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October 9, 2013

Co-chairs of the fiscally conservative, Democratic Blue Dog Coalition—Reps. Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Jim Cooper (D-TN), John Barrow (D-GA) and Jim Matheson (D-UT)—today sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reaffirming the Coalition's commitment to tackling our nation's long-term debt and deficit problems and offering support for a comprehensive budget solution.


July 24, 2013

Members of the fiscally conservative, Democratic Blue Dog Coalition today endorsed the No Labels Make Government Work! legislative package, which includes nine bipartisan bills to make Congress and the Federal government operate more effectively.


July 1, 2013

Blue Dogs to President: ‘Time to Approve Keystone XL Pipeline Has Come':Members of the fiscally conservative, Democratic Blue Dog Coalition sent a letter to President Obama earlier this month to express their strong support for the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The letter highlighted the positive economic and national security effects of constructing the pipeline, most notably increased job creation and decreased American dependence on foreign sources of oil.


June 13, 2013

Members of the fiscally conservative, Democratic Blue Dog Coalition have sent a letter to President Obama to express their strong support for the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The letter highlighted the positive economic and national security effects of constructing the pipeline, most notably increased job creation and decreased American dependence on foreign sources of oil.


May 28, 2013

Blue Dogs to President: Investigate IRS:Earlier this month, co-chairs of the fiscally conservative, Democratic Blue Dog Coalition – Reps. Barrow (D-GA), Cooper (D-TN), Matheson (D-UT) and Schrader (D-OR) – sent a letter to President Obama condemning the inexcusable behavior by the IRS in targeting outside conservative groups and urging him to immediately initiate an investigation.


May 15, 2013

Yesterday, co-chairs of the fiscally conservative, Democratic Blue Dog Coalition – Reps. Barrow (D-GA), Cooper (D-TN), Matheson (D-UT) and Schrader (D-OR) – sent a letter to President Obama condemning the inexcusable behavior by the IRS in targeting outside conservative groups and urging him to immediately initiate an investigation.


April 26, 2013

Today, the fiscally conservative Democratic Blue Dog Coalition formally endorsed a House resolution introduced by Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) urging the Speaker of the House to follow regular order, request a budget conference with the Senate and appoint conferees.


March 21, 2013

On behalf of the fiscally conservative, Democratic Blue Dog Coalition, Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Communications, issued the following statement today after voting on numerous House budget proposals this week.


February 14, 2013

WASHINGTON – Today, members of the Blue Dog Coalition announced their renewed endorsement of legislation that would ease Congressional gridlock by reforming the redistricting process. The two bills introduced by Congressman John Barrow of Georgia and Congressman Jim Cooper of Tennessee would end political gerrymandering, a longstanding priority of the Blue Dogs that has spanned both Republican and Democratic majorities in the House of Representatives.


February 12, 2013

Tonight, Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.), Co-Chair of the fiscally conservative Democratic Blue Dog Coalition, released the following statement in response to President Obama's State of the Union Address:

"The Blue Dogs share the President's commitment to taking a balanced approach to reducing our federal debt and deficits and stopping the ill-fated short term spending measures that are crippling our nation's fiscal health and national security.