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“The Congress I entered in 1981 was somewhat different,” Hoyer said. “Most Republicans and Democrats worked together in a collegial, productive way. The leaders of the House, Tip O’Neill and Bob Michael, fostered that environment. It was, of course, not a Congress without conflict.”

“I fear that America is heading not toward greatness, but toward smallness, pettiness, divisiveness, and loneliness,” he added.

A recent poll from the Napolitan News Service, conducted online by Scott Rasmussen with fieldwork by RMG Research, Inc., found Republicans leading Democrats by four percentage points on the generic congressional ballot.

The survey focused primarily on voter preferences ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

“If the election were held today, would you vote for the Republican from your district or the Democrat from your district?”