Topic: Steny Hoyer
Leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties in the US Congress are reaching out to Facebook to help develop online tools to connect with their constituents.They announced plans on Thursday to host a "hackathon" next month featuring members of Congress, their staffers, ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers on Friday vowed to keep pressing for a vote in the House of Representatives on China currency legislation now blocked by Republican leaders."I urge the Republican leadership to put the currency bill on the floor," a top ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the Congress Tuesday joined a growing chorus of bipartisan calls for Democratic lawmaker Anthony Weiner to resign in the face of an Internet sex scandal.A day after the House of Representatives granted Weiner a two-week ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of President Barack Obama's fellow top Democrats in Congress said on Tuesday he opposes Obama's plans to require federal contractors to publicly disclose donations to political campaigns.House of Representatives Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer told reporters that making campaign ...
Tax package heads toward passage in Senate despite House Democrats' concerns about estate taxThe tax package negotiated by President Barack Obama and GOP lawmakers is headed toward passage in the Senate even as House Democrats consider changes to the estate tax.The bill ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives will approve a tax-cut bill sometime after Senate passage this week, Democratic leader Steny Hoyer predicted on Monday."I think we'll pass a bill, as opposed to simply not passing anything," Hoyer said, while also noting ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Wednesday is scheduled to vote on a spending bill that would fund financial-industry oversight and other Obama administration priorities, according to the office of House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer.The bill would fund government operations ...
Congressional leader says experience, not age, should be the issueGrowing old in Congress isn't for sissies. It's sometimes cited as an issue for the top leaders — especially this year after an election in which voters demanded new faces on Capitol Hill."There ...
When the rules of the House of Representatives forced the Democrats to confront a painful choice among their leaders, they did what Democrats are often inclined to do. But Speaker Nancy Pelosi lost no time after the returns came in this month ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have avoided what could have been a divisive battle for the party's No. 2 position in the chamber, the New York Times reported on Saturday.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a ...
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