Blue Dog Coalition

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The Blue Dog Coalition is a group of fiscally conservative, centrist Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives known for promoting bipartisan compromise and budgetary restraint.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Blue Dog Coalition canonical 8
Blue Dog Democrat 2
Blue Dog Democrats 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf congressional caucus ⓘ
political organization ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
hasPosition emphasizes bipartisan problem solving ⓘ
emphasizes centrist policy solutions ⓘ
emphasizes congressional oversight of spending ⓘ
emphasizes cross-party negotiation ⓘ
emphasizes deficit-neutral legislation ⓘ
emphasizes long-term debt reduction ⓘ
emphasizes pragmatic policymaking ⓘ
emphasizes rural and suburban representation ⓘ
emphasizes transparency in budgeting ⓘ
opposes excessive federal spending ⓘ
opposes extreme partisanship ⓘ
opposes large, unfunded tax cuts ⓘ
supports Medicare solvency ⓘ
supports Second Amendment rights (historically more than most Democrats) ⓘ
supports Social Security solvency ⓘ
supports agricultural interests ⓘ
supports balanced budgets ⓘ
supports bipartisan compromise ⓘ
supports budgetary restraint ⓘ
supports campaign finance reform ⓘ
supports deficit reduction ⓘ
supports energy independence ⓘ
supports entitlement reform ⓘ
supports environmental protection with economic balance ⓘ
supports government accountability ⓘ
supports health care reform with cost containment ⓘ
supports immigration reform with border security ⓘ
supports infrastructure investment ⓘ
supports law enforcement ⓘ
supports middle-class tax relief ⓘ
supports national security hawkishness relative to Democratic caucus ⓘ
supports pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules ⓘ
supports pro-business policies ⓘ
supports regulatory reform ⓘ
supports rural economic development ⓘ
supports small business support ⓘ
supports strong national defense ⓘ
supports tax reform ⓘ
supports veterans' benefits ⓘ
ideology centrism ⓘ
fiscal conservatism ⓘ
moderate liberalism ⓘ
locatedIn U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
partOf Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
politicalAlignment Democratic Party ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heath Shuler → memberOf → Blue Dog Coalition ⓘ
House Democratic Caucus → hasSuborganization → Blue Dog Coalition ⓘ
Evan Bayh → memberOf → Blue Dog Democrats ⓘ
linked to: Blue Dog Coalition
Sanford Bishop → partOfCaucus → Blue Dog Coalition ⓘ
Max Rose → caucusMembership → Blue Dog Coalition ⓘ
Jim Matheson → partOf → Blue Dog Coalition ⓘ
Josh Gottheimer → member of → Blue Dog Coalition ⓘ
Chet Edwards → partyAlignment → Blue Dog Democrat ⓘ
linked to: Blue Dog Coalition
Charles Stenholm → memberOf → Blue Dog Coalition ⓘ
Charles Stenholm → politicalAlignment → Blue Dog Democrat ⓘ
linked to: Blue Dog Coalition