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  • Blue Dogs Announce New Leadership Team
    Dec 11, 2012  - 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... More
  • House to Vote on Blue Dog-Endorsed Bill This Week
    Dec 10, 2012  - 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, preven... More
  • Blue Dogs Endorse Bipartisan Bill to Reduce Duplicative Programs
    Jun 13, 2012  - Building on their bipartisan efforts to make government better respect taxpayer dollars, the fiscally conservative Democratic Blue Dog Coalition in the U.S. House of Representatives has thrown its support behind a bipartisan bill that would, for every new program proposed, require a government-wide ... More
  • Rep. Larry Kissell Joins Blue Dog Coalition
    Apr 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... More
  • Blue Dogs Praise Passage, Signing of STOCK Act
    Apr 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. The... More
  • Blue Dog Statement on Republican Budget Proposal
    Mar 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: “We re... More
  • Blue Dogs Build on Bipartisan Efforts to Streamline Government
    Mar 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.... More
  • Blue Dogs Endorse No Budget, No Pay Act
    Feb 29, 2012  - The fiscally conservative Democratic Blue Dog Coalition in the U.S. House of Representatives has endorsed a bill by Blue Dog Rep. Jim Cooper, D- Tenn., that would require Congress to pass a budget before Members of Congress could get paid. The No Budget, No Pay Act, H.R. 3643, would require Congress... More
  • Blue Dogs Back Bipartisan Bill to Cut Wasteful Spending
    Feb 17, 2012  - WASHINGTON – The fiscally conservative Democratic Blue Dog Coalition in the U.S. House of Representatives has endorsed a bipartisan bill to better protect taxpayer dollars by reducing waste, fraud and abuse within federal spending. On Friday, Reps. Edolphus “Ed” Towns, D-N.Y.; Todd Platts, R-Pa.; Ge... More
  • Blue Dogs Support NRC’s Approval to Build the First New Nuclear Reactors in Thirty Years
    Feb 16, 2012  - Leaders of the fiscally conservative, Democratic Blue Dog Coalition in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday announced their support of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s approval last week to build two new nuclear reactors in the United States – the first in over 30 years. The reacto... More

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