Eddie Zipperer April 28, 2022 Close your eyes and let your imagination transport you back to the ninth-grade. Do you remember a teacher standing at the front of a classroom explaining the three branches of government? Division of power? Checks and balances? Me too. But I’m increasingly concerned that many of our elected officials have no memory of basic high-school-level civics. The House’s Congressional Progressive Caucus, which consists of nearly 100 representatives and Sen.