House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer is likening the current battle over whether to raise the debt ceiling to the 2008 bailout of Wall Street. Though he conceded that it may be a “bad analogy,” the ...

Rep. Steny Hoyer (Md.), the second-ranking House Democrat, said Tuesday that members should not “subject themselves to a political 30-second ad attack” by voting to raise the debt ceiling when ...

The U.S. Senate approved legislation on Thursday to temporarily raise the federal government's $28.4 trillion debt limit and avoid the risk of a historic default this month, but put off until ...

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer has joined President Obama in conceding that he blundered by voting against an increase to the government’s debt ceiling. “I have voted against the debt limit ...

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) argued Monday that Congress must raise the debt ceiling by midmonth or risk an economy-gutting government default.The exact date that the Treasury exh… ...

Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced that the House will return from recess on Tuesday to vote on the newly passed Senate bill that suspends the debt ceiling through December.

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer said he will secure Democratic votes for a debt-ceiling increase if Republicans make concessions.

The U.S. Senate approved legislation on Thursday to temporarily raise the federal government's $28.4 trillion debt limit and avoid the risk of a historic default this month, but put off until ...