Economic Growth
The Blue Dog Coalition is focused on creating a positive economic climate geared toward bolstering growth and promoting innovation by working to advance policies that accelerate the economic recovery, create opportunities for middle class Americans to rejoin the workforce and assist small business owners grow their companies.
Energy
The Blue Dog Coalition engages on issues that promote U.S. energy independence and security, and strives to find consensus on positions that provide Americans with reliable and affordable energy sources.
Fiscal Responsibility
The Blue Dog Coalition has a long history of leadership in addressing the nation’s fiscal challenges, and the members will continue to build on that record of accomplishment by advancing commonsense, middle-of-the-road policies to put the country back on a path to long-term fiscal sustainability.
Oversight and Regulatory Review
The Blue Dog Coalition examines the thousands of regulations issued annually by the federal government with the objective of identifying those that are overly burdensome and modifying rules problematic to job creation.
