Steny Hoyer

House Bailout Vote Could Still Hold Surprises

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 10.02.2008 | Business

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WASHINGTON — A wave of House converts jumped aboard the $700 billion financial industry bailout Thursday on the eve of a make-or-break second vo...

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Congress Pushes Back Against Supreme Court, Returns Civil Rights to People with Disabilities

Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, S.3406, Legislation, Steny Hoyer, Courts, Disabilities, Civil Rights, ADA Amendments Act, S.1881, Americans With Disabilities Restoration Act, Supreme Court, Rollback, Congress, H.RES.1299, Ada, Politics News
Cristóbal Joshua Alex

In passing the ADA Amendments Act, Congress is finally pushing back at a Court that has been hard at work dismantling our civil rights infrastructure.

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Steny Hoyer: Palin "Worse Than Dan Quayle" (VIDEO)

Newsweek | Tammy Haddad | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics

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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer blasts McCain's VP pick Sarah Palin, calling her "worse than Dan Quayle" with almost no experience....

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Michelle, Hillary, and Maureen at the DNC

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 08.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Glbt, Victory Fund, Michelle Obama, Dadt, Steny Hoyer, Democratic National Convention, Tammy Baldwin, Barney Frank, Maureen Dowd, Hillary Clinton, Dnc, Human Rights Campaign, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

Senator Clinton gave a performance that even Maureen described as "electrifying." Until I read the Dowd column this morning, I thought the hardest of the hardcore Hillary haters would be won over. But no.

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It's Outrageous That Rove Is Walking Free

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo, Karl Rove, Steny Hoyer, Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, Karl Rove Subpoena, Karl Rove Refuses to Testify, Politics News
Tom D'Antoni

So why is Karl Rove walking around free today? Because the Democrats talk a good game but when it comes to taking action, they fail time and time again.

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Hey Kids, Let's Fire Steny Hoyer

Marshall Grossman | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Politics, Al Wynn, Democratic Congress, FISA Legislation, Donna Edwards, Steny Hoyer, Dlc, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
Marshall Grossman

So why, when in more and more districts, a vote to fund the war is a greater threat to incumbency than a vote to end it, do Hoyer and Pelosi still carry Bush's brackish water?

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Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media

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Chris Weigant

McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

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Bush Gives Dems STDs

Marty Kaplan | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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Marty Kaplan

Nancy Pelosi, Stenny Hoyer and the blue dogs they lie down with have been rewarded with the same herpetic embrace that is turning John McCain into a Republican cootie incubator.

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House OKs New Taxes on Big Oil Companies

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 02.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil Prices, Energy Conservation, Republican Filibusters, Steny Hoyer, Gasoline Costs, Oil Companies, Gas Costs, House Ways and Means Committee, President Bush, Tax Breaks, Economic Troubles, Business News

WASHINGTON — The House approved $18 billion in new taxes on the largest oil companies Wednesday as Democrats cited record oil prices and rising ...

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Huh? Self-Cancelling Statements in American Public Life

RJ Eskow | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Death Tax, Mitt Romney, Religion, Steny Hoyer, Jerry Lee Lewis, Kit Bond, Estate Tax, Bob Beckel, Joe Lieberman, Politics News
RJ Eskow

I'm always surprised -- and entertained -- by the way the press and the public let their public figures say such illogical things.

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Looking at the Best and Worst Policies of 2007

Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Predatory Lending Laws, Municiple IDs for Immigrants, Paid Sick Days, Bush SCHIP Veto, Drum Major Institute, Arbitrary Fairness Act, Steny Hoyer, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Politics News
Andrea Batista Schlesinger

If we really want to change the country, we'll need to know as much about the Arbitrary Fairness Act and where the candidates stand on it as we do about their haircuts and celebrity endorsements.

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House Dems War Cry: Surrender!

Tom Andrews | Posted 12.09.2007 | Politics

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Tom Andrews

In the battle over the military occupation of Iraq, House Democrats have apparently decided that the only way to avoid losing is to not show up.

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Congress Must Find Out: Who Destroyed the Tapes?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

Destroying videotaped evidence of CIA personnel torturing Al Qaeda suspects is no small matter. There must be a special select committee formed right now charged with getting to the bottom of this.

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Dem Majority Leader Hits Obama Over Negative Attacks

Bloomberg | Laura Litvan and Alison Fitzgerald | Posted 11.18.2007 | Politics

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House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer said the acrimonious tone of recent Democratic presidential debates may hurt the party's prospects in 2008. ``I'v...

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Profile in Courage

John Bruhns | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics

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John Bruhns

Kucinich demonstrated last week that he is willing to fight fire with fire when it comes to dealing with Bush and Cheney like no other Democrat has done yet.

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Why Do You Need Immunity, If You Haven't Broken the Law?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 10.13.2007 | Politics

Read More: Telecom Companies, Warrantless Wiretapping, Dick Durbin, Immunity, Fisa, Democrats, Qwest, Steny Hoyer, Joe Nacchio, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

Has enforcing US law become so quaint and obsolete that when someone pretty much admits they broke the law and asks in essence for a preemptive pardon, no one looks into it?

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Bipartisanship vs. Buypartisanship

David Sirota | Posted 10.04.2007 | Politics

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David Sirota

Glancing at the Wall Street Journal and then at the Hill Newspaper, it's hard to believe some people in Congress are professional career politicians.....

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The Impenetrable Density of DC Elites

Pachacutec | Posted 09.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Keith Ellison, MoveOn.Org, Steny Hoyer, Rahm Emanuel, Petraeus Moveon Ad, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
Pachacutec

The country gets it, but our governing elites and their lackey consultants emphatically do not.

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