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Watching President Obama’s deeply partisan speech Tuesday on his health care law, you might have thought he was making a play for the midterm elections, with red meat rhetoric that could make Democratic base feel good again, if at least

Speaking on February 20, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said the mistrial over Micheal Dunn’s first-degree murder charge coupled with George Zimmerman’s innocent verdict prove it’s time for “stand your ground” laws to be “reevaluated.” One small caveat: neither

The “Hillary in 2016” train is gathering steam, as 57 Congressional Democrats are already on board, even though the former First Lady and Secretary of State hasn’t yet announced that she will be running for president.  According to a survey

Representative Steny Hoyer (D-MD) told C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” programs that some Democrats are supportive of and will vote for a $9 billion cut in the federal food stamp program known as SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). “If that is the

In a House floor debate on Friday where he squared off against House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) said that “many” U.S. Senators who voted for the Senate “Gang of Eight” immigration

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) sat down with Capitol Hill reporters at his weekly Pen and Pad on Tuesday to discuss the government shutdown as well as where House Democrats’ presently are on the debt limit and continuing resolution

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama will dine with top Democrats like House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD). According to the Hill, other attendees will include: Reps. James Clyburn (SC), the assistant Democratic leader; Xavier Becerra

At a Tuesday press conference, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) politicized the Boston Marathon bombings by blaming Monday’s tragedy on the sequester, saying the bombings were “proof” that some of the sequester cuts were “irrational.” Hoyer is the House Minority Whip

House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan’s new budget framework puts an extra special focus on the human impact of the GOP’s fiscally conservative policies, as a 91-page detailed description of the plan obtained by Breitbart News shows. The new

Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), the House Minority Whip, attempted to pre-empt Rep. Paul Ryan’s new budget, which balances within ten years, by accusing the Wisconsin Republican of hurting “middle class, seniors, veterans, women, children, federal employees, low-income families, and those nearing

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) delivered a series of stinging, albeit indirect, attacks against President Barack Obama’s policy on Israel during a joint appearance with Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy

On Feb. 7, House Democrats put forth 14 gun control measures with the usual air of urgency that has surrounded big legislative pushes under Obama. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a proponent of the measures, said: “There’s a small window of time

House Democratic Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) “It’s somewhat like taking your child hostage and saying to somebody else, ‘I’m going to shoot my child if you don’t do what I want done.’ You don’t want to shoot your child.

House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland says the American people have a right to be upset with Congress for not tackling the issues surrounding the looming fiscal cliff. He said they expect Congress to be at work.

Last July when Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited Egypt she was met with widespread protest from Coptic Christians and secular activists objecting to what they all believed was the Obama administration’s role in helping the Muslim Brotherhood (MB)

As Republicans move closer to caving on the fiscal cliff, Democrats are reportedly upping the ante, seeking to use what should have been a fight about budget cuts to push even more reckless spending. House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer laid

Is it real or is it a feint? Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said Tuesday that some entitlement reforms should be considered, saying Medicare changes “clearly on on the table.”     “They were on the table in the Boehner-Obama talks,” the

(AP) Official: Pelosi to remain as leader of House DemsBy LAURIE KELLMAN and JIM ABRAMSAssociated PressWASHINGTONA congressional official said House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi told her party caucus Wednesday that she will remain as minority leader in the new session

One week before the presidential election, a Congressional committee released Obama administration emails that showed a pattern of political pressure from President Barack Obama and others in his administration. The emails indicate favoritism toward Democrat politicians and donors in the

Now, I know to expect this from the BBC who, at the London Olympics, did not list Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. I also know to expect it from, say, the Palestinian Authority. When I accompanied the Rev. Al Sharpton to

In the wonderful movie, The Sandlot, the most stinging indictment of any baseball player in the pre-Feminist era was hurled by The Great Hambino at a member of an opposing team: “You play ball like a girl!” If only the Great

Rep. Jesse Jackson’s office revealed on Wednesday night that the Illinois Democrat is being treated for a “mood disorder,” but the vagueness of this revelation is unlikely to bridge the division among Democrats about what the proper way for Jackson

Yesterday, the Congressional Black Caucus released a letter stating they would walk out of the contempt vote against Attorney General Holder. Mr. Holder and the Department of Justice have not complied with the October 2011 subpoena and will not turn

From the time that the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into Fast & Furious really gained the public eye in December 2011, via the Holder Hearings, accusations that the focus on the Attorney General were politically motivated have been legion. Even

Reactions to Bill Clinton’s Bain Capital bombshell are beginning to come in. Appearing on CNBC this morning, Mitt Romney thanked the former President for his kind words about the company saying, “I’m happy President Clinton called my record superb.” In

Not just the White House is up for grabs in November — every member of the House of Representatives faces re-election, and a top Democrat predicted Tuesday his party would “take back the majority” in 2012. Steny Hoyer, the House’s