Blue Dog Matheson will oppose Boehner bill

[cal04]

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/174121-blue-dog-matheson-will-oppose-boehner-bill

The Blue Dog Democrats are lining up in opposition to the Republicans' proposal to raise the debt ceiling and slash deficit spending.

Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah) said Thursday that he'll vote "no," tweeting that the GOP bill "creates too much uncertainty that harms economy, threatens full faith and credit of USA."

Just hours earlier, Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.), another Blue Dog, told reporters that he'll oppose the bill as well.

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Democratic Caucus Chairman John Larson (Conn.) said Thursday morning that he'd spoken with Shuler moments before and "he said not a single Blue Dog is voting for it."


http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/60152.html
A coalition of conservative Blue Dogs and business-oriented New Democrats say they don’t support the bill written by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) because “financial markets need certainty that the United States will not default, which they argue the bill’s two-phase debt-limit increase would not accomplish.

[bluestateguy]

1. Wow

In a district like his, Matheson is about as good as you're going to get, which is to say not very good at all.

[Tippy]

2. I honestly expected some BD to vote for the Republcan proposal