Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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 Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:49 pm Post subject: Blue Dogs |
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"In late February, Obama will host a "fiscal responsibility summit," which the Blue Dogs will be attending, an event they demanded as the price for their (reluctant) cooperation with the stimulus bill. On the agenda is "entitlement reform," the longstanding dream of the Concord Coalition and the Peterson Institute to shrink the social welfare state [see William Greider's article on page 11]. The full roster has yet to be announced, but it won't be surprising if Cooper is one of the headliners.
It's unclear in just what direction the summit will go, but in Washington, the perception of power is indistinguishable from actual power. And if the Blue Dogs don't have much of the latter, they have the former in spades."
There's a lengthy article on the Blue Dogs that reviews their history and talks about their influence on legislation. Interesting. I've always supported what they call 'pay-go' but not the rest of their positions.
Blue Dogs Bark
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090302/hayes |
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