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» 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...

 

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