Congressman Bruce Braley of Iowa has formed the Populist Caucus. Ryan Grim of Huffington Post reports that it will start out with twenty-one members. Here they are:

Reps. Michael Arcuri (D-NY); Pete DeFazio (D-OR); Betty Sutton (D-OH); Leonard Boswell (D-IA); Steve Cohen (D-TN); Joe Courney (D-CT); Keith Ellison (D-MN); Bob Filner (D-CA); Phil Hare (D-IL); Mazie Hirono (D-HI); Hank Johnson (D-GA); Steve Kagan (D-WI); David Loebsack (D-IA); Eric Massa (D-NY); Linda Sanchez (D-CA); Jan Schakowsky (D-IL); Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH); Peter Welch (D-VT); and John Yarmouth (D-KY).

I would expect a few other names to join – Alan Grayson, Kucinich, Donna Edwards, a number of folks from the New York City area, Pete Stark. That is, this is a caucus that is sure to grow.

Update:

I was sick and blogging too fast yesterday. Lukeness in the comments points out that Braley has formed the Populist caucus, not the Progressive one as my post originally said. The entry has been edited to correct the mistake.