Democrat Leadership Council

The right wing current of the Democratic party, characterized by its neoliberal economic policies, support of Israel, desire to increase defense spending, and links to heavy donors and fundraisers.

Believes that "left-wing" positions are not politically viable. Describes itself as "moderate and pro-growth". Probably responsible for erosion of the Democratic Party's historical labor and minority base due to support of treaties like NAFTA, lack of support for affirmative action and poverty programs, and their siphoning away of campaign funds from minority groups.

At the national level, the movement was founded by the Democratic Leadership Council (501c4 educational non-profit, founded 1984) and includes the House New Democrat Coalition (founded 1997), the Senate New Democrat Coalition (founded 2000), the New Democrat Network PAC (founded 1996), the misnamed Progressive Policy Institute (501c4 think tank, "Bill Clinton's idea mill", founded 1989), and the umbrella funding group The Third Way Foundation (501c3 non-profit, founded 1996).

Since coming to power within the Democratic Party with Bill Clinton's presidency, the New Democrats/DLC have worked towards "essentially the same purpose as the Christian Coalition... to pull a broad political party dramatically to the right" according to John Nichols of The Progressive.

DLC operatives actively worked to sabotage Howard Dean's candidacy for the US Presidency in 2004, claiming that the "far-left" Democrat was wrong to attack George W. Bush's tax cuts and national security policies.

Corporate contributors to the DLC and New Democratic Network include Bank One, Citigroup, Dow Chemical, DuPont, General Electric, Health Insurance Corporation of America, Merrill Lynch, Microsoft, Philip Morris, RJR Nabisco, Chevron, Prudential Foundation, Amoco Foundation, AT&T, Morgan Stanley, Occidental Petroleum, Raytheon, and many other Fortune 500 companies.

The New Democrat Movement is sometimes referred to as the Dixiecrat movement due to the DLC's origination in the southern states, their desire to get rid of affirmative action, and their membership's overwhelming whiteness.

"[Democrats should] shift the primary focus from racism, the traditional enemy without, to self-defeating patterns of behavior [among blacks]" --Chuck Robb, 2nd DLC Chairman, Governor & Senator of the Great State of Virginia, White Man, 1986.

"I'm from the democratic wing of the Democrat Party" --Paul Wellstone, progressive Democrat, criticizing the New Democrat Movement.

"Democrats for the Leadership Class" --Jesse Jackson, progressive black Democrat, describing the DLC.

Official Website:
http://www.ndol.org

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Brian Baird	Politician	7-Mar-1956		Congressman, Washington 3rd
Max Baucus	Politician	11-Dec-1941		US Senator from Montana
Evan Bayh	Politician	26-Dec-1955		US Senator from Indiana
Shelley Berkley	Politician	20-Jan-1951		Congresswoman, Nevada 1st
John Breaux	Politician	1-Mar-1944		US Senator from Louisiana, 1987-2005
Maria Cantwell	Politician	13-Oct-1958		US Senator from Washington
Lois Capps	Politician	10-Jan-1938		Congresswoman, California 23rd
Russ Carnahan	Politician	10-Jul-1958		Congressman, Missouri 3rd
Thomas Carper	Politician	23-Jan-1947		US Senator from Delaware
Ed Case	Politician	27-Sep-1952		Congressman, Hawaii 2nd
Ben Chandler	Politician	12-Sep-1959		Congressman, Kentucky 6th
Bill Clinton	Head of State	19-Aug-1946		42nd US President, 1993-2001
Hillary Clinton	First Lady	26-Oct-1947		US Senator from New York
Kent Conrad	Politician	12-Mar-1948		US Senator from North Dakota
Bud Cramer	Politician	22-Aug-1947		Congressman, Alabama 5th
Joseph Crowley	Politician	16-Mar-1962		Congressman, New York 7th
Artur Davis	Politician	9-Apr-1967		Congressman, Alabama 7th
Jim Davis	Politician	11-Oct-1957		Congressman, Florida 11th
Susan Davis	Politician	13-Apr-1944		Congresswoman, California 53rd
Cal Dooley	Politician	11-Jan-1954		Congressman from California, 1991-2005
Byron Dorgan	Politician	14-May-1942		US Senator from North Dakota
John Edwards	Politician	10-Jun-1953		2004 Vice Presidential candidate
Rahm Emanuel	Politician	29-Nov-1959		Congressman, Illinois 5th
Eliot Engel	Politician	18-Feb-1947		Congressman, New York 17th
Bob Etheridge	Politician	7-Aug-1941		Congressman, North Carolina 2nd
Dianne Feinstein	Politician	22-Jun-1933		US Senator from California
Harold Ford	Politician	11-May-1970		Congressman from Tennessee, 1997-07
Dick Gephardt	Politician	31-Jan-1941		Congressman from Missouri, 1977-2005
Al Gore	Politician	31-Mar-1948		US Vice President under Clinton
Bob Graham	Politician	9-Nov-1936		US Senator from Florida
Jane Harman	Politician	28-Jun-1945		Congresswoman, California 36th
Brian Higgins	Politician	6-Oct-1959		Congressman, New York 27th
Rush Holt	Politician	15-Oct-1948		Congressman, New Jersey 12th
Darlene Hooley	Politician	4-Apr-1939		Congresswoman, Oregon 5th
Jay Inslee	Politician	9-Feb-1951		Congressman, Washington 1st
Steve Israel	Politician	30-May-1958		Congressman, New York 2nd
Tim Johnson	Politician	28-Dec-1946		US Senator from South Dakota
Bob Kerrey	Politician	27-Aug-1943		Governor and Senator from Nebraska
John Kerry	Politician	11-Dec-1943		US Senator from Massachusetts
Ron Kind	Politician	16-Mar-1963		Congressman, Wisconsin 3rd
Herb Kohl	Politician	7-Feb-1935		US Senator from Wisconsin
Mary Landrieu	Politician	23-Nov-1955		US Senator from Louisiana
Rick Larsen	Politician	15-Jun-1965		Congressman, Washington 2nd
John Larson	Politician	22-Jul-1948		Congressman, Connecticut 1st
Joseph Lieberman	Politician	24-Feb-1942		US Senator from Connecticut
Blanche Lincoln	Politician	30-Sep-1960		US Senator from Arkansas
Zoe Lofgren	Politician	21-Dec-1947		Congresswoman, California 16th
Terry McAuliffe	Politician	1957		Clinton's Chairman of the DNC
Carolyn McCarthy	Politician	5-Jan-1944		Congresswoman, New York 4th
Mike McIntyre	Politician	6-Aug-1956		Congressman, North Carolina 7th
Mack McLarty	Government	1946		White House Chief of Staff, 1993-94
Gregory Meeks	Politician	25-Sep-1953		Congressman, New York 6th
Juanita Millender-McDonald	Politician	7-Sep-1938	22-Apr-2007	Congresswoman from California, 1996-2007
Dennis Moore	Politician	8-Nov-1945		Congressman, Kansas 3rd
Jim Moran	Politician	16-May-1945		Congressman, Virginia 8th
Ben Nelson	Politician	17-May-1941		US Senator from Nebraska
Bill Nelson	Politician	29-Sep-1942		US Senator from Florida
Gavin Newsom	Politician	10-Oct-1967		Mayor of San Francisco
Sam Nunn	Politician	8-Sep-1938		US Senator from Georgia, 1972-97
David Price	Politician	17-Aug-1940		Congressman, North Carolina 4th
Mark Pryor	Politician	10-Jan-1963		US Senator from Arkansas
Chuck Robb	Politician	26-Jun-1939		US Senator from Virginia, 1989-2001
Timothy J. Roemer	Politician	30-Oct-1956		9-11 Commission member
Loretta Sanchez	Politician	7-Jan-1960		Congresswoman, California 47th
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	Politician	3-Dec-1970		Congresswoman, South Dakota
Adam Schiff	Politician	22-Jun-1960		Congressman, California 29th
Allyson Schwartz	Politician	3-Oct-1948		Congresswoman, Pennsylvania 13th
David Scott	Politician	27-Jun-1946		Congressman, Georgia 13th
Adam Smith	Politician	15-Jun-1965		Congressman, Washington 9th
Debbie Stabenow	Politician	29-Apr-1950		US Senator from Michigan
John Tanner	Politician	22-Sep-1944		Congressman, Tennessee 8th
Ellen Tauscher	Politician	15-Nov-1951		Congresswoman, California 10th
Tom Udall	Politician	18-May-1948		Congressman, New Mexico 3rd
Anthony A. Williams	Politician	28-Jul-1951		Mayor of Washington DC, 1999-2007
David Wu	Politician	8-Apr-1955		Congressman, Oregon 1st

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