Elected May 1981 Born: June 14, 1939, New York, NY Home: Mitchellville Education: U. of MD, B.S. 1963, Georgetown U., J.D. 1966 Religion: Baptist Marital Status: widowed

Career:

• Elected Office: MD Senate, 1966-78, Pres., 1975-78.
• Professional: Practicing atty., 1966-80; MD Bd. of Higher Educ., 1978-81.

DC Office: 1705 LHOB 20515, 202-225-4131; Fax: 202-225-4300; Web site: www.house.gov/hoyer

State Offices: Greenbelt, 301-474-0119; Waldorf,301-843-1577.

Committees:

• Democratic Steering Committee Co-Chair
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• Appropriations (5th of 29 D): Labor, HHS & Education; The Legislative Branch; Treasury, Postal Service & General Government (RMM).
• House Administration (RMM of 3 D).

Group Ratings
	ADA	ACLU	AFS	LCV	CON	ITIC	NTU	COC	ACU	NTLC	CHC
2000	80	86	85	79	69	65	23	47	12	15	13
1999	90	--	100	69	73	--	14	20	8	--	--

National Journal Ratings
	1999 LIB	--	1999 CONS		2000 LIB	--	2000 CONS
Economic	71%	--	28%		75%	--	24%
Social	79%	--	20%		91%	--	6%
Foreign	74%	--	23%		58%	--	40%

Key Votes of the 106th Congress
1. Patient Bill of Rights Y 2. Accelerate Min. Wage Y 3. Strike Ban on Ergo. Stnd. Y 4. Ovrd. Estate Tax Veto N 5. Bar RU-486 $ for FDA N 6. Display 10 Commandments N		7. Gun Show Bkgrnd. Checks Y  8. Ban Part.-Birth Abortion N  9. NATO War in Serbia Y 10. Perm. Trade with China Y 11. Debt Relief for 3rd World Y 12. Drop Cuba Econ. Embargo N

Election Results
2000 general	Steny H. Hoyer (D)	166,231	(65%)
	Tim Hutchins (R)	89,019	(35%)
2000 primary	Steny H. Hoyer (D)	46,599	(81%)
	Bruce M. Ross (D)	11,163	(19%)
1998 general	Steny H. Hoyer (D)	126,792	(65%)
	Robert B. Ostrom (R)	67,176	(35%)

Campaign Finance
2000	Receipts	Receipts from PACs	Expenditures
Steny H. Hoyer (D)	$1,259,484	$796,089	$1,268,702
Tim Hutchins (R)	$77,202	$5,500	$64,208