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» AMT Curb Is Wednesday’s Installment of House GOP Tax Cut Extension Drive, May 04, 2004 Republicans and Democrats will offer competing proposals on the House floor Wednesday to curb the impact of the alternative minimum tax (AMT) on middle-income families.
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» HOYER AND TURNER MEET WITH PUBLIC HEALTH GROUPS ON BIO-TERRORISM , May 04, 2004 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) and Representative Jim Turner (TX), Ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee, met with public health groups today to discuss our nation's preparedness for the threat of bio-terrorism. Representative Turner also introduced the RAPID Cures Act today which would develop a strategy to achieve a dramatic reduction in the timeframe required for the delivery of drugs and vaccines to counter pathogen threats for which we have no existing countermeasures.

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» U.S. House Deplores Mistreatment of Prisoners, May 04, 2004 President Bush's fellow Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives joined Democrats on Thursday in deploring the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners.
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» Soap Box Derby Gets Final OK, May 03, 2004 Aspiring young builders and racers were given a green light last week when the House and Senate passed resolutions to allow the 63rd annual Greater Washington Soap Box Derby to take place on the Capitol grounds.
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» Week of May 3, 2004, May 03, 2004 Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act, Conference Report on Republican Budget Resolution for FY 2005
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» Week of May 3, 2004, May 03, 2004 H. R. 4227 and H. R. 4181 ...
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» Hoyer: Mr. President, Our Mission Has Not Been Accomplished, April 30, 2004 “One year ago tomorrow, President Bush landed on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln amid great fanfare and proudly proclaimed – under a banner reading ‘Mission Accomplished’ – that major combat operations in Iraq had ended.
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» Democrats Offer Fiscally Responsible Marriage Penalty Tax Elimination, April 28, 2004 Statements from Hoyer and Rangel...
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» Denver Post: Stop Attacks on Kerry, April 28, 2004 It's time to end the sideshow created by attacks on Sen. John Kerry's Vietnam War record. It hardly seems possible that Dick Cheney can be leading the charge.
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» Hoyer marks Israel Independence Day, April 28, 2004 The U.S.-Israel partnership is "unbreakable," a top Democrat said on the eve of Israel's Independence Day.
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» Hoyer Smells Change, Victory in the Air, April 28, 2004 House Democrats are banking on what they believe is a growing desire among voters for change and Sen. John Kerry’s (D-Mass.) ability to win the presidential debate on national security in their quest to retake the chamber this cycle.
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» HOYER: GOP MARRIAGE PENALTY TAX BILL IS DIVORCED FROM FISCAL REALITY, April 28, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) made the following statement on the House Floor today in support of the fiscally responsible Democratic Marriage Penalty Elimination Bill, and in opposition of the irresponsible GOP bill that will contribute to the already out-of-control deficits:
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» REP. RANGEL TO OFFER MARRIAGE PENALTY BILL WITH TWICE AS MUCH TAX CUTS FOR MARRIED COUPLES AS REPUBLICAN BILL, April 28, 2004 Rep. Charles B. Rangel today made the following statement about competing marriage penalty relief proposals slated for House consideration today (A summary of Rep. Rangel’s alternative follows the statement)...
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» HOYER: GOP MARRIAGE PENALTY BILL WOULD DRIVE US FURTHER INTO DEBT, April 27, 2004 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) on the House Floor today denounced Republican tax policies that continue to pile debt onto taxpayers. House Democrats strongly support permanently eliminating the marriage penalty tax and will offer an alternative this week that is fully paid for and will help more families. The Republican bill will put almost $100 billion more debt on America’s children. The following is Representative Hoyer’s statement as prepared for delivery...

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» HOYER: RECOGNIZING ISRAEL’S INDEPENDENCE DAY, April 26, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in recognition of Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day:
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» New Report: Record Numbers of Jobless Workers Exhaust Benefits in March, April 26, 2004 CBPP report and Hoyer statement...
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» RECORD NUMBERS OF JOBLESS AMERICANS LOSE ASSISTANCE, April 26, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) demanded again today that Republican leaders extend federal unemployment benefits for out-of-work Americans in responding to a new Center on Budget and Policy Priorities report that showed a record 354,000 jobless workers exhausted their regular state unemployment benefits in March:
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» Week of April 26, 2004, April 26, 2004 Permanent extension of Marriage Penalty bill, Short-term extension of Transportation bill, Conference Report on Republican Budget Resolution for FY 2005
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» HOYER MEETS WITH VETERANS, April 23, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today following a meeting with almost a dozen veterans groups today:
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» Hoyer on Holocaust Remembrance at U.S. Capitol: History Compels Our Eternal Vigilance, April 22, 2004 Today, House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement after the U.S. Holocaust Museum’s National Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol:
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» HOYER STATEMENT ON PROTECTION OF VOTING RIGHTS IN CONGRESSIONAL CONTINUTITY LEGISLATION, April 22, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today praising the passage of a Democratic Motion to Recommit on the Continuity in Representation Act of 2003 (H.R. 2844), which ensured that the bill would not supercede existing civil rights and voting rights laws in the application of any special elections:

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» On Earth Day, Democrats Urge Republicans to Stop Turning Back the Clock on the Environment, April 22, 2004 Earth Day 2004...
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» ON EARTH DAY, RENEW COMMITMENT TO PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT, April 21, 2004 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in observation of the 34th celebration of Earth Day (April 22)...
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» Hoyer: Why is the Administration putting workers in its crosshair rather than proposing a real job creation plan?, April 20, 2004 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding new overtime regulations released by the Bush Administration...
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» Week of April 19, 2004, April 19, 2004 H.R. 2844 ...
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