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Hoyer Blames Reagan and Bushes for Deficits, Says Policies Did Nothing to Grow Economy Tuesday, January 04, 2011 By Dan Joseph (CNSNews.com) - In his last day as House Majority Leader, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) put much of the blame for America’s growing debt on past Republican administrations, including former President Ronald Reagan. “Ronald Reagan came in and adopted an economic program that created $1.4 trillion in deficits over the next eight years,” Hoyer said in a Capitol Hill press conference on Tuesday, where he appeared with other members of the Democratic House Leadership. “George Bush continued those policies and...

On the eve of his demotion by voters from House Majority Leader to House Minority Whip, Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Hoyer offered this insight into the psychology of the Tea Party movement: There are a whole lot of people in the Tea Party that I see in these polls who don’t want any compromise. My presumption is they have unhappy families. All of you have been in families: single-parent, two-parents, whatever. Multiple parent and a stepfather.

After congressional Republicans said this week that they were too busy to accept President Barack Obama’s invitation to a bipartisan leadership meeting today, the White House without fanfare announced the meeting had been postponed until Nov. 30 to accommodate the GOP’s schedule.But House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer (D., Md.) saw that as a rude snub to the president as he was extending an olive branch. Mr. Hoyer said at his weekly briefing today that, to the best of his recollection

To ensure the new leadership of the minority party in Washington does not look racist, they have created a new, unnamed position with unknown responsibilities for South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.). Clyburn is currently the majority whip in the House, but after the election shake-up, many Democrats wanted to shake things up internally as well. Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) clearly had the votes to bounce Clyburn from the whip position, but many assume that “would not look good.” Over the weekend, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suggested a new position within the soon-to-be minority leadership. Assistant to the assistant manager.

The man who is odds-on to be the leader of House Democrats before the week is out is trying to walk a fine line. Within Washington, it is widely expected that 71-year-old Steny Hoyer, currently the second-ranking House Democrat, will succeed Nancy Pelosi as the party’s leader if Democrats lose control of the chamber on Tuesday (although there is talk that he may face a challenge, perhaps from Connecticut’s John Larson). But during an interview with Salon on Sunday, Hoyer was adamant that Democrats would hold on to the House, and he affably refused to answer questions on his possible...

EXCERPTS “She’s hard-working, focused, trying to do things that are good for the American public, and for average working people, and she’s being vilified. I think that’s unfortunate,” Hoyer, the House majority leader, told The Hill as he campaigned in his home district. (snip) True to form, Hoyer refuses to entertain any post-election scenarios, leaving no daylight between himself and the Speaker. “What I’m thinking about is winning this election,” he said. “I believe we’re going to have the majority. I think Nancy Pelosi’s going to be Speaker.” Asked about reported challenges to his own leadership post, Hoyer laughed and...

Two videos at link. In Maryland's Fifth Congressional District, long-time incumbent congressman and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer attended a forum with Republican challenger Charles Lollar on Monday, October 18th. You can see from the first video that Hoyer wasn't pleased with Lollar's response to the current question (starts at 2:47 in the video). In fact, Hoyer has some words with Lollar that are inaudible because Hoyer's microphone is off. Later that day I received word from someone in attendance that after the forum concluded Hoyer punched Lollar in the back. The person said that Lollar turned to Hoyer and...

Charles Lollar, candidate for Congress in MD's 5th Congressional District, held a press conference on Oct. 19, elaborating on an exchange he had with Steny Hoyer at a candidate’s forum last week. After the exchange, Hoyer turned to Lollar and said, "I'm coming after you." Lollar responded by reminding Mr. Hoyer that working class residents of the 5th Congressional District are coming after him! During the press conference Mr. Lollar said “Steny Hoyer and I faced off a few days ago in a debate hosted by the Charles County Chamber of Commerce. Many folks were surprised that a businessman, Marine...

You know the Democrats are in trouble when Steny Hoyer hits the airwaves in his campaign to retain his seat in Congress. Hoyer, whose seat was generously drawn for him by Maryland Senate President Mike Miller, usually uses his campaign largesse to benefit his Democratic Party colleagues with little thought of himself. That changed due to an aggressive campaign by first-time candidate Charles Lollar, who is making inroads into previous Hoyer strongholds in Charles, Prince George’s and St. Mary’s counties. Lollar, who served in the Marine Corps, is taking the same no-nonsense approach to going after the previously unassailable Hoyer...

Some of the most powerful and arrogant libs on Capitol Hill now find themselves politically vulnerable-in 17 days we can put them out of our misery once-and-for-all: As Americans continue to rise-up against the power-mad Left, every $10-20 helps... why not take-out the ringleaders while we've got this gang of neo-Bolshevik thugs on the run...? Democratic seats long-considered bulletproof -for 50 yrs and longer- are now coming up for grabs, as 2010 figures to be an election year like no other- be part of it! Like Dick Morris says, under-confidence is every bit the danger Republican over-confidence is... what that...

[ . . . ] But they [Republicans] also need to adjust their sights higher and aim for more seats. To confine themselves to the races in which they hold slight leads or are within five points would be to leave on the table dozens of Democratic incumbents who could be defeated in this landslide year. The danger here is not overconfidence but underconfidence, and that Democratic incumbents who could be defeated will skate to victories. Despite a massive victory in the offing for Republicans, there could be great gnashing of teeth when they see how narrowly some of the...

  In recent days, we have complained about the apparent delay of the House ethics trials of Reps. Charles Rangel (D-NY) and Maxine Waters (D-CA) until after the election. We also wondered aloud about why the Republicans on the Ethics Committee were letting it happen.Today, Rep. Jo Bonner (R-AL), the Committee's ranking Republican, said Democrats were “stalling” and accused Committee Chair Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) of having “repeatedly refused to set either the Rangel or Waters trial before the November election. “Bonner’s statement was unusually blunt and was signed by all five Republican members of the Committee.  It may have...

Dingy Harry sweating it in Nevada, Fwank fwustwated, and Boxer on the ropes... here's another statist aparatchik that needs to go-away... and now's the time: The Dems seem to think House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has nothing to worry about in Maryland's fifth congressional district, as do many other political observers... but the facts suggest otherwise (This interview should acquaint you well with Mr Hoyer and his positions). Interestingly, Hoyer himself actually claimed the Democrats were "a party on the rise" just last week, mocking polls showing double-digit Republican leads on the generic congressional ballot. What better way to bring...

The majority Congressional Democrats are beginning to realize that their actions and behaviors are tragicomic and that their constituents, worried about unemployment, potentially higher taxes and yes, terrorism, are not amused. Are they angry? So angry they might vote for Republican candidates in large numbers, endangering the jobs of some Democrats? Perhaps. Appearing on Fox News , House Majority Leader Rep Steny Hoyer (D-MD), in an indirect criticism of his fellow Democrats, admitted that Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert's testimony on legalizing illegal alien farm workers "was inappropriate." He did not comment if the choice of Colbert, with his vast one...

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) called Congress' expected adjournment before acting on the Bush-era tax cuts the "most irresponsible thing that I have seen since I have been in Washington, D.C."And I've been here a while," he added. Appearing on "Fox News Sunday" alongside Chief Deputy Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Boehner slammed Democrats for demurring on the tax vote, saying it "sounds like they're just going to punt the ball until a lame-duck session.""I think she's afraid," McCarthy said of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). "She's got 37 Democrats in her own party that say they want to extend...

Charles Lollar for Congress We have 48 days. If we stay focused and work together as a team we will surprise the Country with a Maryland Miracle. Our message of Job Creation,Truth Matters,Dollars and $ense, Unity in the Community,Real Health Care Reform & Securing Our Borders is one that I believe most Freedom Loving Americans can agree on. I will ask you to reach out to your neighbor,involve them in this journey for a New Day For Maryland!

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday noted that it was Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), not him, who promised to “drain the swamp” of corruption in Washington. Pelosi famously vowed in 2006 to “drain the swamp” that ensnared Republican members and their leaders during the George W. Bush administration. During his weekly press conference on Tuesday, Hoyer clarified that he has never used that phrase. "I didn’t use that term," Hoyer said when asked if he thinks Democrats have "drained the swamp." "What I believed and continue to believe is that we have made the ethics process work, and...

Top Dem: Rangel must decide alone whether to resign or face inquiryBy Jared Allen - 07/27/10 12:41 PM ET The House’s second-ranking Democrat on Tuesday said Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) will decide on his own whether to resign his seat or go forward with Thursday’s ethics inquiry. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters he did not know what Rangel’s decision would be. The Ethics Committee on Thursday is scheduled to convene publicly to spell out its charges against the New York Democrat. Rangel is coming under growing pressure to resign. Rep. Walt Minnick (D-Idaho) became the second House Democrat...

As IBD’s own poll showed today, the forecast for the fall election is looking plenty grim for the Democrats. Things have gotten so bad that even the White House has acknowledged they could lose control of the House. Other Democrats are not so worried though. They have a cunning plan that will carry them through: Attack George W. Bush.

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner offered a glimmer of hope to investors who are facing huge tax increases on capital gains and dividends next January. In a CNBC interview late Wednesday, Geithner said the Obama administration still hopes to hold the top tax rate on both capital gains and dividends to 20% next year – the level the White House has been proposing since taking office. Of course, a 20% rate would represent a big increase over the current 15%. But it’s a lot better than the 39.6% top rate for dividends that congressional Democrats have signaled they were planning next...