Maryland: Hoyer

With voters and financial markets increasingly worried about an explosion of federal debt, President Barack Obama will stage an event at the White House this afternoon. The purpose: to advertise his concern and let the public know he intends to...

ALERT--CITIZEN ACTIVISTS CAN DISCUSS THIS AT THE BOATYARD TOMORROW AT 9 AM PROMPTLY AFTER WE HOLD OUR HOUR DISCUSSION WITH CHRIS FOX....Aldermen Hoyer and Shropshire, almost assuredly with backing from the mayor, are trying to push our upcoming elections back a year, thus ensuring Ellen "O" Moyer will remain in office another year as well. This is real. This is not a test. It is an actual emergency. You are instructed to read this, reflect upon it and freak out...now. Call your alderman. Write a letter to the editor. It goes to first reader on Monday night. Luckily for Moyer, Hoyer and Shropshire, I'll be away that night.

Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland is already a point person in the House on overhauling the nation's health care system, the biggest domestic policy initiative of the Obama administration. Soon, he could be grabbing another tough problem: fixing the...