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Article: Veteran Congressmen tussle for House majority leader position.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
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- November 15, 2006
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Byline: Chris Mondics
WASHINGTON _ One is an old bull of the Democratic Party dogged by charges of ethical missteps while the other raised prodigious sums for colleagues to put his leadership campaign over the top.
Thursday's election for House majority leader pits Rep. John P. Murtha, the longest serving member of Congress from Pennsylvania and an icon of Iraq war opponents, against Rep. Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland, a polished political operative who's also the party's biggest fundraiser.
While the tussle isn't likely to derail the Democrats' program, it has cast a pall over their post-election euphoria and become a public relations setback for ...