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» House Members Petition Bush to Endorse Pay Parity , January 22, 2004 A group of House members, led by Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), wrote President Bush yesterday urging him to support "the principle of pay parity" in his fiscal 2005 budget plan.

» Hoyer Faults Bush Before State Of Union Speech, January 20, 2004 House Minority Whip Hoyer faulted President Bush today for evaporated budget surpluses, education funding, healthcare issues and an environmental "assault on the air, the water and the land."

» With Senate Back in Session, Pay Raises Could Finally Be Untangled, January 20, 2004 The Senate returns to work today -- hopefully ready to plunge into debate on an $820 billion omnibus spending bill for fiscal 2004 that would bump up this year's pay raise for the government's white-collar workers.

» Hoyer seeks probe into Park Service, January 16, 2004 A congressman yesterday demanded that the Interior Department investigate "unauthorized leaks" that he said resulted in a report in The Washington Times about lapses in national security and the firing of U.S. Park Police Chief Teresa Chambers.

» Democrats Focus on Jews, January 14, 2004 Worried by signs of President Bush's soaring popularity among Jews, Democrats launched a coordinated campaign 18 months ago to win back Jewish votes.

» Worried that Jews will go for Bush, Democrats plotting a counterstrategy, January 06, 2004 Worried by signs of President Bush´s soaring popularity among Jews, Democrats launched a coordinated campaign 18 months ago to win back Jewish votes.

» Bribery, Extortion, January 05, 2004 If ever there was a case that cried out for investigation by the House ethics committee and the Justice Department, it is the evident bribery and extortion attempts applied to Rep. Nick Smith (R-Mich.)

» Bush sets 2004 pay raise at 2 percent , December 31, 2003 President Bush on Dec. 30 ordered a 2 percent 2004 pay raise for civil servants, but government workers may eventually receive a significantly higher raise if lawmakers approve the pending fiscal 2004 omnibus budget bill.

» Hoyer strives to keep Jewish vote for Dems, December 10, 2003 House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer’s (D-Md.) speech Monday to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) will cap a yearlong strategy aimed at preventing an exodus of Jewish voters from Democratic ranks.

» Democrats decry Republican tactics in marathon vote, December 09, 2003 Angry House Democrats, still smarting over extraordinary parliamentary maneuvers that Republicans used last month to pass the Medicare bill President Bush signed Monday, sought to upstage Bush's big moment by taking to the floor to embarrass the House leadership.

» Hoyer Calls for Ethics Investigation of Smith’s Bribery Allegations, December 09, 2003 Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (Md.), the second highest-ranking House Democrat, on Monday called for the ethics committee to investigate whether Republican lawmakers tried to bribe Rep. Nick Smith (R-Mich.) to vote in favor of the Medicare bill.

» Probe Sought in Claim Of Medicare-Vote Bribe, December 09, 2003 The House's second-ranking Democrat yesterday called for an ethics investigation into a Michigan congressman's assertion that unnamed GOP colleagues offered $100,000 for his son's congressional campaign if the lawmaker would vote for a contentious Medicare bill.

» Amid successes, GOP-led Congress leaves stubborn issues unresolved, November 28, 2003 The congressional year ends with the future of President Bush's vaunted energy bill uncertain and no decision on how to fix the nation's crumbling highways or avoid a looming trade war with Europe. With Republicans in control of the White House and both houses of Congress, it wasn't supposed to be this hard.

» Lincoln's effort to offer child tax credit to low-income families stalled, November 23, 2003 Collecting dust atop a desk in the office of House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., is a laptop computer displaying a digital clock.

» After Criticizing Jim Wright in '87, GOP Used His Tactic, November 22, 2003 In the pre-dawn partisan tumult after the extended Medicare vote, Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., took to the microphones to liken the situation to one 16 years before — an instance that remains one of the formative moments of the House's current political dynamic.

» Arm-Twisting Produces GOP Victory as House Adopts Medicare Conference Report, November 22, 2003 It took intensive lobbying by President Bush and House Republican leaders, combined with the longest floor vote on record, to pull off House passage early Saturday morning of the most significant Medicare overhaul in the program's 38-year history.

» Billion-Dollar Question: How Much Does a Fair Election Cost?, November 12, 2003 Most of the stories about the California recall election noted after the fact that California had dodged a bullet: The dire predictions about election process failure did not come to pass. As John McLaughlin would say, “WRONG!”...

» As the Session Winds Down, Sniping Rises on Capitol Hill, November 08, 2003 Congress is winding down, which is causing the partisanship to be ratcheted up...

» Crashing the Party, November 08, 2003 To hear congressional Democrats tell it, this is the beginning of the end of democracy...

» Digging Scoop, November 07, 2003 A Jewish Democratic group is creating an award to memorialize Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson of Washington state, the legendary liberal internationalist who did much to win the Cold War and whose staunch support for the Jewish state helped it through some rough times...

» Rejection of 'Earmarks' Angers Democrats, November 07, 2003 Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (Md.), the House's second-ranking Democrat, hoped to use funds from a $138 billion spending bill now before Congress to upgrade the computer system at St. Mary's College of Maryland, modernize laboratories at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, and support a nonprofit group that repairs the homes of poor, elderly and disabled Marylanders...

» Podesta seeks to rival Heritage, AEI, November 06, 2003 John Podesta briefed the House Democratic whip team yesterday on his vision for a progressive think tank that would rival the likes of the conservative Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute...

» Dems angry over GOP relations in the House, November 05, 2003 Enraged House Democrats say that bipartisan relations in the House — especially regarding joint House-Senate conferences — have reached an all-time low, far worse than when they controlled Congress for 40 years...

» Don’t Take Civility Out of the House Appropriations Panel, November 05, 2003 When I came to Washington, one of the first lawmakers I met was Rep. George Mahon (D), a tall, taciturn Texan who was chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. I was awed...

» For Senate, It’s Nov. 21 or Bust, November 05, 2003 Senate leaders told rank-and-file Members on Tuesday that the Veterans Day holiday has been canceled and a five-day workweek would be instituted for the remainder of the session, as Nov. 21 has now been officially identified as the new target day for adjournment...

 

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