Democratic Leadership Council

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political organization think tank

The Democratic Leadership Council was a centrist U.S. political organization within the Democratic Party that promoted moderate, pro-business "New Democrat" policies and helped shape the party’s direction in the late 20th century.

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Label Occurrences
Democratic Leadership Council canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political organization ⓘ
think tank ⓘ
advocatesPolicy education reform ⓘ
fiscal discipline ⓘ
free trade agreements ⓘ
pro-business economic policies ⓘ
tough-on-crime policies ⓘ
welfare reform ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticizedBy progressive Democrats ⓘ
criticizedFor being too close to corporate interests ⓘ
moving the Democratic Party to the right ⓘ
supporting deregulation ⓘ
dissolved 2011 ⓘ
founded 1985 ⓘ
foundedBy Al From ⓘ
hasPublication Blueprint magazine ⓘ
policy reports ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
ideology New Democrat ⓘ
Third Way politics ⓘ
centrism ⓘ
neoliberalism ⓘ
influenced Bill Clinton ⓘ
surface form: Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign

Democratic Party platform in the 1990s ⓘ
New Democrat Coalition ⓘ
surface form: New Democrat Coalition in the U.S. Congress
keyPerson Al From ⓘ
Bill Clinton ⓘ
Bruce Reed ⓘ
Will Marshall ⓘ
notableMember Bill Clinton ⓘ
Evan Bayh ⓘ
Harold Ford Jr. ⓘ
Joe Lieberman ⓘ
Tom Vilsack ⓘ
partOf Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
politicalPosition center ⓘ
center-right within the Democratic Party ⓘ
purpose develop public policy proposals ⓘ
influence Democratic Party platform ⓘ
promote centrist policies within the Democratic Party ⓘ
support moderate Democratic candidates ⓘ
slogan New Democrat ⓘ
successorOrganization Center for American Progress ⓘ
surface form: Third Way (think tank)
supportedCandidate Albert Gore, Jr. ⓘ
surface form: Al Gore

Bill Clinton ⓘ
Joe Lieberman ⓘ
website http://www.dlc.org/ ⓘ

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New Democrat → associatedWithOrganization → Democratic Leadership Council ⓘ
New Democrats → associatedWith → Democratic Leadership Council ⓘ
Evan Bayh → memberOf → Democratic Leadership Council ⓘ