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Blue Dog Democrats

Salon: Blue Dogs Put Corporate Interests Over Party, Constituents

Salon | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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Nobody could be better positioned than the Democrats who call themselves "Blue Dogs" to sabotage healthcare reform, the primary objective of their pre...

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Black Caucus Blasts Blue Dogs

Politico | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

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The Congressional Black Caucus is blasting away at Blue Dog Democrats and other fiscal conservatives in their own party for making "spurious" claims a...

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Blue Dog Dems Cashing In On Clout

The Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

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Members of the House of Representatives once again canceled a health care markup session on Thursday after negotiations with Blue Dog Democrats stalle...

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Talk Radio Rules Blue Dog States

Sue Wilson | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

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Sue Wilson

22 percent of Americans get their news from talk radio, and conservative talkers, like Hannity and Limbaugh, have been lying to their listeners about what's in the health care bill.

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Blue Dog Democrats

Jonathan Richards | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

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Jonathan Richards

As Obama tries to reform health care, his Blue Dog companions may not be man's best friend. ...

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Arthur Delaney

Blue Dogs Party After Health Care Reform Markup Canceled

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

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The House Committee on Energy and Commerce was supposed to be the third leg supporting health care reform legislation already approved by two other Ho...

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A Village Fairy Tale: Coming From a Pro-Gun State Explains Health Care Opposition

David Sirota | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Health Care, d.c. Media, Conservative Democrats, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
David Sirota

When the media depict Sen. Baucus, who represents one of the poorest states in the country, as opposing real health care reform because he's from a "conservative state," that's a lotta horses**t.

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Obama Meets With Blue Dogs Dems In Push On Health Care Reform

FOX News | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

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President Obama has invited a small group of fiscally-conscious House Democrats -- known as the "Blue Dogs" -- to the White House Tuesday morning in a...

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Health Care Reform is a National Security Issue

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 08.19.2009 | Politics

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Michael B. Laskoff

To hear the Republican rhetoric, health care reform is not socialism: it's the first domino on the path to full-blown Marxist-Leninist hell.

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It's Time to Spay and Neuter the Blue Dogs on Health Care

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

The Blue Dog coalition loved spending lavishly on the Iraq war only to rediscover the evil of budget deficits as soon as Obama was elected.

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How to Create a Million Jobs in One Month

Les Leopold | Posted 08.14.2009 | Business

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Les Leopold

If we weren't so hung up on anti-government ideology, we could have turned the stimulus money into 13 million public sector jobs.

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Will Our Progressives In Congress Fight For The Public Option?

Noelle Cigarroa Perese | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics

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Noelle Cigarroa Perese

If more than 40 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus take the pledge to support a public option, then we know they're serious about health care reform and aren't just spouting words.

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Blue Dog Dems Rebel On Health Care Bill

AP | DAVID ESPO and ERICA WERNER | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The drive to remake the nation's health care system suffered yet another setback in Congress on Thursday when a pivotal group of Ho...

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House Democrats Draw Line in the Sand on Public Option

Cenk Uygur | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Yarmuth, Public Option, Rahm Emanuel, Progressive Caucus, The Young Turks, Democratic Caucus, Healthcare Reform, Barack Obama, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

This is not time for half-measures that won't get the job done. If Obama is going to deliver on his promise of change, this is the the time and healthcare reform with a public option is the issue.

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Symbolic Blather: Washington's Congenital Disease

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

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Robert L. Borosage

In the new economy emerging out of the calamity, we need progressive tax reform and increased public investment. This week, progressive legislators will try to figure out where they stand on this.

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BizarrObama's Backwards Health Care Strategy

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

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Matthew Filipowicz

Sadly, the main figures who will likely end up blocking the health care plan are not Republicans, but a small handful of Blue Dog conservative Democrats in the Senate.

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Hey Moderates, Public Health Plan Option Will Cut Costs (And Other Fun Facts)

Bill Scher | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

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Bill Scher

Everybody in the nation wants a public plan option. Both the NBC/WSJ poll and the NYT/CBS poll found overwhelming support, about 75%, for a public plan option.

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Is Congress Ready to Reassert its Independent Role?

Sandy Maisel | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

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Sandy Maisel

I have just finished watching the Sunday talk shows. All in all -- and this from a Sunday morning talk show junkie -- a pretty poor excuse for analysis of what's going on in Washington.

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The Health Insurance Mafia Deserves a Good Screwing

Bob Cesca | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

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Bob Cesca

I can think of no other American industry that more closely resembles a criminal shakedown of the public than the health insurers.

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Ryan Grim

Blue Dogs Backsliding On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

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Conservative House Democrats agreed to a set of health care principles late last week that angered advocates of a overhaul of the health care system. ...

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Blue Dog Democrats Complain Of Being Shut Out Of Health Care Debate

New York Times | ROBERT PEAR | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

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Forty-five House Democrats in the party's moderate-to-conservative wing have protested the secretive process by which party leaders in their chamber a...

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'Blue Dog' Democrats Demand Billions In Pet Projects

Bloomberg | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

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U.S. Representative Jim Marshall is a Georgia Democrat and a member of his party's Blue Dog Coalition, a group of lawmakers bound by a desire to restr...

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Song Guy Who Wrote "Hey, Paul Krugman" Takes on EFCA

Jonah Lalas | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

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Jonah Lalas

Firing someone for expressing an opinion should be branded "un-American" and identified as something you would expect from a dictatorial regime

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The GOP: Conservatism's Empty Vessel

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

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Andrew Sargus Klein

There will be plenty of battles in and outside the Democratic Party in the months to come; what is evident now is the very real and uncertain shift toward to left's slightly more pluralistic platform.

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Rahm Emanuel's Think Tankers Enforce 'Message Discipline' Among 'Liberals'

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

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Jeremy Scahill

Independent journalists have tried to shine a spotlight on how groups like the Center for American Progress and MoveOn are now supporting the continuation of wars because their guy is now commander-in-chief.

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