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Alaska Rep. Peltola joins centrist House Blue Dog Coalition
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 12—WASHINGTON — Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola joined the congressional Blue Dog Coalition, a group of moderate Democrats who advocate for fiscal responsibility and on national security issues ...
Rebranding rift guts Blue Dog Dem ranks
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCongress' influential Blue Dog Coalition is getting chopped nearly in half after an internal blow-up over whether to rebrand the centrist Democratic group. Seven of the 15 members expected to ...
Centrist Democrats hatch secret plan to head off debt ceiling calamity
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA group of House Democrats is secretly crafting a fallback plan to avoid an economy-rattling debt...
A Democratic lawmaker who voted to block Biden's broad student-loan forgiveness doubled down on his...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 10 months agoU.S. Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME).Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Rep. Jared Golden was one of just two...
Has the answer to the GOP's speaker woes been in front of them all along?
The Week via Yahoo News· 8 months agoPatrick McHenry. It's been two weeks since Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz and a cadre of far...
Centrist Dems leave McCarthy hanging without a lifeline
Politico via Yahoo News· 8 months agoHouse Democratic centrists held the key to bailing out Kevin McCarthy. Yet in the end, he gave them no incentive to salvage his besieged speakership. Most House Democrats were skeptical of the ...
Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger Wins New Democratic 'Battleground' Post
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWASHINGTON — A key group of House Democrats in swing seats elected Rep. Abigail Spanberger (Va.) on...
Why former U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda is running for 2nd District 15 years after leaving office
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoFormer U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda filed to reclaim Kansas’s 2nd Congressional District on Monday,...
Golden backs expanded powers for acting speaker
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOct. 13—U.S. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine is one of four centrist Democrats who sent a letter Friday to acting House Speaker Patrick McHenry in support of giving him temporary expanded powers ...
Democratic Blue Dogs like Jared Golden can still bark, but can they bite?
Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 28—Watching the partisan clash in the U.S. House of Representatives from afar, Democrats and Republicans often look like warring factions that not only can't get along but actually loathe ...