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Hoyer: Health Bill to Pass No Later Than Tuesday
By GottaLaff Roll Call is subscription only, so this is all I have for now: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Tuesday he is “hopeful” Democratic leaders will wrap up work on a package of...
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Hoyer ‘Reasonably Confident’ of Abortion Deal in Health Bill
By GottaLaff Hoyer thinks the issue of funding abortion in the health care reform bill can be worked out this week: “We are still working on that,” Hoyer said, “but I am reasonably confident. I have...
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Hoyer: Dems have 2 weeks to decide healthcare reform game plan
By GottaLaff First it was by summer. Then it was by Thanksgiving. Then it was by Christmas. Then it was by the new year. Now: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Democrats have a two-week...
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Hoyer expects House to let tax cuts expire on incomes over $250K
By GottaLaffUndoing BushCo is not unlike undoing that pesky button after Thanksgiving dinner. You can breathe again: The House is unlikely to extend President George W. Bush’s cuts for taxpayers...
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Hoyer: Public option on healthcare likely dead
By GottaLaff I've heard the public option is dead, it's alive, it's dead, it's alive so often my head is spinning. Last night on Countdown, Howard Dean was relatively optimistic, saying he thinks the...
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Summit Quote-O'-The Moment: Steny Hoyer edition
By GottaLaffI jotted this down during the opening statement by Steny Hoyer at the health care summit: "You agree with [us] rhetorically, but it's not in your legislation." In other words, you're hyp....
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House votes to open ethics probe of Dem leaders on Massa
By GottaLaff Yesterday, case closed. Today, not so much: From the Department of Here We Go Again: The House voted Thursday to open an ethics investigation into what and when House Democratic leaders...
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"Do you think your members are really at risk?" Hoyer: "Yes."
By GottaLaff (click on image to enlarge) I caught the tail end of some Q and A with Steny Hoyer about the latest violence against Congress members.Here is the most recent example: The FBI, along with...
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Hoyer: Dems more successful at fighting terrorists than GOP
By GottaLaffYou tell 'em Steny: “We're tough on terrorists. That’s our policy. That’s our performance. And, in fact, we've been more successful,” Hoyer said at his weekly press availability. BushCo and...
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Deal ends Democratic leadership fights
Good, this will keep the obvious infighting to the R side. Let them look like the crazier party. (CNN) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has struck a deal that ends the leadership fight for the number two...
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Steny Hoyer: Democrats will vote on just middle class tax cuts
It's time to stick it to the GOP... Greg Sargent has some good news for us: Steny Hoyer, the number two in the House Dem leadership, told Democrats at a caucus meeting this morning that they would get...
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Steny Hoyer to allow vote Thursday on middle class tax cuts
Too bad it won't pass: ...House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced that House Democrats would push ahead on a vote Thursday to permanently extend tax breaks just for those making $250,000 a year or...
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BREAKING- Source: Deal has been reached for Senate passage of health bill to...
Per the MSNBC web site: Source: A Deal has been reached for Senate passage of health bill to aid 9/11 first responders. Greg Sargent is reporting something very similar, and I just heard Steny Hoyer...
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VIDEO: GOP vs GOP, Tim Pawlenty dodges Medicare questions
The GOP continue to be at battle with themselves, and how amusing that they nearly painted themselves into a corner ... with a little help from the Steny Hoyer and the Dems (via TPM): That led to the...
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"The sole mission of the Republican Party is to bring down President Obama."
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer is ripping into Republicans in Congress for blocking President Obama's jobs bill, and good for him. They've done nothing but block, obstruct, criticize, and avoid...
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House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer supports marriage equality
As I tweeted yesterday, the president's endorsement of marriage equality will trigger a swarm of supporters (along with attacks by those who "prefer" to discriminate). Kudos to Steny Hoyer. Livewire:...
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Hoyer: "You cannot... get our country on a fiscally sustainable path without...
Via FreakOutNation Revenues are swell-- mandatory, in fact-- but Steny Hoyer also said that President Obama and the Dems are ready to accept significant spending cuts, or as The Hill called them,...
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