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Dems Have No Excuse for Failing on Health Care

Mike Lux, Open Left. November 24, 2009.

Yes, political changes are hard. But if Democrats don't deliver now, no excuse will cut it.

In a Big Labor Day "F*ck You" to Working People, Sen. Max Baucus Continues to Ruin Healthcare Reform

Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant. September 7, 2009.

Baucus refuses to support the public option even though a majority of his constituents say they support it.

'Blue Dogs' or Corporate Shills?

Thomas Frank, Huffington Post. August 6, 2009.

The Blue Dogs are more keenly attuned than their colleagues to that force of universal goodness, the profit motive.

Health Care Tyranny: They Stay in Power, You Stay Sick

David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. July 31, 2009.

Let go of those American (pipe) dreams. This is corrupt, pathetic health care reality.

Congressional Progressive Caucus Rejects Blue Dog Compromise

deleted, AlterNet. July 30, 2009.

In a letter to Speaker Pelosi and committee chairmen, 53 CPC members say no votes for a bill the Blue Dogs like.

A House Dem Rebellion on Health Care?

deleted, AlterNet. July 30, 2009.

The health care deal struck by Henry Waxman with Blue Dogs is fomenting resentment among progressive members of Congress.

Tell Senators: Now's Not the Time for a Break on Health Care Reform

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. July 28, 2009.

Making sure senators keep hammering out health care reform is AlterNet's top Take Action Campaign for the week.

Waxman Prepared to Bypass His Own Committee for Sake of Health Care Bill

deleted, AlterNet. July 24, 2009.

Rep. Henry Waxman has figured out a way to defeat the Blue Dogs on his committee: render his own committee irrelevant to health care reform.

Blue Dog Corporate Whoring

Booman, Booman Tribune. July 11, 2009.

Based on their performance regarding health care reform thus far, it's fair to call blue dog dems corporate whores, plain and simple.

Blue Dog Dems Want to Reform the Health Care System Without Reforming the Health Care System

Digby, Hullabaloo. July 10, 2009.

Really, they should quit whining already and get behind true reform.

Bombshell: Rep. Jane Harman Caught on Tape Agreeing to Lobby for Alleged AIPAC/Israel Spies?

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. April 20, 2009.

Harman was allegedly heard saying she'd 'waddle into' the AIPAC case in return for support for her bid to become chair of the Intelligence Committee.

Blue Dogs: The Democrats Who Love Big Business

Christopher Hayes, The Nation. February 17, 2009.

A bloc of 49 influential Dems thinks government's biggest problem is that it provides too much for its citizens.

Congress, Step Up and Start Defending the Constitution

Art Brodsky, Huffington Post. June 25, 2008.

The Democrats' capitulation on FISA is a triumph of Congressional self-importance over the guardianship of our Constitutional rights.

Across the South, Dozens of Blue Dog Dems Defecting to Republican Party

Lauren Kelley, December 31, 1969.