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Blue Dogs Want to Get Back Into the Hunt
February 11, 2013
In The News

Written by Alan Ota

Blue Dog Democrats are hunting for the middle ground in the partisan fight over spending and taxes, and they are looking at centrist Republicans as potential allies.

Blue Dogs Endorse Bipartisan Simpson-Bowles Amendment
February 5, 2013
Press Release

Furthering their bipartisan efforts to address the nation's ongoing fiscal crisis head on, the fiscally conservative Democratic Blue Dog Coalition has formally endorsed the Schrader-Wolf-Cooper-Gibson Amendment to H.R. 444, the Require a PLAN D Act, which is scheduled for a vote on the House floor tomorrow.

The only bipartisan amendment would add a finding supporting the President's use of the Simpson-Bowles framework as the basis for his budget submission to Congress. The framework calls for a comprehensive approach to reducing our nation's long-term debt and deficits.

Numbers dwindling, moderates band together
February 5, 2013
In The News
Written by Byron Tau

"It's something we plan to do from time to time," Dent said at an event hosted by the Republican Main Street Partnership, another group that represents GOP moderates.

Meetings across the aisle worked in the past to help build consensus, Dent said.

"That's something else that we're doing to try to help build a critical mass of people who want to try to get some things done together," he said.

Blue Dog Statement on CBO Budget and Economic Outlook
February 5, 2013
Press Release

Today, Congressman Kurt Schrader, Co-Chair of the fiscally conservative Democratic Blue Dog Coalition, issued the following statement on the budget and economic outlook released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office:

Blue Dogs Say Congress Must Address Long-Term Fiscal Crisis
January 24, 2013
Press Release
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that provides a short-term extension of the debt ceiling and includes a measure preventing Members of Congress from getting paid until they pass a budget.

On behalf of the fiscally conservative, Democratic Blue Dog Coalition, Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., Co-Chair for Communications, issued the following statement:
President Signs Into Law Blue Dog-Endorsed Bill on Improper Payments
January 10, 2013
Press Release
Today, President Barack Obama signed into law a Blue Dog-endorsed bill that could save taxpayers $125 billion annually by helping to eliminate improper payments, among other provisions. H.R. 4053, the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act (IPERIA), will better identify, prevent and recover payment error, waste, fraud and abuse within federal spending.
Shows and Melancon: Don't Write Off the Blue Dog Caucus
January 3, 2013
In The News
By Ronnie Shows and Charlie Melancon

Since election night, many political pundits have written about the demise of the conservative Democratic Blue Dog Caucus in Congress. What is most distressing to us is not the pontifications of the political punditry (many of whom picked Mitt Romney to win in a landslide) but, rather, the acceptance by many Democrats that the South is a lost cause.
House Passes Blue Dog-Endorsed Bill on Improper Payments
December 13, 2012
Press Release
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan, Blue Dog-endorsed bill that could save taxpayers $125 billion annually by helping to eliminate improper payments, among other provisions. H.R. 4053, the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act (IPERIA), will better identify, prevent and recover payment error, waste, fraud and abuse within federal spending.
Blue Dogs Announce New Leadership Team
December 11, 2012
Press Release
Members of the fiscally, conservative Democratic Blue Dog Coalition have elected their new leadership team for the 113th Congress:
  • Rep. John Barrow., D-Ga., Co-Chair for Administration
  • Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., Co-Chair for Policy
  • Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., Co-Chair for Communications
The Coalition also formally welcomed Rep.-Elect Pete Gallego, D-Tex., into the ranks of fiscally conservative Democrats who have renewed their pledge of working in a bipartisan manner to solve the extraordinary challenges facing the nation.
House to Vote on Blue Dog-Endorsed Bill This Week
December 10, 2012
Press Release
The U.S. House of Representatives will consider a bipartisan bill this week endorsed by the fiscally conservative, Democratic Blue Dog Coalition that will better protect taxpayer dollars. H.R. 4053, the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act (IPERIA), will better identify, prevent and recover payment error, waste, fraud and abuse within federal spending. The bill will be considered under a suspension of the rules as early as Wednesday, according to the House Committee on Rules.

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