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» DEMOCRATS LOOK TO STRENGTHEN SOCIAL SECURITY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY, January 10, 2005 Social Security Floor Feature
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» HOYER: APPOINTMENTS TO TAX REFORM PANEL ARE A STEP FORWARD, January 07, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding President Bush’s appointment of former U.S. Senators Connie Mack (FL) and John Breaux (LA) to head a bipartisan tax reform panel:
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» HOYER: NATION’S CHILDREN STILL WAITING FOR REPUBLICANS TO FULFILL PROMISE, January 07, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the third anniversary of the signing of the "No Child Left Behind Act" tomorrow (January 8):
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» GOP Shifts Gears on Ethics Rule, January 05, 2005 House Republicans opened a new session of Congress yesterday by pushing through a new rule curtailing the ways ethics investigations can be launched, a day after they retreated on two other ethics moves.
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» House Ethics Inquiries to Be Less Likely, January 05, 2005 A new rule, backed by GOP leaders, would require the vote of a fellow party member before a lawmaker could be investigated.
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» House votes to relax internal ethics rules, January 05, 2005 The House yesterday loosened its internal ethics guidelines by voting to make it more difficult for ethics probes to be launched against members of Congress.
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» Hoyer Offers to Open Discussions on How Raises Are Determined , January 05, 2005 Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), one of the architects of today's white-collar pay system for federal workers, told the Bush administration yesterday that he is ready to discuss a different way of setting annual pay raises.
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» Democrats Protest Republicans' Weakening Of Ethics Standards, January 04, 2005 Ethics Issues Floor Feature
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» HOYER APPOINTS TANNER AND DEGETTE AS CHIEF DEPUTY WHIPS, January 04, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) announced today that he has appointed Representatives John Tanner (TN) and Diana DeGette (CO) as Chief Deputy Whips, which makes them part of the Democratic Leadership and of the senior team of Democratic whips.
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» HOYER ASSAILS REPUBLICAN WEAKENING OF HOUSE’S ETHICS STANDARDS, January 04, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) today spoke on the House Floor in opposition to Republicans’ weakening of the House’s ethical standards. The following is Representative Hoyer’s statement as prepared for delivery:
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» Hoyer Assails Republican Weakening Of House's Ethics Standards, January 04, 2005 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) today spoke on the House Floor in opposition to Republicans’ weakening of the House’s ethical standards. The following is Representative Hoyer’s statement as prepared for delivery:
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» HOYER CALLS ON PRESIDENT BUSH TO PRESENT ALTERNATIVE ON FEDERAL EMPLOYEE PAY , January 04, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) today sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget Deputy Director Clay Johnson III offering to discuss with the Bush Administration any alternative federal employee pay proposals. Representative Hoyer was the lead sponsor of the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act, which currently governs federal employee pay.

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» Rigging the Rules, January 02, 2005 GOP drive in nation's capital and Texas to shield DeLay shows contempt for ethics in government and the impartial rule of law.
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» STATEMENT OF WHIP STENY HOYER ON THE PASSING OF REP. ROBERT MATSUI, January 02, 2005 WASHINGTON - House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer released the following statement today...
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» BLUNT, HOYER REVIEW PREPARATIONS FOR IRAQI, PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS, December 16, 2004 House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) and House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (Md.) led a congressional delegation to the Middle East to assess ongoing preparations for the upcoming national elections in Iraq and the Palestinian Authority.
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» Democratic Leaders Call on President Bush to Address Tax Simplification Now, December 16, 2004 The House Democratic Leadership released the following letter to President Bush on the need to act now on tax simplification. The President is meeting with his advisors today on the economy.
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» Democratic Leaders Call on President Bush to Address Tax Simplification Now, December 16, 2004 Tax Simplification Statement
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» Administration’s “Economic Summit” Emphasizes Cheerleading Rather Than Dialogue, December 15, 2004 Statement from Whip Hoyer
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» Hoyer: Administration’s “Economic Summit” Emphasizes Cheerleading Rather Than Dialogue, December 15, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the Bush Administration’s two-day “economic summit,” which is focusing on issues such as tax reform and Social Security:
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» Party Unity Vote Study: Votes Echo Electoral Themes, December 11, 2004 Madison Avenue would call it “building brand identity.” In a tightly contested election year, Republicans and Democrats used the machinery of Congress and their members’ votes to polish their images with voters and distinguish themselves from the competition.
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» WHIP HOYER APPLAUDS NOMINATION OF SAMUEL BODMAN FOR ENERGY SECRETARY, December 10, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding President Bush’s nomination of Samuel Bodman for Energy Secretary:
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» Democrats Hail Passage of 9/11 Intelligence Reform Bill, December 08, 2004 Intelligence Reform Floor Feature
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» Groups seek to address voting troubles, December 07, 2004 Despite President Bush's clear margin of victory in the 2004 presidential race, voting and civil rights advocates say the election did not go as smoothly as Americans might think.
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» HOYER STATEMENT ON 9/11 INTELLIGENCE REFORM, December 07, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer released the following statement today regarding House passage of the 9/11 Intelligence Reform bill:
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» MENENDEZ HAILS PASSAGE OF 9/11 BILL, December 07, 2004 Rep. Bob Menendez, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus and a conferee on the 9/11 bill, today made the following statement on passage of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, following months of negotiations. The bill passed by a vote of 336 to 75.
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