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NEWS ABOUT: Steny Hoyer

Steny Hoyer stories: 18 news summaries

 Health Vote May 
 Have to Wait: 
 Hoyer 

Majority leader bemoans 'delay tactics'

Nov 6, 09 11:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The House may not vote on its health care reform bill tomorrow after all, thanks to Democrats' squabbling over abortion and spending, Steny Hoyer said today. “We’re very close,” the majority leader insisted, but “clearly things happen. Delay tactics can be employed.” Hoyer acknowledged that... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • abortion • House of Representatives • Steny Hoyer • health care reform • House Democrats • House Republicans • House Rules Committee • House majority leader

House Dems Back to Work
in Same Quagmire

Public health insurance option still splitting party after hectic summer break

Sep 8, 09 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - House Democrats returned to work yesterday in the same position they were in before they spent their summer break getting an earful from the public, the Washington Post reports. House lawmakers are still expected to move first on the health care bill. But while broad support remains for some kind... More »

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health care • Congress • House of Representatives • Steny Hoyer • health care reform • town hall meeting • House Democrats • Blue Dog Democrats • Blue Dog Coalition

OPINION

 Pelosi, Hoyer: Health 
 Reform Haters Ignore Facts 

After a century, it's time to get this done

Aug 10, 09 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - The debate over universal health care has lasted almost a century, and once again, an overhaul faces tough odds. This time, not only are opponents trying to “misrepresent” legislation—many others have been crashing meetings and making “civil dialogue” on the issue impossible, write Nancy Pelosi and Steny... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Steny Hoyer • health care reform • House Democrats • speaker of the House • right wingers • protesters • Obama administration

Waxman
Offers Secret Health Deal
to Blue Dogs

Dem: 'Don't think failure is a reasonable option'

Jul 28, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Henry Waxman is optimistic he can get a health care bill out of his committee after pitching Blue Dog Democrats a compromise late last night, the Hill reports. After three hours of negotiations, the Dogs asked Waxman to get a cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office before they... More »

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health care • Henry Waxman • Steny Hoyer • health care reform • House Energy and Commerce Committee • House Democrats • Blue Dog Democrats

(Newser) - House lawmakers may well be be voting before the end of summer on a momentous health-care reform bill. But that doesn't mean they're actually going to read the bill. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer laughed off the suggestion when CNS News posed it. “If every member pledged to not... More »

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Congress • Steny Hoyer • legislation • health care reform • bill

Analysis

 Hoyer and Pelosi: 
 Unlikely Allies 


May 6, 09 9:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer are about as different as Democrats get; he’s an affable Blue Dog budget hawk, she’s the pugilistic progressive poster girl. When Hoyer ran for House majority leader, Pelosi backed the other guy. But these days, the two are thick as thieves, Politico reports,... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • House of Representatives • Steny Hoyer • Democratic Party • House Democrats

 Senate Centrists Hold 
 House Dems Hostage 

Stick up to Reid, Dems urge Pelosi

Feb 17, 09 3:24 PM CST
(Newser) - The Senate requires 60 votes to avoid filibuster, so the 58-strong Democrats are at the mercy of centrist Republicans Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins. Politico reports that House Dems, who have no trouble passing bills on their own, are unhappy that their legislation has to run this gauntlet.... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Senate • Harry Reid • Arlen Specter • Steny Hoyer • Olympia Snowe • filibuster • Susan Collins • House Democrats • economic stimulus package

ANALYSIS

Bill's New Baubles Persuade Some, May Scare Others

Adding pet projects could cost support of conservative Blue Dog Dems

Oct 2, 08 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate’s version of the bailout bill is loaded with provisions specifically designed to sweeten the pot for House dissenters, Politico reports, including $3.3 billion for rural schools, equal health coverage for the mentally ill, and a suspension of the Alternative Minimum Tax. These changes may win over... More »

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Senate • Harry Reid • Steny Hoyer • pork barrel spending • budget deficit • bailout • financial crisis • Blue Dog Democrats

ANALYSIS

 Pressure Shifts Back to Pelosi 

Speaker, derided for partisan remarks ahead of first vote, gets another crack at bailout bill

Oct 2, 08 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - After Republicans blamed partisan remarks for dooming Monday’s bailout vote, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is firmly in the crosshairs with a second chance coming tomorrow, the Sacramento Bee reports. But the Democrat isn’t backing off, a rep says. “Part of being able to deal with this crisis is... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Steny Hoyer • Barney Frank • bipartisanship • bailout • financial crisis • John Shadegg

Countdown to Failure:
How Bill Unraveled

Stunned silence grips House after last vote

Sep 29, 08 8:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - As members of the House of Representatives cast their ballots on the $700 billion bailout package yesterday morning—the negative votes piling up even as the market plummeted—the Los Angeles Times was blogging. Kicked off by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer's final words to the House—"The alternative is... More »

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Congress • House of Representatives • Steny Hoyer • vote • credit crisis • Barney Frank • bailout • financial crisis

OPINION

Send Blue Dogs to Pound, Elect Real Democrats

Conservative bloc to blame for majority's ineffective Congress

Jul 29, 08 7:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Democratic Congress has bowed to President Bush on Iraq, waterboarding and FISA, and Glenn Greenwald of Salon says enough is enough. With the help of progressive bloggers, he’s campaigning against so-called “Blue Dog” Dems, hoping to teach the party’s conservatives that they will “lose seats... More »

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Steny Hoyer • FISA • waterboarding • Blue Dog Democrats

 Economists Slam Clinton,
 McCain Gas-Tax Cut 

Oil companies would be winners in plan that fails 'Economics 101'

May 1, 08 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Economists and a leading House Democrat are blasting the gas-tax cut proposed by both John McCain and Hillary Clinton, the Washington Post reports. Economists say most of the savings would flow right to the oil companies' bottom line, rather than into voters’ pockets. That's because the tax vacation would raise... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • economics • Steny Hoyer • gas prices • gas tax

Stalling Spy Bill Hurts Intel, Admin Asserts

Letter pushes House Dems to pass new wiretapping rules

Feb 23, 08 8:45 AM CST
(Newser) - As House Dems refuse to pass the Senate’s wiretapping bill, the administration is heaping more pressure on them to change their minds, reports Muckraker. A letter to the House intelligence committee from top administration officials claims that the failure to pass the bill is causing “lost intelligence information”... More »

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Attorney General • Steny Hoyer • surveillance • Mike McConnell • Michael Mukasey • warrantless wiretapping • House Democrats • Director of National Intelligence • wiretapping bill

GOP, Bush Hammer Dems on Terror Bill

Republicans walk out
in protest; Pelosi won't back off on recess

Feb 14, 08 3:34 PM CST
(Newser) - House Democrats are sticking to plans to begin a one-week recess starting tomorrow without renewing a terrorist surveillance bill set to expire when their vacation begins—to the dismay of President Bush and House Republicans, the Washington Post reports. Bush, set to leave for Africa, said the decision imperils national... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • House of Representatives • Steny Hoyer • contempt of congress • Protect America Act • George W. Bush

House Overrides Bush's Veto
of Water Bill

Rejection is first of presidency; Senate likely to follow suit

Nov 6, 07 9:13 PM CST
(Newser) - The House overrode a presidential veto tonight for the first time in the Bush administration, with 138 Republicans crossing party lines to support a $23 billion water-resources bill. The 361-54 vote was far more than the two-thirds needed to override, reflecting the popularity on both sides of the aisle of... More »

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Bush administration • Republican • House of Representatives • Steny Hoyer • veto • congressional Democrats • veto override • presidential veto • George W. Bush

Republicans Leave in a Huff

House session ends with mass walkout, accusations of Democratic shenanigans

Aug 3, 07 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a rare and rancorous flap in the House last night, Republicans stormed out en masse after accusing Democrats of cheating on protocol to reverse an unfavorable vote on illegal immigration, reports the Politico. Shortly before 11pm, a vote concluded before a definitive count could be taken; Republicans say they... More »

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Republican • House of Representatives • Steny Hoyer • illegal immigration • vote • walkout

White House Splits Over
Closing Gitmo

Legal puzzles stump Bush aides as shutdown gains momentum

Jun 22, 07 5:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush is under mounting pressure to shut the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, but top aides remain deeply divided over the fate of 375 detainees there. Bush has said he wants to the close the prison, but WaPo reports senior officials including Dick Cheney are opposed to shipping detainees... More »

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Dick Cheney • prison • Steny Hoyer • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • repatriation • al-Qaeda • George W. Bush

White House Budget Director Will Step Down

Surprise departure precedes expected battle over spending

Jun 19, 07 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - The White House budget director will leave his post this summer after just over a year in office. Rob Portman departs the OMB at an awkward time, with Congress gearing up for a bruising fight over next year's federal budget. He enjoys bipartisan support that his successor, onetime Iowa congressman... More »

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White House • Rob Portman • Jim Nussle • Steny Hoyer • budget • OMB • budget director

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