In the News
September 15, 2011
By Elizabeth Titus
Moderate Blue Dog Democrats — who often seek distance from the liberal core of their party — are planning to introduce a set of small-business proposals on Thursday that focus on extending loan provisions and increasing the government's small-business procurement goals.
The group of conservative Democratic lawmakers is introducing the package as multiple jobs agendas take shape in Congress the week after President Barack Obama introduced his own jobs proposal in a joint session.
Moderate Blue Dog Democrats — who often seek distance from the liberal core of their party — are planning to introduce a set of small-business proposals on Thursday that focus on extending loan provisions and increasing the government's small-business procurement goals.
The group of conservative Democratic lawmakers is introducing the package as multiple jobs agendas take shape in Congress the week after President Barack Obama introduced his own jobs proposal in a joint session.
September 14, 2011
By Russell Berman
Add the centrist Blue Dog Democrat coalition to the list of groups pushing the deficit reduction "supercommittee" to expand its ambitions and find much more than $1.5 trillion in budget savings.
The Blue Dog leadership released a letter to the 12-member panel on Wednesday asking them to endorse a plan that would reduce the deficit by at least $4 trillion over the next decade.
Add the centrist Blue Dog Democrat coalition to the list of groups pushing the deficit reduction "supercommittee" to expand its ambitions and find much more than $1.5 trillion in budget savings.
The Blue Dog leadership released a letter to the 12-member panel on Wednesday asking them to endorse a plan that would reduce the deficit by at least $4 trillion over the next decade.
September 14, 2011
Blue Dog Coalition Press Conference on Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction
Today, the Blue Dog Coalition leadership held a press conference advocating that Republicans and Democrats on the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction work together to achieve a balanced, bipartisan solution that cuts the deficit by $4 trillion over 10 years.
https://www.c-span.org/Events/C-SPAN-Event/10737424157/
September 14, 2011
By ERIC PIANIN
Just how powerful is the special "Super Committee" that Congress created to recommend long-term deficit reduction? A task force of prominent budget experts concluded on Wednesday that the 12-member bicameral panel has far more power than many realize, and could work well past a November deadline in pursuit of a "grand bargain" of entitlement and tax reforms.
Just how powerful is the special "Super Committee" that Congress created to recommend long-term deficit reduction? A task force of prominent budget experts concluded on Wednesday that the 12-member bicameral panel has far more power than many realize, and could work well past a November deadline in pursuit of a "grand bargain" of entitlement and tax reforms.
September 9, 2011
The Early Show
Rep. Jim Cooper discusses extreme polarization in Washington and the need for more bipartisan cooperation in Congress on CBS' The Early Show.
https://www.youtube.com/BlueDogPress
Rep. Jim Cooper discusses extreme polarization in Washington and the need for more bipartisan cooperation in Congress on CBS' The Early Show.
https://www.youtube.com/BlueDogPress
August 12, 2011
By Vicki Needham
The Blue Dog Coalition is urging the newly formed congressional debt-reduction panel to work together toward a bipartisan agreement.
The group of fiscally conservative Democrats sent a letter to all 12 supercommittee members, pressing them to "pursue a balanced, bipartisan solution that will control our nation's debt and ensure that the United States remains the leader in the world economy."
They cited Standard and Poor's recent comments about that "political brinksmanship" was a primary reason fro the downgrade of the U.S. debt.
The Blue Dog Coalition is urging the newly formed congressional debt-reduction panel to work together toward a bipartisan agreement.
The group of fiscally conservative Democrats sent a letter to all 12 supercommittee members, pressing them to "pursue a balanced, bipartisan solution that will control our nation's debt and ensure that the United States remains the leader in the world economy."
They cited Standard and Poor's recent comments about that "political brinksmanship" was a primary reason fro the downgrade of the U.S. debt.
July 21, 2011
by Congressman Jim Matheson (D-UT), Blue Dog Coalition
A recent Opinion piece by Rep. Pete Sessions, head of the National Republican Congressional Committee, "The End of Blue Dog Democracy" (POLITICO, June 24), which was critical of members of the Blue Dog Coalition, illustrates the disconnect between Washington's partisan politics and what most of the people in this country care about.
A recent Opinion piece by Rep. Pete Sessions, head of the National Republican Congressional Committee, "The End of Blue Dog Democracy" (POLITICO, June 24), which was critical of members of the Blue Dog Coalition, illustrates the disconnect between Washington's partisan politics and what most of the people in this country care about.
June 15, 2011
By Vicki Needham
Several members of the Blue Dog Coalition are pressing 12 independent federal agencies to conduct reviews of their regulations that they could save upward of $1 billion and help create jobs.
The fiscally conservative group of Democrats sent out letters on Wednesday asking that the agencies to voluntarily agree to review and identify and change burdensome regulations that could hamper job creation efforts, according to a letter obtained by The Hill.
"We believe that overly burdensome and outdated regulations slow economic growth," the letter said.
Several members of the Blue Dog Coalition are pressing 12 independent federal agencies to conduct reviews of their regulations that they could save upward of $1 billion and help create jobs.
The fiscally conservative group of Democrats sent out letters on Wednesday asking that the agencies to voluntarily agree to review and identify and change burdensome regulations that could hamper job creation efforts, according to a letter obtained by The Hill.
"We believe that overly burdensome and outdated regulations slow economic growth," the letter said.
June 15, 2011
by Jonathan Allen
Blue Dog Democrats sent a letter to a dozen federal agencies asking them to undertake reviews of their regulations and procedures to find inefficiencies, even though they were left out of the administration's mandate that other departments do the same.
Blue Dog Democrats sent a letter to a dozen federal agencies asking them to undertake reviews of their regulations and procedures to find inefficiencies, even though they were left out of the administration's mandate that other departments do the same.
April 21, 2011
BY PAUL BEEBE
A bipartisan bill in Congress to jump-start the production and use of natural gas-powered vehicles is the best way for America to reduce its dependence on foreign oil and cut greenhouse emissions, Utah Rep. Jim Matheson said Thursday.
"This is a winner for our country if we move this way," said Matheson, a Democrat and co-sponsor of a bill called the Nat Gas Act, introduced two weeks ago by Rep. John Sullivan, R-Okla.
A bipartisan bill in Congress to jump-start the production and use of natural gas-powered vehicles is the best way for America to reduce its dependence on foreign oil and cut greenhouse emissions, Utah Rep. Jim Matheson said Thursday.
"This is a winner for our country if we move this way," said Matheson, a Democrat and co-sponsor of a bill called the Nat Gas Act, introduced two weeks ago by Rep. John Sullivan, R-Okla.