"We are going to maintain our majority," Representative Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland, the majority leader, said.
"We're going to maintain our majority," Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the House majority leader, said in an interview.
The minority leader in the House who would probably become the speaker if Republicans win the majority, Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, remains largely unknown.
In fact, Hamas supports democracy, is the democratically elected majority representative of the Palestinian people and takes up arms solely within Palestine because there is no alternative against an illegal occupying power that confiscates its people's lands and destroys their livelihoods.
"Please make an emergency contribution of at least $39 — one dollar for every Democrat-held seat we need to win to elect a new Republican majority," Representative John A. Boehner, the House Republican leader, told supporters in a note titled "Final Notice".
"We are going to maintain our majority," Representative Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland, the House majority leader, declared when Mark Critz, a Democrat, beat his Republican opponent in the May race for the seat vacated by the death of Representative John P. Murtha, Democrat of Pennsylvania.
