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Who the H3LL sold their votes for $$$ regarding the de-funding vote in the House last week? Apparently some congresmen had "values" until Pelosi came calling with a bucket of pork money to sway their vote. They are the ones who are most despicable. Grrrr.Thank you.

WASHINGTON - When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faced scorn from fellow Democrats during a recent closed-door meeting for not moving more aggressively on Iraq, it was conservative Blue Dogs - her ideological opposites - who rose to defend her. The unlikely support reflected an emerging dynamic in the House, where the 43 right-of-center fiscal hawks are increasingly asserting their power, working to moderate the policies and image of a party with a liberal base and leaders to match. Three of Tennessee's five Democrats in the House are members of the Blue Dogs. They are Lincoln Davis, representing the 1st District,...

Iraq Debate, by the Numbers Day two of the House debate on the Iraq war kicked off promptly at 10:30 a.m. ET this morning, with today's highlight being the floor time Democrats granted to Republican lawmakers who are opposed to President Bush's plan to send in more troops Rep. Steny Hoyer House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer speaks Tuesday at a press conference. The House is spending this week debating a resolution expressing disapproval of the president's Iraq policy. (Reuters photo) Democrats are taking note of the coincidental timing of Bush scheduling a last-minute White House news conference during the same...

In a luncheon yesterday, members of the fiscally centrist Democratic Blue Dog Coalition promised to build bipartisan consensus to establish “fiscal sanity” and attempt to improve government accountability, transparency and oversight. “This country is desperate for the middle, desperate for common-sense solutions,” said Rep. John Tanner (D-Tenn.). “We have to tear down that aisle between Republicans and Democrats,” said Rep. Allen Boyd (D-Fla.). Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.) said Democrats only have a short time to prove they can work across the aisle to get things done. “The message that was sent on election night was not that the American people...

For a dozen years, the Democratic conservatives known as Blue Dogs have been baying at the moon, ignored by Republicans and tolerated by their more liberal Democratic colleagues. Now, these House lawmakers say that is about to change. Republicans "did not lose their seats to liberal Democrats" in last weeks elections, said Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark. "Republicans lost their seats to Blue Dog Democrats." "We'll have a lot to say about what passes and what doesn't" when the 110th Congress convenes in January with Democrats in control for the first time in 12 years, said Ross, new communications director for...

A new breed of conservative-leaning Democrats swung the midterm election, and could now unlock the door to the White House, writes Sarah BaxterA COUPLE of years ago a small town — where the garden gnomes look like Uncle Sam, where there are almost as many churches as shops and where the local cleaning company is called Making Miracles — could have been marked down at a glance as Republican heartland. After last week’s midterm elections, Bush country is no longer so easy to identify. Dumfries in Virginia, on the outskirts of the Marine Corps headquarters at Quantico, has been conservative...

Written by Administrator Friday, 10 November 2006 Democrats for Life of America Protecting Life. Strengthening. Re-Building. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Kristen Day November 8, 2006 202-220-3066 Pro-Life Democrats Critical in Retaking the House Pro-life Democrats to move to leadership positions WASHINGTON, DC – Democrats For Life of America applauded the Democratic leadership today for recruiting pro-life Democrats to run for key Congressional races in this week’s history making elections. “Right after John Kerry’s loss in 2004, the Democratic Party finally started talking about including pro-life Democrats in the big tent of the Democratic Party. They put their money where...

Blue Dog Coalition 12-point reform plan for restoring fiscal sanity 1. Require a balanced budget. • Blue Dogs support a Constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget every year except in times of war or national emergency. • Blue Dogs believe a Balanced Budget Amendment is the only way to ensure fiscal discipline in Congress. • The Blue Dog Balanced Budget Amendment would require a three-fifths vote of both the House and Senate to increase the debt limit or to waive the balanced budget requirement. • In addition, the Blue Dog Balanced Budget Amendment protects Social Security from benefit cuts...

From CNN's "Capital Gang" Stephanie Herseth, Democrat congressional nominee in SD, is leading the Republican challenger, Larry Diedrich, 49-40 (Argus-Leader survey), as the campaign to select a successor to former Rep. William "Bill" Janklow, R-SD, enters its final ten days. However, Diedrich has improved his poll numbers, after campaign visits by Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-IL, First Lady Laura Bush, and Second Lady Lynne Cheney. An issue dividing the two is abortion: Herseth opposes partial-birth abortion but would allow "exceptions," a position Republicans insist mean that she is really in support of partial-birth abortion, a procedure that the American Medical Assn....

WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Jim Turner, the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Select Committee on Homeland Security, will not seek re-election after his district was significantly altered under Texas' new Republican-drawn congressional map. "I have no realistic opportunity to seek re-election to Congress," he said in a news release this week. Turner, who said in the release he would finish out his term, wouldn't comment further Thursday. His 19-county, rural East Texas district was split among six predominantly Republican and more urban-suburban districts. His hometown of Crockett is now in the district represented by Rep. Joe Barton, R-Ennis. The redistricting...

<p>WASHINGTON — Because Republicans think they're the most vulnerable, the GOP is bashing 35 House Democrats — including Missisippi Reps. Gene Taylor and Bennie Thompson — for votes against President Bush's tax cuts, the Medicare prescription drug plan and other White House priorities.</p>

<p>Candidates Chris John, David Vitter present differences.</p> <p>John Hill Posted on December 22, 2003 BATON ROUGE - So far, the U.S. Senate race of 2004 could be shaping up to reflect this past fall's gubernatorial runoff campaign.</p> <p>The two candidates who are definitely in the battle are a conservative Democrat and an ultra-conservative Republican.</p>