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The headlines speak for themselves. Washington Post noted it's a different kind of Blue Dog Coalition today. Christian Science Monitor declared these aren't your father's Blue Dogs.

The House's most moderate Democrats are rolling out a detailed policy plan on Friday aimed at countering foreign election interference, in hopes that they can refocus the post-Mueller Report discussion away from impeachment and instead revive election security measures languishing in Mitch McConnell's Senate.

In the plan, which was provided to The Daily Beast, the Blue Dog Coalition lays out a specific agenda for addressing a variety of election security concerns that pulls proposals from 11 pieces of legislation—each of which has bipartisan backing, according to the group.

Top members of the centrist Democrat Blue Dog Coalition are holding out hope for bipartisan accomplishments on pressing infrastructure projects.

Rep. Tom O'Halleran (D-Ariz.) the group's co-chairman for policy, and Reps. Joe Cunningham (D-S.C.) and Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.), the co-chairs on its task force on infrastructure and job creation, in a letter on Monday requested input from think tanks, labor, environmental groups, small business groups and the business community on regulatory reform and policy solutions.

Members of the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of moderate House Democrats, are cautioning the party's leadership against disregarding the caucus' pay-as-you-go rule.

In a letter sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Wednesday, the group noted the rule was passed with overwhelming Democratic support at the beginning of the 116th Congress.

Blue Dogs also called on Democratic leaders to "only advance legislation that is fully paid for." Pay-as-you-go calls for any increases in the deficit to be paid for.

When Mikie Sherrill first ran into the congressional Blue Dog coalition in 2018, she wasn't sure it would be the place for her.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi took a veiled shot at Rep. Stephanie Murphy during a closed-door meeting after the centrist Florida Democrat bucked party leaders on a contentious immigration vote.

Pelosi said Republicans were eager to exploit fissures in the early weeks of the new majority, according to a person in the room, and Democrats newly enjoying exclusive committee assignments — like Murphy — can't be breaking ranks.

A group of moderate House Democrats is proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution as they try to further distance themselves from the party's progressive wing, which is backing big boosts in spending for social programs and infrastructure.

The move by the so-called Blue Dog Coalition adds to tension over ideology and priorities among Democrats as the House prepares to vote this week on legislation that would add $350 billion in deficit spending over the next two years.