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A Blue Dog Democrat who represents a district that President Donald Trump handily won in 2024 has a common-sense solution to Congress’ age problem. In June, Democratic Washington Rep. Marie ...
“Blue dog” is credited to a Democratic congressman, Preston “Pete” Geren of Texas, who said conservatives had been “choked blue” by their party’s left wing. In 2019, the Democratic speaker, Nancy ...
A divided Congress should be good for the House Blue Dog Coalition, one of three major centrist House Democratic groups. Instead, the group lost nearly half of its members after a proposed name ...
For moderate House Democrats, the post-mortem conclusions about what happened Nov. 5 come down to being humble, authentic and willing to listen. Dear Democrats: A Little Humility, Please ...
Corrected 2:09 p.m. | The Blue Dog Coalition doesn’t have a branding issue, its new leaders say. They aren’t concerned with its dwindling numbers. Nor are they preoccupied with the political ...
Blue Dog Coalition. The Blue Dog Coalition, commonly known as the Blue Dogs or Blue Dog Democrats, is a caucus of United States Congressional Representatives from the Democratic Party who identify ...
Members of the Blue Dog Democrats, a centrist wing of the party, fared better in the midterm elections than expected, with a majority in the most competitive districts winning reelection or ...
The Blue Dog Coalition formed in the wake of the 1994 congressional election when Republicans, under the leadership of Newt Gingrich, seized control of the House for the first time in four decades.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed a series of progressive policies into law while in office. Democrats hope his record is a boon to the presidential ticket, but Republicans say he's too liberal.
now reading: Tim Walz’s Democrats Are Not the Blue Dog Democrats. Tim Walz’s Democrats Are Not the Blue Dog Democrats. COMMENTARY. By Kirsten Kukowski. September 09, 2024. AP. AP. X. Story Stream.
I n the current political moment, Democrats for El Salvador are about as common as coal miners for green energy. But there’s at least one: Rep. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, a Blue Dog Democrat and ...
Democrats hope his record is a boon to the presidential ... longtime Republican Congressman Gil Gutknect when he first ran for Congress in 2006 and was seen as a moderate “Blue Dog” Democrat.