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U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Mechanicsville) easily won re-election to the House Majority Leader post on Tuesday after a closed door huddle in the Cannon caucus room on Capital Hill.

Hoyer, who is serving his 14th term in Congress, was elected to the position in 2006 after Democrats won control of the U.S. House.

SEVERNA PARK -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Mechanicsville) predicted Sunday that Democrats could pick up over 30 House seats, but said getting 60 seats in the Senate would be difficult.

"I think that's a tough road," Hoyer told PolitickerMD.com following a stump speech for 1st Congressional District candidate Frank Kratovil (D-Stevensville). "We're certainly gonna pick up five or six."

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Mechanicsville), who represents Maryland's 5th Congressional District, reported $384,265 in total contributions in the third fundraising quarter and has $1,535,962.11 cash on hand, according to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission.

His opponent, Republican Collins Bailey, has not filed his 3rd quarter earnings yet.

Ron Paul: Politicker.com PhotoCOLLEGE PARK -- U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) dropped into Maryland Thursday to show his support for five of Maryland's Republican Congressional candidates. The event -- designed to raise cash for the candidates' campaigns -- was held at the Comcast Center at the University of Maryland in College Park.

Paul, who made an unsuccessful bid for president in 2008, says a lot of enthusiasm resulted from the campaign.

Ron Paul (R-Texas) will publicly endorse Maryland's Republican candidates for U.S. House at a fundraiser on Thursday.

Each candidate has been invited to speak at the rally. Richard Matthews (MD-2), Peter James (MD-4), Collins Bailey (MD-5) and Mike Hargadon (MD-7) have all confirmed.

Congressman Ron Paul will headline a rally and fundraiser this Thursday night, October 9th, at the Comcast Center at the University of Maryland in College Park.

The Maryland Congressional delegation voted 7 to 1 on Friday in favor of a revised economic recovery bill.

The U.S. Senate added provisions and voted on an updated rescue bill Wednesday, after the U.S. House failed to pass a $700 billion bailout package for the financial sector on Monday.

Congress passed the revised bill on Friday 263 to 171.

Continue reading to see how each member of the Maryland delegation voted on the revised version of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Mechanicsville) says John McCain made no substantive contribution during Thursday's closed-door White House meeting.

"He didn't speak for more than one minute," said Hoyer during an interview with MSNBC's Nora O'Donnell on Friday.

He may not know it, but Majority Leader Steny Hoyer left a netroots-er in Colorado somewhat impressed.

Barack Obama, right with adviser David Axelrod, tours Invesco Field before his speech there Wednesday night: Getty Images PhotoDENVER - U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Mechanicsville) says that if Barack Obama is to successfully deliver his acceptance speech for the Democratic presidential nomination, he needs to demonstrate that he can take America forward.

“I think Barack Obama has to show the American public where he wants to take this country,” the 5th District Democrat told PolitickerMD.com. “The policies he wants to promote in order to make the lives of average working people in this country better.”

He continued “At the same time I think it’s going to be very inspirational and appeal to the best of America and say that -- as he says all the time -- ‘I want to have this country be not what it is but what we think it ought to be.'”