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• Steny Hoyer to Discuss the Minority’s Role in Congress at CAPAF Event Next Week

  
  Matthew Yglesias — Authority: 790
  For whatever reason, the news that Judd Gregg has formally assembled a detailed manual for obstructing progress on health reform, there seems to be some increased public interest in the question of minority obstruction. Harry Reid is blastic Gregg and there was back and forth on this subject on the floor this ...
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• Maryland Congressional Delegation Expenses

  
  Inside Charm City: Baltimore, Maryland blog — Authority: 511
  I posted the other day about a new congressional expense report released for the 3rd Quarter of 2009. The complete report is here . I also have the numbers from the Maryland delegation below. The funding source is taxpayer dollars. Based on the Maryland delegation, Lockheed Martin Desktop Solutions and The ...
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• Remind me again whether we elected Democrats or Republicans?

  
  Corrente — Authority: 625
  Jeff Muskins in HuffPo : Job creation will probably have to wait until next year but the House is determined to extend the estate tax break permanently before leaving for the holidays, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters Tuesday. Before the week is out, however, the House will vote to permanently ...
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• Obama Sticks to His Guns

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 151
    But what about that talk of a withdrawal beginning in July of 2011? Isn’t that a major shift from the March vision? Not really. Even in March, Obama was employing a variation of George Bush’s old “as they stand up, we’ll stand down” formulation—except he didn’t mention specific dates at the time. ...
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• Hoyer: No to the War Surtax

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 742
  Echoing the recent message from Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters today that the middle of an employment crisis is no time to be slapping people with a new tax to fund the war in Afghanistan. I am not supporting it at this point in time, but I do support [the] ...
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• Shhh…CONGRESS IS RAISING THE DEBT LIMIT

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 761
  Congress doesn’t want you to know it, but they are about to raise the debt limit because they’ve spent the full $12.1 trillion allowed on their taxpayer-funded credit card. They’re hoping you won’t notice because they’re trying to sneak the increase into some other “must-pass” measure, such as the ...
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• Forget Black Friday, Congress Has Been Doing Plenty of Shopping

  
  Indecision Forever — Authority: 578
  She said she was gonna do it , and she did it. Per an order from that tricksy Nancy Pelosi, House members quarterly office expenses are now being posted online, where anyone (i.e., Politico) can read them. Let us begin … House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) spent $2,993 in taxpayer money on flowers between ...
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• Rothschild appointed to help sell Dubai World assets

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 143
  Bankers from Rothschild have been appointed to help restructure Dubai World with a mandate to dispose of some of the stricken conglomerate’s famous assets.Source/Full Story: TelegraphRelated ItemsNovember 19, 2009 — Société Générale has advised clients to be ready for a possible “global economic collapse” ...
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• Hoyer: Bush Administration Turned Tail in Afghanistan

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 805
  Filed under: George W. Bush , Democrats , Republicans , Dick Cheney , Obama Administration , The Capitolist , Afghanistan , Congress House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer took offense Tuesday at Vice President Dick Cheneys persistent criticisms of President Obamas handling of the war in Afghanistan, including ...
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• Steny Hoyer’s $1,561 bottled water bill for 3rd Quarter

  
  Inside Charm City: Baltimore, Maryland blog — Authority: 511
  Politico These expenditures – culled from thousands of line items released Monday by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House – are just a fraction of the $300 million spent last quarter by House offices. But while the bulk of congressional office spending goes to salaries and routine office expenses, some ...
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• With Transaction Tax Becoming A Distinct Possibility, Does It Bring Benefits To The Table?

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 753
  Even with a thoroughly discredited Tim Geithner repeatedly saying that a transaction tax is the worst thing since, well TurboTax, the topic is generating more and more traction, and earlier House Democrat leader Steny Hoyer noted that the topic is now a discussion item "on the table". With fervent voices on both ...
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• US House welcomes Manmohan Singh, commends maturing of India-US relations

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  By Arun KumarWashington, Nov 19 (IANS) In a rare gesture, the US House of Representatives has unanimously adopted a resolution commending the maturing of India-US relations and welcoming Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the United States.The bipartisan House resolution adopted by voice vote Wednesday notes that “the ...
  2 weeks ago

• All the American people want for Christmas is 15 million new jobs

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 666
  Filed under: Employees , Politics , Recession U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, says he expects the House to vote on legislation that would create more jobs by the year-end holiday recess. "Clearly 10.2% unemployment is unacceptable and is causing great pain to literally millions of people ...
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• An Empty Claim to Fiscal Responsibility

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  The House is expected to take up a $210 billion proposal tomorrow to scrap the flawed formula that dictates Medicare doctor payments, thereby averting a 21-percent pay cut slated for next year. If the proposal sounds familiar, it’s because the Senate considered a nearly identical bill just a month ago. That ...
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• Clyburn: No Need for New Jobs Bill

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 742
  House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) has a message for his Democratic colleagues moving forward with plans for another job creation bill: hold your horses. In an interview with MSNBC Wednesday, Clyburn said the focus for Congress now should be “to get the economy stabilized and grow the economy,” but added, ...
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• Boneheads Of The Day

  
  Black & Right — Authority: 532
  Funny how NIMBY politicians and activists are so quick to volunteer other states to do tasks they’d think twice about should it happen near their homes… House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said at a press briefing on Tuesday that there was “bipartisan support” for Attorney General Eric Holder’s ...
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• Hoyer Gives Few Details of Looming Jobs Bill

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  Yesterday, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters that Congress will likely stick around Washington well into December in order to wrap up legislation reforming health care and tackling unemployment. But he didn’t go out on any limbs to say what the latter bill will contain or how much help might ...
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• The Geography of the House Democrats Health Care Vote II: Is the Stupak Amendment Crucial For Passage???

  
  ElectionDissection.com — Authority: 108
  Ive modified the map I created for the last posting to include the Stupak Amendment. There are now four categories, each color coded, that members can fall into: 1) Those who voted for the final bill and against the Stupak Amendment (light green). 178 members fall into this group. 2) Those who voted for the final bill ...
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• By the Numbers - Job Losses Since Start of Democrat Majority

  
  ARRA News Service — Authority: 543
  [ Source ] [IMG: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZTsdiIlN_8s/SwNujbd-drI/AAAAAAAAIgQ/0dCc_GmHZXQ/s640/chart-jobloss-3.jpg]
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• House to Turn Up the Heat on Jobs

  
  The Caucus — Authority: 789
  The majority leader, well aware of elections in 2010, pledges that a jobs bill will pass before the end of 2009.
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