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Celerity

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21. well, other than Henry Cuellar, there are no truly cultural 'conservative' Dems left in the House
Tue Aug 24, 2021, 07:17 PM
Aug 2021

A few have some cultural conservative stances, but Cuellar, now with Lipinski and Collin Peterson being defeated in 2020, laps the rest. Safe Blue district too (never in its history has it elected a Rethug) but the challengers to him lately have been too far left to beat him in the primary.

I don't understand why they're calling themselves 'moderates' leftstreet Aug 2021 #1
Because the media is owned by billionaires? questionseverything Aug 2021 #14
You are not paying attention. A deal was done this afternoon. Tomconroy Aug 2021 #2
You are not paying attention. The 220-212 vote was just a first step toward drafting Biden's plan bluewater Aug 2021 #5
"That's just part of the legislative process". So true! Tomconroy Aug 2021 #9
"it showcased the party differences that threaten to upend Biden's ambitious rebuilding agenda" bluewater Aug 2021 #10
Um, they did mcar Aug 2021 #3
Just a first step. bluewater Aug 2021 #7
Thank you bluedevil4 Aug 2021 #12
Seems like they have reached an agreement JustAnotherGen Aug 2021 #4
Seems like only a first step was taken. bluewater Aug 2021 #8
But before we have a second step we have to have a first step. totodeinhere Aug 2021 #13
I find their self-labeling as "moderate" misleading bluewater Aug 2021 #16
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2021 #6
Progressives need to accept that us Blue Dogs exist and always have and eTXwLA Aug 2021 #11
And without the more "moderate" members of the caucus we don't have chance of keeping the totodeinhere Aug 2021 #15
The VAST majority of moderate Democrats in Congress support Biden's plans bluewater Aug 2021 #17
except that on this, the 10 (Stephanie Murphy has now joined the first 9) are outnumbered 210 to 10 Celerity Aug 2021 #20
It is 10 now, Stephanie Murphy (FL-7) another Problem Solvers member, joined the 9 over the weekend. Celerity Aug 2021 #18
It's interesting that fiscally conservative Democrats choose to brand as "moderates" bluewater Aug 2021 #19
well, other than Henry Cuellar, there are no truly cultural 'conservative' Dems left in the House Celerity Aug 2021 #21
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