Blue Dogs News

Amid reports that Obama will send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan , liberals are rallying around a plan to raise revenue for the surge.

The Blue Dogs 2008 DVD a oeLive at the Historic Dock St. Theatrea Again.a The set features 20 songs, culled from all 5 of their studio releases as well as unreleased tunes.

A local congressman's effort to right the country's fiscal ship has picked up a significant new block of support .

As I have repeatedly written , the new derivatives legislation is so bad that it probably increases - rather than decreases - the risk to the financial system.

The amendment, authored by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., went beyond preventing the proposed government-run plan from covering abortion to restrict federal subsidies from going toward private plans that offer abortion coverage.

Ellen Goodman notes that people are angry because the Democrats are too good at getting rolled , and Diane says read the rest, and " Then send each of your Democratic congress critters a voided check written to the DNC for "$0.00 NOT ONE RED CENT". If you have Republican representatives, send each of them a wire coathanger.

The skills that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel displayed working from their respective ends of Pennsylvania Avenue to get the health care reform package through the House last Saturday night were quite impressive.

WASHINGTON a ' Sans video camera, filmmaker Michael Moore on Tuesday turned his megaphone on the current health care system and those Blue Dog Democrats he claims are "dogging" the health care debate.

The House of Representatives passed, by a vote of 220 to 215, a $1.1 trillion health-care bill that requires employers to provide insurance coverage or face a tax penalty, expands Medicaid coverage, establishes a government-run insurance plan, and blocks the use of federal insurance subsidies for abortions.

Republican Bob McDonnell's bludgeoning of Democrat Creigh Deeds in the Virginia governor's race last Tuesday has spurred a frenzy of speculation about national Democrats' problems heading into the 2010 midterm elections.

Health Care Reform Bill Passes in the House -- Blue Dogs, Republicans and Spineless Dems Throw Women Under the Bus The Stupak Amendment to the Health Care Reform bill in the House of Representatives passed with 240 yeas, 194 nays and 1 present vote.

We don't look at either of these gubernatorial races . . . as something that portends a lot for our legislative efforts," insisted White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Tuesday, as New Jersey and Virginia voters gave Democrats a thumping.

For the Blue Dogs, Tuesday was a fire bell in the night. Virginia Republicans led by Robert McDonnell crushed the most conservative Democrat nominee in decades, rolling up a victory that rivaled Ronald Reagan's rout of Walter Mondale.

But the upper bound on Pelosi's freedom is still 218. There are 52 Blue Dogs , and they're all looking over their shoulders after last night.

Keep pounding Blue Dogs over Obamacare http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977880780 ^ Posted on Sunday, November 01, 2009 11:11:18 PM by ttjemery A tax that's a health risk The Trentonian ^ 11/2/2009 Deroy Murdock Posted on Monday, November 02, 2009 5:29:17 AM by markomalley ObamaCare promises to make medicine cheaper by ...

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in her office at the Capitol, October 28, 2009.

Over at Firedoglake a writer named "Scarecrow" attempts to convince that the 1990 page behemoth House health care bill unveiled this morning doesn't go far enough in expanding Medicaid coverage.

Oct. 20, 2009 12:09 p.m. Reform of the nation's dysfunctional health care system is now a certainty.

After Sen. Al Franken was finally seated in July, the Democrats were optimistic about the possibilities of the 111th Congress.

This is just plain crazy . Why should one woman in the opposing party have so much power over our futures, just because Obama has a "bipartisan" fetish? This is about offering a protective cover to Blue Dogs; I get that.