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Last week I urged people to watch Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Reps. David Obey (D-Wis.) and Jack Murtha (D-Pa) for barometric measurements of deflated Democratic congressional support for the Afghanistan war. Levin, of course, came out on Friday for deferring a second troop increase this year. Now Murtha is opposing [...]

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) — who apparently woke up this morning and said to himself, “Today, I’m going to make some news” — told reporters Tuesday that health reform legislation could pass the lower chamber without a public option, according to reports. But that sentiment puts Democratic leaders at odds on the [...]

Maybe I should have added Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) to my list of Congress members to watch on Afghanistan. At his weekly pen-and-pad briefing, the Democratic majority leader in the House told reporters that the Obama administration needs to give Congress “a plan that members conclude can be successful” before the legislature signs off on [...]

Today’s moment of sheer Jamesian confusion comes from Rep. Steny Hoyer’s (D-Md.) disclosure today that Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) is larding the Defense Department appropriations bill with God-knows-what. From a press briefing Hoyer gave earlier:
Mr. Hoyer: …On Thursday we’ll do the Department of Defense Appropriation Act. There are, by the way, over 600 amendments [...]

As the House works to set limits on carbon emissions, electric utilities see opportunity.

From the Department of Labor today comes more news that this recession will be around for a while: In January alone, 598,000 more Americans lost their jobs, raising the country’s unemployment rate from 7.2 percent to 7.6 percent — the highest tally in 16 years. Since December 2007, 3.6 million Americans have lost their jobs.
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For those already critical of congressional Democrats for not doing enough to ensure that the incoming Obama administration spends the second $350 billion of the Wall Street bailout as lawmakers intended, the words of House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) today probably won’t be very reassuring.

Lilly Ledbetter is coming back.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) announced today that the chamber will vote Friday on legislation making it easier for workers to pursue payment-discrimination claims.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.) on Tuesday ended the speculation that Congress might return to Washington after Thanksgiving if Democrats fail this week to pass legislation to bail out the auto industry, Roll Call reported:

For environmentalists hoping that the new Democratic margins in Congress might lead to the return of a decades-old moratorium on offshore oil drilling — you might not want to hold your breath.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters Tuesday that Democrats have no plans to reinstate the drilling ban, which Congress let expire at [...]