Leader Race Heats Up

By John Bresnahan and Jennifer Yachnin
Roll Call Staff

Nov. 15, 2006, 12 a.m.

The race for House Majority Leader between Democratic Reps. Steny Hoyer (Md.) and John Murtha (Pa.) got nasty on Tuesday, as Murtha accused Hoyer’s allies of spreading allegations that he was corrupt while Murtha tried to tie Hoyer to President Bush’s policy on Iraq.

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Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), in co-sponsoring legislation aimed at promoting breast cancer education? The problem, according to leading breast cancer scientists and advocacy groups, is the bill would do more harm than good. Read Full Article