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The Blue Dog Coalition is an official caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives comprised of fiscally-responsible Democrats, who are leading the way to find commonsense solutions. They are pragmatic Democrats, appealing to the mainstream values of the American public. The Blue Dogs are dedicated to pursuing fiscally-responsible policies, ensuring a strong national defense for our country, and transcending party lines to get things done for the American people.

Co-Chairs

Rep. Marie Perez
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez
Rep. J. Correa
Rep. J. Luis Correa

Latest News

January 27, 2026

"A new movement is emerging that could bridge the gulf between mainstream Democrats — still dwelling too much in the rarified air of urban meritocracy — and the practical concerns of working folks and rural dwellers. If successful, this third way offers moderate voters an escape from Trump’s self-aggrandizing, fake-populism while popping the air out of the Democrats’ pie-in-the-sky agenda."


January 23, 2026
"In July, Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington proposed an amendment to a bill, calling for an inquiry into what she described as a “plague in this country of headlight brightness."
 
...A Democrat, she was gesturing to the central point of her political project, which has remained obscure to many political observers, even as her profile has risen sharply in the past year.

January 12, 2026

WASHINGTON D.C. — The Blue Dog Coalition issued the following statement in response to the US military operation to seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.