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The '''Center for American Progress''' ('''CAP''') is a [[liberal]] [[progressive]] [[politics|political]] "[[leftwing]] [[think tank]]",<ref>[http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2011/feb11/11-02-11.html Feminism Has Become a Hot Topic]</ref> a tax-exempt 501(c) [[activist]] group headquartered in [[Washington D.C.]]   

The '''Center for American Progress''' ('''CAP''') is a [[liberal]] [[progressive]] [[politics|political]] "[[leftwing]] [[think tank]]",<ref>[http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2011/feb11/11-02-11.html Feminism Has Become a Hot Topic]</ref> a tax-exempt 501(c) [[activist]] group headquartered in [[Washington D.C.]]   

The CAP says they are "dedicated to improving the lives of [[American]]s through ideas and action". In reality, it's a secret "brain trust" within the Democratic National Committee and developed specifically to promote Democrat ideas and candidates.<ref>[http://www.undueinfluence.com/cap.htm Center for American Progress] Green Tracking Library</ref>  According to their website, they "expose the hollowness of conservative governing philosophy, and challenge the media to cover the issues that truly matter." The liberal activist [[George Soros]] donated three million dollars in 2004 in an unsuccessful attempt to defeat the re-election of [[President of the United States of America|President]] [[George W. Bush]].<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A24179-2003Nov10?language=printer</ref>  

The CAP says they are "dedicated to improving the lives of [[American]]s through ideas and action". In reality, it's a secret "brain trust" within the Democratic National Committee and developed specifically to promote Democrat ideas and candidates.<ref>[http://www.undueinfluence.com/cap.htm Center for American Progress] Green Tracking Library</ref>  According to their website, they "expose the hollowness of conservative governing philosophy, and challenge the media to cover the issues that truly matter." The liberal activist [[George Soros]] donated three million dollars in 2004 in an unsuccessful attempt to defeat the re-election of [[President of the United States of America|President]] [[George W. Bush]].<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A24179-2003Nov10?language=printer</ref>  

The Center for American Progress began as the American Majority Institute in 2002, as a way for liberals and Democrats to cope with the new funding restrictions of the McCain-Feingold Campaign Reform Act. In 2003, they had created the companion lobbying group Center for American Progress Action Fund. CAP has a powerful lobbying agenda, spending at least $700,000. in 2009.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?year=2009&lname=Center+for+American+Progress&id= Center for American Progress] OpenSecrets.org</ref> A number of the CAP lobbyists have jobs in the [[Obama Administration]]. [[John Podesta]], President and Chief Executive Officer of CAP has close ties to current [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) Director [[Leon Panetta]]. Podesta served under Panetta in the [[Bill Clinton]] White House and is credited by some for helping get Panetta nominated to his post by President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>[http://www.examiner.com/exopolitics-in-honolulu/obama-s-choice-of-cia-director-signals-renewed-effort-to-disclose-cia-x-files Obama's choice of CIA Director signals renewed effort to disclose CIA X-Files]</ref>  They've built infrastructure to construct a permanent campaign outside of actual campaigns.

The Center for American Progress began as the American Majority Institute in 2002, as a way for liberals and Democrats to cope with the new funding restrictions of the McCain-Feingold Campaign Reform Act. In 2003, they had created the companion lobbying group Center for American Progress Action Fund. CAP has a powerful lobbying agenda, spending at least $700,000. in 2009.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?year=2009&lname=Center+for+American+Progress&id= Center for American Progress] OpenSecrets.org</ref> A number of the CAP lobbyists have jobs in the [[Obama Administration]]. [[John Podesta]], President and Chief Executive Officer of CAP has close ties to current [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) Director [[Leon Panetta]]. Podesta served under Panetta in the [[Bill Clinton]] White House and is credited by some for helping get Panetta nominated to his post by President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>[http://www.examiner.com/exopolitics-in-honolulu/obama-s-choice-of-cia-director-signals-renewed-effort-to-disclose-cia-x-files Obama's choice of CIA Director signals renewed effort to disclose CIA X-Files]</ref>  They've built infrastructure to construct a permanent campaign outside of actual campaigns.