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...celebrated voice, sent a two-sentence letter last week to his Democratic colleagues notifying them that he plans to run for majority leader if his party wins back the House. That's a direct challenge to the man who would be in line for the job, Democratic whip Steny Hoyer, a moderate who supported the war. And it solidifies the reinvention of Murtha, who turns 74 this week, as a public force in Democratic politics...
...think the chances are excellent," said Connecticut Democrat Rosa DeLauro. The No. 2 Democrat in House, Whip Steny Hoyer, says some members of the GOP have already been coming up to him and saying they only wish he was in line to become Speaker rather than House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, who disagrees with Republicans on even more issues than Hoyer. In a meeting with a handful of lawmakers and the Australian Prime Minister, California Republican David Drier, one of the closest allies to House Speaker Dennis Hastert, accidentally referred to "Speaker Pelosi," leading to chuckles from both Hastert...
...Capitol Hill last week, it was almost as if the two parties had decided to switch roles. At a press briefing, House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer was declaring, "Republicans don't have an agenda," a critique Republicans usually hurl at Democrats. The next day Hoyer and other Democrats from the Senate and House, along with state governors, got together to announce the party's unified plan for improving America's national security...
...Francisco. And she was touched when he slipped into her Feb. 6 swearing-in ceremony as whip to pay his respects. They may recognize in each other kindred political instincts. Pelosi ran a three-year insurgency to snare the whip's job from the initial favorite, Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer, by raising millions of campaign dollars in California and funneling them to grateful members of Congress. DeLay did the same to win his post...
...their party, they can be polarizing figures. "You can't take Pelosi to every district, and you can't take DeLay to every district," admits Davis. Both have been called vindictive. Pelosi gave $10,000 to the primary opponent of the powerful Democratic Congressman John Dingell, who backed Hoyer in the race for whip. "That was dumb," says a senior House Democratic aide. DeLay has lately tried to tone down his bulldog image. At the party's January retreat, he staged a comedy skit, putting on a gray wig and pretending to take media lessons so he would "project...