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...much as Obama has repeatedly underlined his preference for a public plan, in the past few months, he has slowly backed away from making the bill contingent upon its inclusion. And House majority leader Steny Hoyer on Tuesday seemed to indicate for the first time that the House might move to pass a bill without a public plan. When asked if legislation without such a feature could pass the House, Hoyer hedged. "I think the public option is a very good choice for consumers to have," he told reporters in his first-floor Capitol Hill offices. "On the other hand...
...quickly fallen into place, however, prompting a pair of developments Monday: a pep talk by President Obama, who reiterated his support for such legislation at a 90-minute White House meeting with Waxman and colleagues, and a public acknowledgement of the lack of consensus by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, who told reporters,: "Whether it's a gridlock or not, I don't know." (See the effects of climate change...
...last week that Republicans want the bill to be fully debated, pork-free and presented transparently to the American people. "The text of the measure should be made available online for the American people to review for at least one week," Boehner announced. On Sunday, House majority leader Steny Hoyer seemed to agree, calling Boehner's criteria "good" and adding, "We hope to meet those." McConnell, Boehner's colleague, even suggested over the weekend that some of the money should be given to states as loans rather than as outright grants...
...like [General Dwight D.] Eisenhower, who belonged to no camp and everyone wanted him." - Democratic House leader Steny Hoyer on Jones' political attractiveness (The Wall Street Journal, April...
...Cooper says he plans to vote for the measure, and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, who has always stood behind the Blue Dogs and isn't happy about the Senate's maneuver, will likely sign on reluctantly as well. But even with Barack Obama calling some of the Blue Dogs to get their support, not all of them have been convinced. "I don't believe this bill is the right medicine to cure the disease," says Rep. Jim Matheson, a Utah Democrat who co-chairs the Blue Dogs. "The Senate version is even worse. It's larded up with more...