
Hon. Nydia Velazquez (NY-12)
Hon. Maxine Waters (CA-35)
Hon. Mel Watt (NC-12)
Hon. Henry Waxman (CA-30)
Hon. Peter Welch (VT-AL)
Hon. Robert Wexler (FL-19)

This is a list of traitors who should be tried for treason. Looks like Lee Harvey Olswald got plenty of his flyers out.

This comes from a article on the internet titled: How Many Members Of The U.S. Congress Are Self-Declared Socialists?
http://www.tysknews.com/Depts/gov_philo ... embers.htm

They quote their source as : Congressional Progressive Caucus
http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm ... tionTree=1

I went to the Congressional Progressive Caucus website and could not find where they stated they were members of the DSA

i have spoken to Sheila Jackson Lee office about this,
they do not deny it

Eddie Bernice Johnson's office says shes in that group and they seemed proud to be telling me

Originally Posted by jamesw62

i have spoken to Sheila Jackson Lee office about this,
they do not deny it

Eddie Bernice Johnson's office says shes in that group and they seemed proud to be telling me

Looks like the list is pretty much accurate then. I am literally shocked! How is it a free nation like the USA, the leader of democracy, can allow COMMUNISTS to serve in our government in any form of fashion. Regardless, all of this is starting to make some sense now.

This comes of the DSA web site:

No, we are not a separate party. Like our friends and allies in the feminist, labor, civil rights, religious, and community organizing movements, many of us have been active in the Democratic Party. We work with those movements to strengthen the party’s left wing, represented by the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
http://www.dsausa.org/pdf/widemsoc.pdf

Here is the definition of Congressional Progressive Caucus:

The Congressional Progressive Caucus was founded in 1991 by Bernie Sanders-the openly socialist then Congressman from Vermont, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and the radical Washington DC based "think tank" Institute for Policy Studies (IPS).

Many members were and continue to be linked to DSA and/or the Communist Party USA, IPS or other radical organizations.

From small beginnings the CPC has grown to embrace more than 80 members of Congress and two in the Senate - Bernie Sanders and Tom Udall (NM).
http://www.keywiki.org/index.php/Congre ... ive_Caucus