online.wsj.com - 11/17/2009
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STEPHEN MOORE When the so-called fiscally conservative "Blue Dog" Democrats folded on the health care reform bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi skated to victory and even declared, "That was easy." No wonder. A new analysis of the three big House votes impacting the budget and deficit this year ...
rollcall.com - 11/18/2009
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rollcall.com —
Roll Call Staff Nov. 18, 2009, 12 a.m.
House Democratic leaders signaled Tuesday that they are moving...
full steam ahead with a stimulus bill in the coming weeks, a plan that is already dividing fiscally conservative Democrats unsure of whether they can ...
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Blue Dogs Wary of Another Stimulus
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The "Blue Dog" Democrats, 44 'fiscally conservative' congresspersons, did not acquit themselves well in this year, says the Heritage Foundation, via Stephen Moore: ...
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WSJ - Blue Dogs Make Sleepy Watch Dogs - All bark and no bite
When the so-called fiscally conservative "Blue Dog" Democrats folded on the health care reform bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi skated to victory and even declared, "That was easy." No wonder. A new analysis of the three big House votes impacting the budget and deficit this year finds the Blue Dogs are all bark and no bite.
The calculations were done by Heritage Foundation congressional analyst Mike Franc. On three votes that ...
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A new Heritage Foundation analysis finds that of the 52 House Democrats defined as "Blue Dogs", only four voted against all three of the most important pieces of fiscal legislation this year -- the stimulus, cap-and-trade, and health care reform. Indiana Rep. Mike Pence summarizes. "We can almost never count on the Blue Dogs on crucial votes."
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