Steny Hoyer

Politics 01/04/20, 05:42

A poll released on Friday, Jan. 3, showed that a majority of Americans believe House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) should send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate. A Harvard CAPS/Harris survey indicated that 58 percent of Americans said that Pelosi should transmit the articles for a ...

Politics 10/17/19, 05:17

Top congressional Democrats stormed out of the White House and chose to whine in front of cameras after a contentious meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Oct. 16, while the others still stayed in the Cabinet Room to work on behalf of the nation. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate ...

Politics 06/20/19, 11:10

Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell says the GOP-controlled chamber won't go along with a bipartisan plan by House leaders to have lawmakers receive their first cost-of-living pay increase in a decade. McConnell said in a statement Thursday that "we're not doing a COLA adjustment in the Senate," a position that likely ...

Politics 06/03/19, 19:04

A top Democrat announced Monday that the House will vote next week on whether to hold Attorney General William Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with congressional subpoenas. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said in a statement that the Trump administration's "systematic ...

Politics 05/09/19, 05:58

Some senior House lawmakers, frustrated by a decade of frozen congressional salaries, are quietly exploring whether to accept an annual pay raise that they've shunned since Barack Obama was first president. It's a longshot at best, requiring comity that's in short supply in a Capitol riven with partisanship. More than two-thirds of ...

Politics 03/25/19, 21:49

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer defended the American-Israeli alliance on Sunday, taking aim at Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar for her repeated anti-Semitic and anti-Israel statements. “I am an American who believes passionately in the idea of Israel, in the State of Israel, and in the essential right of Jews to ...

Politics 01/22/19, 18:50

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told Fox News on Tuesday that he would have no objections to President Trump delivering a State of the Union address in the House of Representatives on Jan. 29, despite House speaker Nancy Pelosi's repeated threats that the traditional speech be delayed. Hoyer, D-Md., also noted ...

Politics 01/17/19, 08:09

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer contradicted Democratic leadership on Wednesday after he contended that constructing a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border is not inherently immoral. “I don’t think [building a border wall] is an issue of morality,” Hoyer said responding to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who has referred to a border ...