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The decision by congressional leaders Tuesday to shelve a D.C. voting rights bill, just days after announcing plans to move ahead, scuttles what supporters say was the best opportunity in a generation to give the District a voting seat in the House of Representatives.
Democrats withdrew a bill on Tuesday to give the District the voting rights it has long sought in the House of Representatives, saying the "price was too high" after learning of Republican plans to introduce an amendment that would eviscerate the city's gun laws.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) stands at a crossroads in the Democratic agenda.
In the midst of the unfolding Eric Massa scandal, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has asked three entities charged with internal congressional issues to work together to strengthen harassment protections for staffers who feel their rights have been violated.
Majority Leader Hoyer, through both his words and actions, has always made it clear that the bipartisan Ethics Committee should take all appropriate action regarding the allegations against former-Rep. Massa.
We are gathered here in honor of the Boys and Girls Clubs, its extraordinary work—and in honor of the irreplaceable Tim Russert.
Today marks the today on the anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
Today we honor the life of Dorothy I. Height, one of the most influential civil rights leaders in American history.
Fifteen years ago today, 168 Americans were killed in an act of domestic terrorism.
It is with great sadness that I mark the passing of a civil rights icon, Benjamin L. Hooks.