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Blue Dog Blueprint for Fiscal Reform: A plan to balance the budget, cut spending and secure America's future
As independent voices for fiscal responsibility and accountability, the Blue Dogs have a proven track record of offering bipartisan, commonsense solutions to some of the most pressing issues facing the United States. Today, our underlying structural deficits represent the biggest threat to our economic security. The "Blue Dog Blueprint for Fiscal Reform" outlines 15 steps that can be taken to put the country back on a path to balance budgets and long term fiscal sustainability. |
Latest News from the Blue Dogs Feb. 4 - PAY-AS-YOU-GO TO BECOME LAW: Major element of Blue Dog Blueprint for Fiscal Reform will drive down deficits, reduce out-of-control government spending Feb. 3 - Blue Dogs Advance Fiscal Reform Agenda Jan. 28 - Blue Dog Leadership on Senate Passage of PAYGO Jan. 27 - Matheson Responds to State of the Union Address Jan. 26 - Blue Dogs Release Blueprint for Fiscal Reform Click here to learn more about the Blue Dog plan to cut spending, balance the budget and secure America's future Dec. 11 - Blue Dog Statements on Statutory PAYGO Click here to go to the Blue Dog press room... |
Blue Dogs Hold Press Conference with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
At a press conference on April 27th, 2009, members of the fiscally conservative Democratic Blue Dog Coalition joined House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer as they reiterated their commitment to reinstating the statutory pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules that led to budget surpluses in the 1990's. |
Our National Debt Currently, the U.S. Debt is estimated at: $12,278,635,997,966.88 Your share of today's public debt is: $39,934.67 |
Blue Dog Blueprint for Fiscal Reform: "It is time to start making some tough decisions. With this proposal, the Blue Dogs are offering true structural reform to reduce the deficit over time. We can do what every American family has done and make choices that will put us in better fiscal shape in the future.” - Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT) Blue Dog Co-Chair
Restoring Fiscal Responsibility to the Federal Government: Click here to watch Congressman Charlie Melancon of Louisiana address the need for a return to the statutory pay-as-you-go rules that brought our budget to balance in the 1990's.
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