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Political party in United States

New Democrat Coalition
New Democrat Coalition
Chairman	Ron Kind
Founded	1997
Ideology	Centrism Third Way Fiscal conservatism Social progressivism
Political position	Center-left
National affiliation	Democratic Party
International affiliation	Alliance of Democrats (until 2012)
Colors	Blue
Seats in the Senate	5 / 100
Seats in the House	46 / 435
Politics of United States Political parties Elections

The New Democrat Coalition is a Congressional Member Organization within the United States Congress made up of Democrats who support an agenda that the organization describes as moderate and pro-growth. A November 2012 press release described the organization as "Congress' largest coalition of moderates heading into the 113th Congress," and announced the election of Representative Ron Kind as the Coalition's Chair. As of January 2015, there were 46 members in the House of Representatives and 5 in the Senate.

Overview

The New Democrat Coalition was founded in 1997 by Representatives Cal Dooley (California), Jim Moran (Virginia) and Timothy J. Roemer (Indiana) as a congressional affiliate of the avowedly centrist Democratic Leadership Council, whose members, including former President Bill Clinton, call themselves "New Democrats." In November 2012, the New Democrat Coalition announced the election of its new leadership team. New Dems elected Rep. Ron Kind (WI-03) as the Chair and re-elected Reps. Jim Himes (CT-04), Rick Larsen (WA-02), and Allyson Schwartz (PA-13) as Vice Chairs and added Rep. Gerry Connolly (VA-11) as a Vice Chair.

The Senate New Democrat Coalition was founded in the spring of 2000 by Senators Evan Bayh (Indiana), Bob Graham (Florida), Mary Landrieu (Louisiana), Joe Lieberman (Connecticut), and Blanche Lincoln (Arkansas).

The NDC has worked to craft and pass legislation, including Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for the People's Republic of China, fast track Trade Promotion Authority, digital signatures, and H-1B visa reform and continues to work on matters such as privacy, broadband, expanding e-learning opportunities and making government more accessible and efficient through the use of technology. Many in the Democratic Party's left-wing criticize the group, however, accusing it of ignoring social justice and the poor.

Prior to the 113th Congress, the New Democrat Coalition had seven task forces: Critical Infrastructure and Manufacturing; Education; Energy; Financial Services; Health Care; Innovation, Competitiveness and Tax Reform; and Trade. Due to the pressing issues our country faces, the task forces for the 113th Congress changed to: Energy chaired by Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) and Rush Holt (NJ-12),Financial Services and Retirement Security chaired by Rep. Gary Peters (MI-14), Rep. John Carney (DE-At Large), and Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04), Health chaired by Rep. Allyson Schwartz (PA-13), Bill Owens (NY-21),and Rep. Kurt Schrader (OR-05), National Security chaired by Jim Moran (VA-08), Colleen Hanabusa (HI-1), and Rep. Ron Barber (AZ-2),Tax Reform and Fiscal Responsibility chaired by Rep. Jim Himes (CT-4), Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-5), and Terri Sewell (AL-07),Tech, Education, and Entrepreneurship chaired by Rep. Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Rep. Susan Davis (CA-53), and Rep. Jared Polis (CO-02), and finally, Trade, Critical Infrastructure and Manufacturing chaired by Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) and Cedric Richmond (LA-02).

Political donations

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the top contributors to the New Democrat Coalition caucus members are the finance, insurance and real estate industries. The Center also reported that the New Democrat Coalition receives a considerable amount of cash from the financial sector and since 1989 members of the New Democrat Coalition have collected $50 million from the finance, insurance and real estate sector.

New Democrat Coalition members (House)

In the 113th Congress, the following 50 members of the House of Representatives currently belong to the New Democrat Coalition:

Colorado

Jared Polis (CO-2), Vice-Chair
Ed Perlmutter (CO-7)

Connecticut

Joe Courtney (CT-2)
Elizabeth Esty (CT-05)
Jim Himes (CT-04), Vice-Chair

Delaware

John Carney (DE-At Large), Whip

Florida

Georgia

David Scott (GA-13)

Illinois

Bill Foster (IL-11)
Mike Quigley (IL-05)

Indiana

André Carson (IN-7)

Louisiana

Cedric Richmond (LA-2)

Maryland

John Delaney (MD-06)

Nebraska

Brad Ashford (NE-02)

New Hampshire

Anne Kuster (NH-02)

New York

Oregon

Kurt Schrader (OR-5)

Puerto Rico

Pedro Pierluisi (PR-At Large)

Tennessee

Jim Cooper (TN-05)

Texas

Joaquin Castro (TX-20)
Filemon Vela, Jr. (TX-34)

Virginia

Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Vice-Chair
Don Beyer (VA-08)

Washington

Suzan DelBene (WA-01)
Denny Heck (WA-10)
Derek Kilmer (WA-06)
Rick Larsen (WA-2)
Adam Smith (WA-9), charter member

Wisconsin

Ron Kind (WI-3), Chair, charter member

Former members

Former Representatives

Members who have left Congress:

James A. Barcia (MI-5), charter member, did not seek re-election
Chris Bell (TX-25), lost re-election following redistricting
Ken Bentsen (TX-25), charter member, did not seek re-election
Dennis Cardoza (CA-18), did not seek re-election and subsequently resigned in 2012
Ed Case (HI-2), did not seek re-election
Bob Clement (TN-5), charter member, did not seek re-election
Jim Davis (FL-11), charter member, did not seek re-election
Peter Deutsch (FL-20), charter member, did not seek re-election
Norman D. Dicks (WA-6), charter member, did not seek re-election
Bob Etheridge (NC-2), charter member, lost re-election in 2010
Harold Ford (TN-9), did not seek re-election
Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8), resigned from Congress in January 2012
Kirsten Gillibrand (NY-20), appointed to Hillary Clinton's vacant Senate seat
Jane Harman (CA-36), resigned in 2011
Jay Inslee (WA-1), resigned in March 2012, Elected State Governor
John J. LaFalce (NY-29), charter member, did not seek re-election
Nick Lampson (TX-22), lost re-election in 2008
Bill Luther (MN-6), charter member, lost re-election following redistricting
Tim Mahoney (FL-16), lost re-election in 2008
Denise Majette (GA-4), did not seek re-election
Bob Matsui (CA-5), charter member, deceased
Karen McCarthy (MO-5), charter member, did not seek re-election
Juanita Millender-McDonald (CA-37), deceased
Brad Miller (NC-13), did not seek re-election
Earl Pomeroy (ND), charter member, lost re-election in 2010
Steve Rothman (NJ-9), charter member, lost renomination following redistricting
Max Sandlin (TX-1), charter member, lost re-election following redistricting
Thomas C. Sawyer (OH-14), charter member, lost re-election following redistricting
Heath Shuler (NC-11), did not seek re-election
Charles Stenholm (TX-17), charter member, lost re-election following redistricting
Ellen Tauscher (CA-10), appointed Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
Jim Turner (TX-2), charter member, did not seek re-election
Ron Barber (AZ-02)
Jim Moran (VA-8), charter member
Mike McIntyre (NC-07)
Colleen Hanabusa (HI-01)
Allyson Schwartz (PA-13)
Bill Owens (NY-21)
Gary Peters (MI-14)
Rush D. Holt (NJ-12)
Dan Maffei (NY-24)
Brad Schneider (IL-10)
Carolyn McCarthy (NY-4)
Joe Garcia (FL-26)
John Barrow (GA-12)

Disaffiliated members

Former members who remain in Congress, but who are no longer affiliated with the NDC:

Jim Clyburn (SC-6), charter member
Mike Michaud (ME-2)
Mike Thompson (CA-5)
Bill Pascrell (NJ-8), charter member
Pete Visclosky (IN-1), charter member

Senate New Democrat Coalition members

The following Senators belong or belonged to the Senate New Democrat Coalition.

Current senators

Dianne Feinstein (CA, by 2001)
Thomas R. Carper (DE, by 2001; co-chair from 2003)
Bill Nelson (FL, by 2001)
Debbie Stabenow (MI, by 2001)
Maria Cantwell (WA, by 2001)

Former senators

Blanche Lincoln (AR, founder, from 1999; defeated in 2010)
Evan Bayh (IN, founder, retired from senate in 2011)
Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY, from 2001; retired from Senate in 2009 to become Secretary of State)
Bob Graham (FL, founder, chair from 2000–2003; retired from Senate in 2003)
Max Cleland (GA, from 2000; defeated in 2002)
Zell Miller (GA, from 2001; retired from Senate in 2004)
John Breaux (LA, from 2000; retired from Senate in 2004)
Jean Carnahan (MO, from 2001; defeated in 2002)
John Edwards (NC, from 2000; retired from Senate in 2004)
Bob Kerrey (NE, from 2000; retired from Senate in 2000)
Richard Bryan (NV, from 2000; retired from Senate in 2000)
Chuck Robb (VA, from 2000; defeated in 2000)
Jon Corzine (NJ, from 2004; retired to run for Governor in 2005)
John Kerry (MA, from 2000); resigned to take office as Secretary of State in 2013
Tim Johnson (SD, from 1996; retired from Senate in 2014)
Mary Landrieu (LA, from 1996; defeated in 2014)

References

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/219413/meet-new-house-centrists-john-hood
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/234224-centrist-dems-ready-strike-against-warren-wing
http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/united-house-democrats-return-to-squabbling-ways-20150304
What Third Way? retrieved Oct 27, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/why-the-blue-dogs-decline-was-inevitable/2012/04/25/gIQAhOw8gT_blog.html
Eleanor Clift & Matthew Spieler, Selecting a President
Kim, Sueng Min (March 24, 2014). "House Democrats press for immigration vote". Politico. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
"Membership | New Democrat Coalition". Newdemocratcoalition-kind.house.gov. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
New Democrat Coalition: More than One Fourth of the Democratic Caucus
About the Senate New Democrat Coalition (DLC)
"About Us". U.S. Congress. Joseph Crowley. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
Schmidt, Robert (September 30, 2009). "Pro-Business 'New Democrats' Try to Shape Financial Regulations". Bloomberg. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
Mayer, Lindsay (November 17, 2009). "Blue Dogs and New Democrats Find Friends on Wall Street". Center for Responsive Politics. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
NDC Member List
NDN: Senate New Democrat Coalition Members (August 2000)
NDN: Senate New Democrat Coalition Members (July 2001)
NDN: Senate New Democrat Coalition Members (August 2002)
Harwood, John (July 16, 2001), "Democratic Centrists Declare Cease-Fire with Liberals to Establish United Front", Wall Street Journal

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Members and leaders

Membership

Members	By length of service By shortness of service Youngest members Non-voting members Unseated members
Senate	Members seniority Dean Former Expelled or censured Classes Born outside the U.S. Resigned Appointed Switched parties
House	Members seniority Dean Former Expelled, censured, and reprimanded Served a single term Lost re-election in a primary Switched parties Elected but did not serve
New members	90th (1967) 91st (1969) 92nd (1971) 93rd (1973) 94th (1975) 95th (1977) 96th (1979) 97th (1981) 98th (1983) 99th (1985) 100th (1987) 101st (1989) 102nd (1991) 103rd (1993) 104th (1995) 105th (1997) 106th (1999) 107th (2001) 108th (2003) 109th (2005) 110th (2007) 111th (2009) 112th (2011) 113th (2013) 114th (2015) 115th (2017) 116th (2019) 117th (2021) 118th (2023) 119th (2025)

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Senate	President list President pro tempore list Leaders Democratic Caucus Chair Secretary Policy Committee Chair Republican Conference Chair Vice-Chair Policy Committee Chair
House	Speaker list Leaders Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group Democratic Caucus Republican Conference

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Congressional caucus	Caucuses of the United States Congress
Ethnic and racial	African-American members Senate House Black Caucus Arab and Middle Eastern members Asian Pacific American members Asian Pacific American Caucus Hispanic and Latino members list Hispanic Caucus Hispanic Conference Jewish members Congressional Jewish Caucus Native American members
Gender and sexual identity	LGBT members Equality Caucus Women Senate House Issues Caucus current House
Occupation	Physicians
Religion	Buddhist members Hindu members Jewish members Mormon (LDS) members Muslim members Quaker members Sikh members

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