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» Hoyer Blasts Members, Lobbyists, June 24, 2004 Angered over last week’s vote on corporate-tax measure, Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) penned a stern letter Monday to his Caucus, chastising Democrats for voting against the party on a procedural vote — and blasting Republican business lobbyists for allegedly misrepresenting Democrats’ positions on the controversial bill.
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» HOYER: HOUSE SHOULD REJECT SHAM BUDGET ENFORCEMENT BILL, June 24, 2004 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) delivered the following statement on the House Floor today in opposition to the phony Republican budget “enforcement” bill, which does not apply “pay-as-you-go” provisions to spending and taxes. The Democratic alternative would return to the same “pay-as-you-go” rules that turned deficits into surpluses in the 1990s...

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» In a show of bipartisan support, House backs Bush pledge to Israel , June 24, 2004 A vote in Congress overwhelmingly backing President Bush’s diplomatic assurances to Ariel Sharon suggests bipartisan and Jewish unity — but a closer reading reveals some fissures between Democrats and Republicans, and among pro-Israel lobbyists.
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» Spratt Statement on the Spending Control Act, June 24, 2004 "Today the House will consider H.R. 4663, the Spending Control Act of 2004, and a number of amendments to it. Democrats support strong and effective budget enforcement rules, but this bill proposes one-sided Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules that likely would worsen the deficit rather than improve it. Some of the Republican amendments to be considered also include this flawed PAYGO provision, and furthermore include an entitlement cap proposal that would put important government services at risk...

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» The GOP Budget Trifecta, June 24, 2004 Congressional Republicans are on the brink of a truly remarkable three-stage abandonment of their tradition of fiscal responsibility.
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» Whip Hoyer Criticizes the House Republicans for Abandoning Pay-Go Rules, June 24, 2004 for the first time since 1974, it appears that Congress will not adopt a budget when the same political party controls the House, the Senate, and the White House... [TRANSCRIPT]
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» HOYER: ISRAEL RESOLUTION SUPPORTS PRINCIPLES FOR PEACE, June 23, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) spoke on the House Floor today regarding a bipartisan resolution he sponsored with House Majority Leader Tom DeLay:
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» HOYER: REPUBLICANS FLIP-FLOP ON PAYGO BY PROPOSING SHAM BILL, June 23, 2004 WASHINGTON DC – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD), House Budget Committee Ranking Democrat John Spratt (SC), and Blue Dog Coalition co-chairman and House Agriculture Committee Ranking Democrat Charlie Stenholm (TX) held a press conference today to denounce the sham Republican “pay-as-you-go” or budget “enforcement” bill scheduled for the House floor tomorrow, and also discuss the Democratic alternative.

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» REPUBLICANS STILL STALLED ON MAJOR TRANSPORTATION BILL, June 23, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer released the following statement today regarding the Republican failure to pass a major transportation bill that should have been completed last year. The House voted today to temporarily extend the authorization of federal transportation programs for the fourth time.
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» Congressional Leaders Call on President, Republican Leaders to Investigate Medicare Bill Allegations , June 22, 2004 In two letters sent today, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle, and other Congressional Leaders demanded a response from the President and the Republican leaders in Congress on allegations that the Medicare Chief Actuary was forced to withhold Medicare cost estimates from Congress last year. These allegations include charges that the Bush Administration violated federal law.

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» HOYER: GOP REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RAISING DEBT LIMIT , June 22, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer released the following statement criticizing the hypocritical back door manner in which House Republicans voted today to raise the debt limit:
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» Week of June 21, 2004, June 21, 2004 Defense Appropriations, Intelligence Authorization, Spending Control, Energy & Water Appropriations ...
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» Week of June 21, 2004, June 21, 2004 extension of Transportation Bill, and Budget Enforcement...
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» McConnell, Hoyer Eyeing $2M For Election Commission, June 18, 2004 Senate Majority Whip McConnell and House Minority Whip Hoyer said Thursday they are working to reprogram as much as $2 million in FY04 funding to boost the startup operations of the newly formed Election Assistance Commission.
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» Democrats Fight for a Tax Bill that Creates Jobs At Home, Not Abroad, June 17, 2004 Hoyer and Rangel statements, Washington Post article...
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» GOP’s ‘Energy Week’ in the House Running Out of Steam, June 17, 2004 Two of the five bills that were to highlight the GOP’s legislative response to high gas prices ran into unexpectedly strong opposition Wednesday. One was withdrawn and the other defeated.
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» HOYER: FSC/ETI CORPORATE TAX BILL IS A NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT, June 17, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer today spoke out on the House floor in strong opposition to the FSC/ETI corporate tax bill, which at $150 billion, is laden with corporate tax breaks, extenders and other sweeteners that have nothing to do with reforming international tax law. The following is Rep. Hoyer’s statement as prepared for delivery:

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» HOYER: REPUBLICAN REVOLUTION IS LONG DEAD, LONG GONE, June 17, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer released the following statement today strongly criticizing the restrictive process in which the House Republican leadership is permitting floor debate on the FSC/ETI corporate sales tax bill:
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» REP. RANGEL FLOOR STATEMENT ON REPUBLICAN BILL TO EXPORT AMERICAN JOBS AND SUMMARY OF DEMOCRATIC MOTION TO RECOMMIT, June 17, 2004 The Republican majority has been successful in winning the votes in order to get legislation passed. I don’t think that they have been successful in getting the American people to believe that they have been fair to the minority or fair to the working people or fair to the manufactures that create jobs here. I don’t think that they have been fair when it comes to having some sense of patriotism or some sense of pride in saying ‘Made in the USA’...

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» Statement of Charles B. Rangel and Democratic Substitute Summary, June 17, 2004 Rather than working in a broadly bipartisan manner to repeal and replace our country’s Foreign Sales Corporation – Extraterritorial Income export regime so the Europeans do not impose $4 billion per year in trade sanctions, Chairman Thomas has presented this Congress with a $150 billion bill that increases the deficit by over $34 billion. It is a $150 billion solution to a $4 billion problem...

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» Summary of the Thomas FSC/ETI Bill, June 17, 2004 The week of June 14th the House is considering H.R.4520, a modified version of H.R. 2896, Ways & Means Chairman Thomas’ bill to replace the FSC/ETI tax regime. GOP inaction on this matter prompted trade-related sanctions imposed by the European Union on a wide variety of US products...
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» H.R. 4585 THE FULL-SERVICE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ACT, June 16, 2004 The Full-Service Community Schools Act authorizes funding for full-service community schools, which are public elementary or secondary schools that coordinate multiple federal, state and/or local educational and social service programs through community-based organizations and public/private partnerships...
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» HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVES HOYER AMENDMENT ON PRISONER TORTURE, June 16, 2004 The Full House Appropriations Committee approved by voice vote today an amendment to the 2005 Defense Appropriations bill that was offered by House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) and that reaffirmed the U.S. policy against the use of torture.
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» DeLay Faces Democrat's Ethics Complaints , June 15, 2004 A Texas Democrat who saw his political career halted by the maneuverings of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and other Republicans filed multiple complaints with the House ethics committee Tuesday, accusing DeLay of "serious criminal acts."
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» DeLay to Be Subject of Ethics Complaint , June 15, 2004 A Democratic congressman plans to file a wide-ranging ethics complaint today against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), shattering the remnants of a seven-year-old, unwritten ethics truce between the two parties and possibly nudging the House back toward a brand of political warfare that helped topple two speakers.
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