BlueDogs

Washington Post punches some hippies, and President Biden, on Joe Manchin’s behalf

The Washington Post reverts to printing thinly-veiled opinion on its news pages again this week, with this ode to poor, poor, picked-on Joe Manchin, the last reasonable guy standing against crazed …

Thu Dec 30, 2021

House advances infrastructure bills, sets ambitious and fraught deadline

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi finally found a compromise the Sabotage Squad (thanks for that moniker, Greg Sargent) would agree to Tuesday afternoon when she got the conservative Democrats to give up …

Tue Aug 24, 2021

House closer to infrastructure votes as anger against would-be Freedom Caucus Democrats boils over

A handful of intransigent House Democrats further endangered President Joe Biden’s infrastructure agenda Monday by refusing to accept a procedural compromise that would have given everyone a …

Tue Aug 24, 2021

Nine Democratic House jerks continue to threaten President Biden's infrastructure agenda

The House of Representatives is taking a few days off from August recess to do some legislative work, convening Monday at 5:00 PM when they will take a procedural vote to advance three measures—the …

Mon Aug 23, 2021

Sinema, Manchin sabotage Biden—and their own bill—by propping up House problem children

It’s not enough for Democratic spoiler Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to hijack the Senate, apparently. According to numerous sources for Axios, including staff and lawmakers, …

Thu Aug 19, 2021

Blue Dogs find no support from leadership or among House Democrats for infrastructure tantrum

The group of squeaky wheel “moderates” in the House Democratic caucus, who have been trying to throw their puny weight around on the issue of infrastructure, find themselves in an unusual …

Wed Aug 18, 2021

Pelosi, Hoyer lay groundwork to force Blue Dogs' hands on infrastructure votes

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is giving the “moderate” problem children of the caucus a procedural vote on the bipartisan Senate infrastructure bill. It’s beginning to look like …

Tue Aug 17, 2021

Are 9 House Democrats really ready to tank Biden's 'Build Back Better' agenda? No, not really

Nine House Democrats are attempting to emulate Democratic Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin by trying to take President Joe Biden’s agenda hostage to extract … something. Nine …

Fri Aug 13, 2021