The Blue Dog Coalition was formed in 1997.
The Blue Dog Coalition , commonly known as the Blue Dogs or Blue Dog Democrats , is a caucus of United States Congressional Representatives from the Democratic Party who identify as conservative Democrats . It was formed in 1995 during the 104th Congress to give more conservative members from the Democratic party a unified voice after the Democrats ' loss of Congress in the U.S. Congressional election of 1994 . The Coalition , also known as the Liberal -- National Coalition , is a political alliance of centre-right liberal conservative parties , which has existed in Australian politics in various forms since 1923 .