Showing posts with label Blue Dogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blue Dogs. Show all posts
Friday, March 28, 2025

Democrats united under Hakeem Jeffries in the US House are the only ones in American politics above water right now

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 US House Democrats voted unanimously against the Republicans' continuing spending resolution under -4.2 underwater Republican Speaker M...
Friday, July 29, 2022

LOL, Joe Manchin extracts gas and oil drilling concessions in Gulf of Mexico and Alaska in $369 billion compromise called "America’s biggest legislative moment for climate and energy policy"

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  However, some groups more strongly condemned the support for fossil fuel projects in the agreement, specifically provisions that would m...
Thursday, February 28, 2019

New House lefties tell moderate Democrat Blue Dogs and Republicans to STFU, just like lefty social media deplatforms the right, threaten primarying and draconian rule changes

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House Democrats explode in recriminations as liberals lash out at moderates: [T]he [Democrat] party's moderates - many of them freshm...
Friday, November 2, 2018

In many states Democrats are trying to fool the voters by running against their leaders Pelosi and Schumer

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But once in office they'll vote as their leaders require, just as Rahm Emanuel's 2006 "Blue Dog" victors did, including f...
Thursday, October 29, 2015

Ryan did not vote for Speaker this morning, nor did Webster, but Nancy Pelosi voted . . . for herself!

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Outgoing Speaker Boehner voted for Ryan. The Roll Call is here . The only Democrat not voting was Meeks. The Blue Dog Democrat...

Freedom Caucus caves, Paul Ryan elected Speaker of the House

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Ryan received 236 votes for the Speakership on the floor of the House this morning, Nancy Pelosi 184. 432 votes out of 435 were cast. I...
Monday, January 23, 2012

If The Republicans Were Smart, They'd Follow The Rahm Emanuel Strategy

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Rahm's strategy was to make the big tent Democrat party open to so-called fiscal and social conservatives in competitive states. It was ...
Monday, January 10, 2011

Daily Kos Put Bull's Eye on Gifford and Other Blue Dogs in 2008

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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Why They Lost: House Democrat Casualty Lists for November 2, 2010

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In politics it always pays to avoid controversy if you want to survive. If I'm counting correctly, there are 64 Republican pickups from ...
Sunday, December 20, 2009

Health Care Reform by Legal Insurrection, Literally

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By William A. Jacobson: Saturday, December 19, 2009 This Is Why I Named This Blog "Legal Insurrection" I was in the car most of th...