Democratic Study Group

{{Short description|Former U.S. House Democrats' liberal caucus}}

The Democratic Study Group (DSG) was a caucus consisting of liberal members of the Democratic Party in the United States House of Representatives, which also operated as a legislative service organization (LSO). It was founded in 1959 and was active until 1994.{{Cite web|last=Zelizer|first=Julian E.|date=2015-01-22|title=When Liberals Were Organized|url=https://prospect.org/api/content/26025e62-cd15-5874-b324-9e7606a50601/|access-date=2021-04-09|website=The American Prospect|language=en-us}} It was founded "as a liberal counterpoint to the influence of senior conservatives and southern Democrats," and played a crucial role in passing liberal legislation in spite of the opposition of the conservative coalition during the late 1950s and 1960s.{{Cite book|last=Polsby|first=Nelson W.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51607477|title=How Congress evolves : social bases of institutional change|date=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-516195-5|location=Oxford|oclc=51607477}} After the 1970s, its role focused on legislative service, whose "principal activity [was] to disseminate detailed written materials to members of the House about upcoming legislation and policy issues, which it [did] on a daily basis when the chamber [was] in session."{{Cite book|last=Bloch Rubin|first=Ruth|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1027206038|title=Building the Bloc : Intraparty Organization in the US Congress|date=2017|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-22696-7|pages=255–256|oclc=1027206038}}