The hill, and kate ackley for cq roll call. Describe what the new Democrat Coalition is. It is a group of members, democratic members in the house who are forwardlooking, proinnovation, proeconomic growth. There are a lot of new members but that is not why we are called the new democrats. In fact, of the 40 seats that flipped from republican to democrat, 32 are members of the new Democrat Coalition. We call ourselves the new dems because we try to look at old problems through a new lens. When we talk about economic policy, for example. While there is a lot of focus on redistributive policies, our focus is on how do you grow that economic pie and make sure everybody can earn a slice of it. Often times in washington, d. C. The debate is government as always the problem and in some instances seeing government is always the solution. The new democrats say, how do we reinvent government . Have government work better to solve problems for the American People . We are 103 members strong. That