Blue Dogs Challenge Pelosi With Support of Deficit-Cutting Commission

• By Steven T. Dennis
• Roll Call Staff
• Nov. 18, 2009, 11:59 a.m.

In a direct challenge to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition voted Tuesday night to endorse a powerful bipartisan commission with fast-track authority to bring legislation to the House and Senate floor that would slash the federal deficit.