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Gabrielle Giffords Resigns

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:01:27 CST

Gabrielle Giffords was feted by colleagues including Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz today in her last day on the House floor. "Today I know that now is not the time. I have more work to do on my recovery before I can again serve in elected office,...

House Passes Bill... for New Churchill Bust

Kevin Spak — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:14:42 CST

Democrats made a last-minute push to get an up-and-down vote on the Senate’s payroll tax bill this morning, only to have Republicans ignore them—and apparently even cut the C-SPAN feed. As Steny Hoyer called for the vote, speaker pro-tem Michael Fitzpatrick walked away. Hoyer kept yelling, and was about...

Nobody Cares About Lowly House Dems

Mark Russell — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:21:49 CDT

With Congress split between the two parties, power in Washington is about President Obama, Senate Democrats, and House Republicans (and, thanks to the filibuster , Senate Republicans). But House Democrats? Not so much, writes Dana Milbank in the Washington Post . "[T]here is no dignity in being a House Democrat these days,...

Democrats Desert Obama on Israel

Kevin Spak — Wed, 25 May 2011 07:59:20 CDT

Top Democrats are making a show of standing behind Benjamin Netanyahu in his sort-of face-off with the White House, leaving President Obama more or less isolated, the Washington Post reports. In his own speech before AIPAC, Harry Reid offered a thinly-veiled jab at President Obama’s calls for a two-state solution...

Democrats Nearly Trick GOP Into Legislative Blunder

John Johnson — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:19:43 CDT

Democrats tried to pull a fast one today on Republicans on the House floor, reports Talking Points Memo . Before Paul Ryan's budget blueprint passed , a far more conservative offering from the Republican Study Committee came up for a vote, one that called for much deeper cuts in spending and taxes....

Hoyer on Budget Deal: '70% of the Way' There

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 08:24:05 CDT

As the clock ticks down, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer says budget negotiators are "very close" to a deal. "I think we've come 70% of the way in terms of dollars," Hoyer tells Today . "That's a long way to go in trying to reach compromise." Though he's "embarrassed" at how...

Hoyer: Senate Has Votes to Kill DADT

Rob Quinn — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:00:00 CST

The House has fired the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell back into the Senate's court , and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says he's confident it has enough votes to pass this time. Hoyer tells the Huffington Post that he's been working closely with reform advocates Joe Lieberman and Maine...

Democrats: Fine, We'll Pass Your Crummy Tax Deal

Matt Cantor — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:06:05 CST

Democrats haven't stopped complaining about President Obama’s tax cut deal—one House member even called it Obama's "Gettysburg"—but it looks like they’ll pass it anyway, Time reports. “We're not going to hold this thing up at the end of the day,” said Chris Van Hollen, the ranking Democrat on...

Dems Cut Deal on Pelosi's No. 2

Polly Davis Doig — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 08:03:00 CST

House Democrats have avoided a dogfight over their No. 2 leadership slot, announcing that Steny Hoyer would stay put while Jim Clyburn takes a to-be-determined No. 3 position. The move leaves Nancy Pelosi, who announced the deal last night, without any significant leadership battles ahead of Wednesday's caucus vote, Politico...