ellisonRep. Keith Ellison is among a slew of Democrats who founded a new populist caucus in the U.S. House of Representatvies, the Iowa Independent reports. The caucus was the brainchild of Rep. Bruce Braley, a Democrat from Iowa.

“As someone who has been out holding town hall meetings and getting a faceful of that populist rage, I know that it is real, it is a force that needs to be dealt with, and it needs to be given a voice,” Braley told Huffpo on Wednesday.

The caucus principles are:

1. Fighting for working families and the middle class through the establishment of an equitable tax structure, fair wages, proper benefits, a level playing field at the negotiating table, and secure, solvent retirement plans.
2. Providing affordable, accessible, quality health care to all Americans.
3. Ensuring accessible, quality primary education for all American children, and affordable college education for all who want it.
4. Protecting consumers, so that Americans can once again have faith in the safety and effectiveness of the products they purchase.
5. Defending American competitiveness by fighting for fair trade principles.
6. Creating and retaining good-paying jobs in America.

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