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June 5, 2012
Today, the fiscally conservative, Democratic Blue Dog Coalition released a statement after the Congressional Budget Office released its 2012 Long-Term Budget Outlook, which projects that by the end of this year, the federal debt will reach roughly 70 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), the highest percentage since shortly after World War II.
May 18, 2012
By U.S. Congressman John Barrow, Blue Dog Co-Chair for Policy
Journalists in Washington and other places have reported for at least the past year and a half on the so-called end of the moderate in Congress. I'll be the first to admit that there are fewer moderate members of Congress than there were in the last Congress. And after Election Day, there may be fewer still.
May 2, 2012
By Joseph Cotto
Due to copyright laws, only excerpts are available. To read the column, please visit the Washington Times directly at the link below.
Over the last several years, the media has placed great focus on the fact that moderate Republican politicians are not only becoming a rare breed, but in fact stand ripe for extinction during low-turnout primary races.
Due to copyright laws, only excerpts are available. To read the column, please visit the Washington Times directly at the link below.
Over the last several years, the media has placed great focus on the fact that moderate Republican politicians are not only becoming a rare breed, but in fact stand ripe for extinction during low-turnout primary races.
April 18, 2012
The fiscally conservative Democratic Blue Dog Coalition expanded their ranks in the U.S. House of Representatives today by adding Rep. Larry Kissell, D-N.C., as its newest member. Kissell, first elected in 2008 and who represents the 8th Congressional District in south central North Carolina, brings the group's total membership to 25.
April 4, 2012
The fiscally conservative Democratic Blue Dog Coalition in the U.S. House of Representatives praised Congress for passing and the President for signing into law today the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, or STOCK Act – a legislative initiative the Blue Dogs endorsed back in February.
March 22, 2012
On Wednesday evening during markup of Chairman Paul Ryan's proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Budget in the House Budget Committee, U.S. Representative Heath Shuler (D-NC), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Administration, offered an amendment calling for a balanced approach to deficit reduction that includes both spending cuts and tax reform. The amendment received bipartisan support from members of the House Budget Committee, falling just one vote short of passage.
March 20, 2012
On behalf of the fiscally conservative, Democratic Blue Dog Coalition, Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., Blue Dog Co-Chair for Communications, issued the following statement today after House Budget Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan unveiled the Republicans' FY2013 budget proposal.
Statement from Rep. Mike Ross:
Statement from Rep. Mike Ross:
March 8, 2012
Building on their efforts to streamline government and use taxpayer dollars more efficiently, the fiscally conservative Democratic Blue Dog Coalition in the U.S. House of Representatives has endorsed a bipartisan bill to reduce waste, fraud, abuse and improper payments in Medicare and Medicaid. H.R. 3399, the Medicare and Medicaid FAST Act, led by Reps. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., and John Carney, D-Del., would help the government recoup billions of taxpayer dollars lost every year through fraud, improper payments and inefficiencies in both Medicare and Medicaid.
March 8, 2012
By Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., Vice Chair of the Blue Dog Task Force on Fiscal Responsibility
Congressman Jim Cooper writes in The Atlantic about the obsolete laws that are harming Congress and the nation. This article is part of The Atlantic's new ongoing series, "America the Fixable."
Congressman Jim Cooper writes in The Atlantic about the obsolete laws that are harming Congress and the nation. This article is part of The Atlantic's new ongoing series, "America the Fixable."
March 5, 2012
By Frances Seward
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Two bipartisan groups of lawmakers are working behind the scenes to revive momentum for comprehensive legislation to address the government's fiscal woes and in particular to chart a course for long-term deficit reduction.
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Two bipartisan groups of lawmakers are working behind the scenes to revive momentum for comprehensive legislation to address the government's fiscal woes and in particular to chart a course for long-term deficit reduction.