Miscellaneous

Majority Leader Hoyer Unveils House Floor Feed

For Immediate Release:

July 13, 2010

Contact:Katie Grant
Maureen Beach
(202) 225 - 3130
WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) unveiled today a newly expanded service from the Majority Leader’s Office that provides the latest internal information about what is happening on the House Floor:

 
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Hoyer Statement on the Passing of Senator Robert Byrd

For Immediate Release:

June 28, 2010

Contact:

Katie Grant
Stephanie Lundberg
(202) 225 - 3130

WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the passing of Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV):
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Engaging on Social Networks

For Immediate Release:

June 14, 2010

Contact:Maureen Beach
202-225-3130

Friends,

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Hoyer Statement on the Retirement of Herb Shanks

For Immediate Release:

May 28, 2010

Contact:Katie Grant
Stephanie Lundberg
(202) 225 - 3130
WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke on the House Floor today in honor of Herb Shanks, who is retiring today after almost 4 decades of service as Cloakroom Attendant for the U.S. House of Representatives. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery:

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Hoyer Statement on Efforts to Strengthen Workplace Protections for House Employees

For Immediate Release:

May 28, 2010

Contact:Katie Grant
Stephanie Lundberg
(202) 225 - 3130
WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today:

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Hoyer Statement on the House Floor Schedule

For Immediate Release:

May 20, 2010

Contact:Katie Grant
Stephanie Lundberg
(202) 225 - 3130
WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the Floor schedule for the U.S. House of Representatives:
 
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The Motion to Recommit, Hijacked by Politics

For Immediate Release:

May 19, 2010

Contact:Norman Ornstein

Roll Call

A little House parliamentary history: The motion to recommit goes back at least to the British Parliament and has existed in some form since the 1st Congress. A motion to recommit with instructions, as the great rules guru Don Wolfensberger has pointed out, goes back at least to 1891 and Speaker Thomas Reed (R-Maine). But that MTR was granted to a Member who was friendly to a bill, to offer a chance to clean up errors.

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Norman Ornstein Op-Ed: The Motion to Recommit, Hijacked by Politics

For Immediate Release:

May 19, 2010

Contact:

Katie Grant
Stephanie Lundberg
(202) 225 - 3130

 
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Hoyer Statement on President Obama's Nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court

For Immediate Release:

May 10, 2010

Contact:Katie Grant
Stephanie Lundberg
(202) 225 - 3130
WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on President Obama's decision to nominate Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court:
 
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Hoyer Statement on Chairman David Obey's Retirement

For Immediate Release:

May 5, 2010

Contact:Katie Grant
Stephanie Lundberg
(202) 225 - 3130
WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the announced retirement of House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (WI):
 
“It is with a sense of real loss that I learned of Chairman David Obey’s decision to retire from the Congress at the end of his present term.
 
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