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The Blue Dog Coalition, commonly known as the Blue Dogs or Blue Dog Democrats, is a caucus of moderate members from the Democratic Party in the United States House of Representatives. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The caucus was founded as a group of conservative Democrats in 1995 in response to defeats in the 1994 elections .
But while Jeffries may be one of Washington’s most influential and well-positioned Democrats, ... The Atlantic’s Mike Pesca recently declared that “the Democratic Party resembles the most ...
The Free Soil Party had many former members of the Democratic Party, most notably their 1848 presidential candidate former Democratic president Martin Van Buren. The party's main platform was opposition to the expansion of slavery into new territories acquired from the Mexican–American War .
Governor Adlai E. Stevenson (1900–1965), Democratic Governor of Illinois and 1952 and 1956 Democratic presidential nominee Mayor Richard J. Daley , Chicago (1902–1976), Democrat Governor Thomas E. Dewey , New York (1902-1971), Republican Presidential Candidate in 1944 and 1948.
A growing band of younger House Democrats is challenging senior members ... a member of the influential Financial Services Committee who has previously proposed six-year term limits for committee ...
First with private signals, and now with coordinated leaks, some of the most influential Democrats in the country — among them Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer — let it be known ...
Senate Democrats began electing their floor leaders in 1920 while they were in the minority. John W. Kern was a Democratic senator from Indiana. While the title was not official, the Senate website identifies Kern as the first Senate party leader, serving in that capacity from 1913 through 1917 (and in turn, the first Senate Democratic leader ...
The vice president has already won the backing of enough delegates to secure the Democratic ... bid and revealed the 84-year-old is still the nation’s most skilled and influential Democrat ...