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Blue Dog Coalition
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Blue Dog Coalition
A caucus of Democrats in the United States House of Representatives who are moderate to conservative on fiscal issues. The Blue Dog Coalition does not have a cohesive ideology but tends to stand between Republicans and more liberal Democrats on matters like federal spending, entitlement programs and national security. Many members of the Blue Dog Coalition are also socially conservative..


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Now Blue Dog Democrats are caught in the same pincer that Republicans faced under Bush: they have a choice between their president's grandiose plans and their constituents' skepticism.
In other congressional districts, where socalled Blue Dog Democrats sit, OFA volunteers were sometimes working against their party's elected officials.
As chairman of the Health Care Task Force and member of the House Committee on Energy & Commerce, the Blue Dog Democrat from Prescott is wielding a great deal of power over what any health care reform package might eventually look like.
 
 
 
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