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House Budget Committee Democrats Urge Abolition of Debt Limit

House Budget Committee Democrats Urge Abolition of Debt Limit

by Zachary Miller | Feb 16, 2022 | Business, Featured

WASHINGTON – The federal debt ceiling has caused headaches for decades. Now, House Democrats are considering the value of doing away with it altogether. “The debt ceiling has become a political weapon used to extract concessions, or more recently, simply score...
Hoyer: Homeland Security funding a “critical issue”

Hoyer: Homeland Security funding a “critical issue”

by Jesse Kirsch | Mar 2, 2015 | National Security

WASHINGTON—As Congress hurries to fund the Department of Homeland Security, the House Democratic Whip said on Monday the GOP majority is splintered, making the job in the week ahead a challenge. A whip’s job is to know how members of Congress will vote; so you could...
Hoyer: GOP should learn from ‘black eye’ as Congress reconvenes

Hoyer: GOP should learn from ‘black eye’ as Congress reconvenes

by Mattias Gugel | Jan 17, 2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer said Tuesday he anticipates a productive session of Congress because Republicans have learned from the “black eye” they got last month for trying to block an extension of the payroll tax deduction. In general, the...

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