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  • GA Congressman's Fleet Reduction Bill Passes In House
    Sep 19, 2012  - Written by Andrew Reeser ATLANTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) - Congress passed a bill Wednesday introduced by Congressman John Barrow (GA-12) that will cut funding for the General Services Administration to buy vehicles for the federal government fleet by 20 percent. The government fleet currently has mor... More
  • Barrow: Fewer moderates? Blame redistricting.
    May 18, 2012  - By U.S. Congressman John Barrow, Blue Dog Co-Chair for Policy Journalists in Washington and other places have reported for at least the past year and a half on the so-called end of the moderate in Congress. I’ll be the first to admit that there are fewer moderate members of Congress than there were ... More
  • The Hunt is on for Blue Dog Democrats
    May 2, 2012  - By Joseph Cotto Due to copyright laws, only excerpts are available. To read the column, please visit the Washington Times directly at the link below. Over the last several years, the media has placed great focus on the fact that moderate Republican politicians are not only becoming a rare breed, but... More
  • Rep. Shuler Deficit Reduction Amendment Met with Bipartisan Support
    Mar 22, 2012  - On Wednesday evening during markup of Chairman Paul Ryan’s proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Budget in the House Budget Committee, U.S. Representative Heath Shuler (D-NC), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Administration, offered an amendment calling for a balanced approach to deficit reduction that includes both ... More
  • Outdated Laws and Subsidies - How Did It Get So Bad?
    Mar 8, 2012  - By Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., Vice Chair of the Blue Dog Task Force on Fiscal Responsibility Congressman Jim Cooper writes in The Atlantic about the obsolete laws that are harming Congress and the nation. This article is part of The Atlantic’s new ongoing series, “America the Fixable.” Would you be s... More
  • Deficit Reduction Talks Live On
    Mar 5, 2012  - By Frances Seward **Because a subscription is required to read the full article, only excerpts of the article are available here so as to respect copyright laws. To read the full article, visit CQ.com or click here. Two bipartisan groups of lawmakers are working behind the scenes to revive momentum ... More
  • A small step toward fiscal responsibility
    Feb 17, 2012  - By Rep. Mike Michaud of Maine This week, the House passed legislation to give Congress and the president an important tool to help reduce spending and balance the budget. The Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act would provide a constitutional way to target the pork-belly projects... More
  • POLITICO: STOCK Act gets Blue Dog support
    Feb 1, 2012  - The Blue Dogs are adding their bark to chorus of congressional voices calling for quick action on legislation aimed at tightening laws that prohibit lawmakers and their aides from using inside information to make financial trades. “Members of Congress, their staff, and other federal employees who us... More
  • Donnelly and Boren: Positive Climate Is Key to Economic Recovery
    Nov 9, 2011  - By Reps. Joe Donnelly and Dan Boren In a time of seemingly endless partisanship, there is one thing that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle can agree on: We still have a lot of work to do to see our economy recover. As leaders of the Blue Dog Task Force on Economic Growth, there is no greater prio... More
  • Fight red tape to boost economy
    Oct 30, 2011  - By U.S. Rep. John Barrow There’s pretty much universal agreement throughout the country that our government has too many regulations on the books. It’s never been more difficult or time-consuming to try to start a small business or expand an existing company. According to the Federal Register, the 2... More

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