Topic: Steny Hoyer
Retiring House Democrat Eric Massa faces allegation of misconduct, House majority leader says A freshman congressman from New York who cited health reasons in announcing his retirement Wednesday is facing allegations of misconduct, a top House Democrat confirmed.House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer ...
President Barack Obama, eager to complete his historic but embattled drive to remake US health care, will next week lay out a new way forward for the reform effort, the White House said Friday.Obama, likely to speak Wednesday, has joined his top ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Thursday will vote on legislation that would raise the debt limit from its current $12.4 trillion level, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Tuesday.The legislation, which passed the Senate last week, would raise ...
This Week in Health ReformRepublican Scott Brown?s victory over Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) in the January 19 special election to fill the seat of the late Senator Edward Kennedy (D) might prove to be a game-changer for the health care ...
President Barack Obama's Democratic allies raced Tuesday to enact his top domestic goal, remaking US health care, spurred on by a special election that could cost them their Senate supermajority. We are not done," said Democratic House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, who ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Democratic leader Steny Hoyer said on Tuesday the U.S. Senate's version of healthcare reform was " clearly" better than nothing and the overhaul could pass the U.S. Congress within 15 days.Hoyer refused to speculate on the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats are " very close" to reaching final agreement on healthcare reform legislation and could have a deal in days, House of Representatives Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer said on Friday. "I would certainly hope that within the next ...
In a speech in early December, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) repeated the charge that the Republicans have become "the party of No." Rather than working to improve the legislation put forward by Democrats, he said, the Republican strategy has been ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in Congress have not yet reached an agreement to extend the estate tax before it expires at the end of the year, House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer said on Tuesday.Lawmakers had hoped to ensure that the estate ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives will vote on a short-term boost to the U.S. debt limit this week to avoid a government default and give lawmakers more time to try to cut the record federal deficit, House Democratic leader Steny ...