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» Leaders Ask Beard for a ‘Greener’ House, March 05, 2007 Responding to a request from House leaders, Chief Administrative Officer Dan Beard will spend the next few months working with other Congressional officials to come up with new ways to make the Capitol more Earth-friendly.

» For Hoyer, a Life Of Quiet Victories, Redefined Purpose, February 27, 2007 His father abandoned him. His stepfather was an alcoholic. By his sophomore year at the University of Maryland, Steny Hoyer was short of cash, getting D's and drifting.

» Top Dems Blast 'Massive' Debt Hike, Inadequate Funding , February 05, 2007 Senate and House Democratic leaders today criticized President Bush's FY08 budget plan for the amount of debt it would create while shortchanging crucial programs.

» Democrats may revise 2002 bill allowing Bush to call war, January 26, 2007 CNN.com article on Hoyer's Iraq speech

» House Democrats are determined to lead, govern effectively and get results, January 23, 2007 Op-ed by Mr. Hoyer in The Hill

» Minimum Wage: Democrats to raise wages for poor workers, December 14, 2006 The incoming Democratic-led U.S. Congress intends to give a hand to dishwashers, fast-food cooks and America's other poorest-paid workers by raising the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade...

» Congress gears up to earn its keep, December 13, 2006 The first step is to go back to a five-day work week. Incoming House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said this would include scheduling votes on Monday. This gives members an incentive to return from their home districts at the start of the week or be recorded as absent for votes, which is not something to boast about at election time...

» War budget may carry conditions, December 06, 2006 House Democratic leaders, who will take control in January, said Tuesday that they are considering attaching a series of conditions to the estimated $160 billion supplemental war funding request for Iraq and Afghanistan that Bush is expected to send them early next year...

» Why Democrats Oppose Military Commissions Act, October 17, 2006 If anything, the Military Commissions Act is not tough enough on terrorists because there is no certainty the act will withstand the scrutiny of the Supreme Court...

» Pay raise blocked , July 05, 2006 Almost nine years ago, the minimum wage rose to $5.15 per hour and gas sold for about $1.20 a gallon. Now, gas prices have nearly tripled, but millions of low-income workers are still waiting for Congress to approve their first pay raise since 1997.

» Facing Internal Division, House GOP Pulls Labor-HHS Bill, June 15, 2006 House Republican leaders are putting off a vote on the $141.9 billion FY07 Labor-HHS bill that was expected next week, fueling speculation that they will try to keep a lid on the measure until after the November elections.

» OP hopes for boost as Bush signs $70b tax cut extensions, May 18, 2006 After two setbacks, the House finally approved a fiscal 2007 budget early yesterday morning, but differences with the Senate version may be too considerable for Congress to reach a final agreement.

» Democrats: GOP all talk, no action on security, April 08, 2006 Democrats said Saturday the nation isn't as safe as it should be because the Bush administration and Republicans in Congress "have failed to back up their rhetoric with robust action."

» GOP Budget Talks Collapse in the House, April 07, 2006 House Republican efforts to forge a budget blueprint for the coming fiscal year collapsed last night amid acrimony and name-calling, as the fissures between GOP moderates and conservatives once again burst into the open.

» House passes cuts to Medicaid, student loans, February 02, 2006 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The budget-cutting bill awaiting President Bush's signature may only make a small dent in the nation's huge deficit, but he is expected to propose more cuts in his 2007 plan, including farm subsidies, Medicaid and Medicare.

» Party Unity: Learning to Stick Together , January 09, 2006 There was a time when to be a Democrat in Congress was akin to belonging to a luncheon club just so you could eat the food and enjoy the people. Staying for the program wasn’t such a priority. No longer. Democrats on Capitol Hill are relying more on what has been the GOP political playbook, staying in step and sometimes getting tough with those who miss a beat.

» House slashes social programs, December 15, 2005 The Republican-controlled House approved a conservative priority Wednesday, voting 215-213 to cut spending across a wide swath of social programs.

» Spending Plan Includes 3.1% Civil Service Raise, November 24, 2005 Federal employees are on track for an average pay increase of 3.1 percent next year.

» Hoyer likes Democrats' chances in 2006, November 06, 2005 Ask Rep. Steny H. Hoyer what Democrats need to do to win back control of the House next year, and his first response is a barely suppressed chuckle.

» Congressional Democrats pledge reform in Washington, October 06, 2005 Congressional Democrats stepped up attacks on what they called Republicans' "culture of cronyism and corruption" on Thursday, trying to capitalize on a spate of ethics scandals and the Bush administration's heavily criticized response to Hurricane Katrina.

» GOP Agenda Still in Turmoil as Congress Grants Itself Six-Week Extension, September 30, 2005 With a new fiscal year imminent and most of their spending bills left unfinished, congressional Republicans on September 29 were forced to act on a temporary funding extension while struggling to regain control of their agenda.

» A Way For Democrats To Regain Credibility That GOP Now Enjoys, September 22, 2005 Fifteen Democratic members of the House of Representatives have produced a document and a strategy they hope will convince substantial numbers of voters who don’t trust them on national security to begin trusting them again. Led by Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland, “Ensuring America’s Strength and Security: A Democratic National Security Strategy for the 21st Century” is an attempt by at least some Democrats to reclaim this issue from Republicans and return the Democratic Party to majority status.

» House Democrats' New Security Strategy Calls for More CTR Funding, September 22, 2005 House Democrats, led by Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), are calling for tripling the budget for the Pentagon’s Cooperative Threat Reduction program and other nonproliferation initiatives as part of a new national security strategy unveiled Sept 15.

» For the Record, September 19, 2005 Leading Democrats opposed a recommendation by a private commission to require all Americans to show a photo identification card before being allowed to vote.

» Democrats reassert allegiance to security , September 18, 2005 WASHINGTON Decades ago, Democrats with names like Kennedy and Roosevelt and Truman were known for their tough-minded views on military and foreign policy and their ability to lead the nation in times of conflict.

 

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