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House lawmakers introduce bill to end Puerto Rico's territorial status

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House lawmakers introduce bill to end Puerto Rico's territorial status

House lawmakers on Thursday introduced a bill that would end Puerto Rico's territorial status, allowing the island to vote on whether to become a state.

Bipartisan negotiators agree on 'framework' for omnibus spending bill

U.S. News // 3 months ago

Bipartisan negotiators agree on 'framework' for omnibus spending bill

Congressional negotiators announced Wednesday they have reached agreement on the framework for a massive government spending package, one day after the House passed a stopgap funding bill.

House passes stopgap funding measure, averts shutdown

U.S. News // 3 months ago

House passes stopgap funding measure, averts shutdown

The House passed a stopgap funding bill Tuesday to fund the government for another month and avert a government shutdown.

House passes debt ceiling extension to avert fiscal crisis

U.S. News // 7 months ago

House passes debt ceiling extension to avert fiscal crisis

House lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday and passed a measure raising the U.S. debt ceiling by almost $500 billion -- with days remaining before the government begins defaulting on debts.

House again delays vote on $1.2T infrastructure bill

U.S. News // 7 months ago

House again delays vote on $1.2T infrastructure bill

The House on Thursday again delayed a vote on a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on Thursday night amid a lack of support from progressive Democrats.

Senate passes $3.5T budget; House expected to end recess early

U.S. News // 9 months ago

Senate passes $3.5T budget; House expected to end recess early

The U.S. Senate approved a sweeping $3.5 trillion spending plan early Wednesday that aims to fund top Democratic priorities, including Medicare expansion, climate change and education.

Eviction moratorium ends; House members sleep outside in protest

U.S. News // 9 months ago

Eviction moratorium ends; House members sleep outside in protest

A federal eviction moratorium expired Saturday after Congress failed to pass legislation extending the ban, prompting some House progressives to sleep outside the Capitol in protest.

House panel to vote on swapping Roger Taney bust with Thurgood Marshall's at Capitol

U.S. News // 10 months ago

House panel to vote on swapping Roger Taney bust with Thurgood Marshall's at Capitol

A House committee is scheduled to vote Monday on a proposal to replace a bust of former Supreme Court Justice Roger Brooke Taney with one of Thurgood Marshall, who was the first Black person to serve on the high court.

House approves bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday

U.S. News // 11 months ago

House approves bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday

The House voted Wednesday to make Juneteenth -- which celebrates the end of slavery in the United States -- a federal holiday.

House passes bill that would make Washington, D.C., the 51st state

U.S. News // 1 year ago

House passes bill that would make Washington, D.C., the 51st state

The House voted along party lines Thursday to pass a bill that would make Washington, D.C., the 51st state, sending it to the Senate for consideration.

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Top military leaders, Republican senators and former opponents continue to express that it is critical that Congress pass legislation empowering the Defense Department to implement a repeal itself
'Don't ask' repeal introduced in House Dec 14, 2010

We'd like the Senate to move first on this issue
House Dems irked by tax-rate deal Dec 07, 2010

I share Speaker Boehner's view and the views that have been expressed by the two United States senators
Members of Congress concerned over safety Jan 09, 2011

I am disappointed Republicans chose to play politics with a bill that enjoys strong bipartisan support and would increase access to school meal programs, improve the standards of food provided, and help reduce childhood obesity
House passes $4.5B child nutrition bill Dec 02, 2010

The Senate has refused to move forward on that issue
Boehner still steamed over Dem's tax delay Sep 26, 2010

Steny Hamilton Hoyer (pronounced /ˈstɛni ˈhɔɪ.ər/; born June 14, 1939) is the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 5th congressional district, serving since 1981. The district includes a large swath of rural and suburban territory southeast of Washington, D.C.. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

He was first elected in 1980 and served as the House Majority Leader from 2007 to 2011. He had previously served as House Minority Whip from 2003 to 2007, and was reelected to that post in 2011. These positions make him the second-ranking figure in the House Democratic Leadership hierarchy.

Hoyer was born in New York City but grew up in Mitchellville, Maryland. His mother, Jean (née Baldwin), was American, and his father, Steen Theilgaard Høyer, was Danish and a native of Copenhagen; "Steny" is a variant of his father's name, "Steen", and Hoyer is an anglicized form of the fairly common Danish surname "Høyer". He graduated from Suitland High School in Suitland, Maryland.

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