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» Hoyer Calls the President's Speech on Iraq a Missed Opportunity, June 28, 2005
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight after President Bush spoke at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, regarding the war in Iraq:
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» Hoyer Introduces the Secure America's Vote Act, June 28, 2005
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement regarding the “Secure America’s Vote Act of 2005,” which he introduced today:
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» Talk of Social Security’s Solvency Gets Diluted as GOP Pushes Personal Accounts, June 28, 2005
The idea of securing Social Security’s solvency has been relegated to a sideshow as congressional Republicans focus on a proposal to create individual accounts from the program’s surplus.
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» The House Republicans' Shell Game on Social Security, June 28, 2005
Latest Republican Move is Just Another Attempt to Privatize Social Security and Fails to Do Anything on Solvency.
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» Hoyer, Bono Joint Statement on Grokster Ruling, June 27, 2005
House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) and Representative Mary Bono (R-CA) released the following statement today in response to the Supreme Court’s 9-0 decision in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.:
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» Week of June 27, 2005, June 27, 2005
Appropriations (Foreign Operations; Trasportation/Treasury/HUD), Water Resources Development Act
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» GOP Sounded the Alarm But Didn't Respond to It, June 24, 2005
For six months, Republicans have traveled the country as fiscal Paul Reveres, sounding the alarm about the coming collapse of Social Security.
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» Grassley not giving up on personal accounts, June 24, 2005
The idea of creating personal accounts for U.S. workers' Social Security taxes won't be axed until President Bush declares it dead, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley of Iowa said Wednesday.
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» House Won't Cut Public Broadcasting Funds, June 24, 2005
Public broadcasters turned back an effort to slash their federal subsidies by $100 million, but scores of education, labor and health programs still face cuts in the House.
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» Hoyer Calls on President Bush to Repudiate Rove's Vicious and Divisive 9/11 Remarks, June 24, 2005
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) made the following statement today on the House floor calling for President Bush to repudiate the remarks made by his chief political advisor Karl Rove:
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» Hoyer Statement on Karl Rove's Shameful Remarks, June 24, 2005
...his slash and burn track record speaks for itself...
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» Hoyer: Americans Won't Be Fooled by the Republican Social Security Shell Game, June 24, 2005
House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) made the following statement today at a press conference with members of the House Democratic leadership.
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» Panel wants equal pay raises for military, civilian employees, June 24, 2005
A key House committee reversed President Bush's fifth attempt to give unequal raises to military and civilian employees in a voice vote this week - a decision that the rest of Congress and the president likely will uphold.
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» Bipartisanship on Social Security Lacking, June 23, 2005
Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post from Steny Hoyer and Nancy Pelosi
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» Hoyer Statement on Karl Rove's Shameful Remarks, June 23, 2005
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding White House political strategist Karl Rove’s shameful comments last night:
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» Hoyer Statement on Karl Rove's Shameful Remarks, June 23, 2005
Hoyer Remarks on Karl Rove's Shameful Remarks
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» Hoyer: "Exhibit A" in Republicans' Misguided Priorities, Fiscal Recklessness on House Floor Today, June 23, 2005
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD), who also is a senior Member of the Appropriations Committee, made the following statement on the Floor today during consideration of the Fiscal Year 2006 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Bill:
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» Hoyer: 'Exhibit A' In Republicans' Misguided Priorities, Fiscal Recklessness, June 23, 2005
...the political party that exploits every opportunity to talk about the ‘Culture of Life’ virtually ignores and dismisses what I call the ‘Culture of the Living’...
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» Proposed federal anti-drug cuts decried, June 23, 2005
Local law enforcement officials decried Thursday huge budget cuts proposed by the Bush administration to a national network of drug-interdiction task forces, including one that provided more than $12 million to the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area this year.
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» Equal Raise for Civil Service Workers Sails Through House Panel, June 22, 2005
The House Appropriations Committee yesterday approved a 3.1 percent pay raise next year for civil service employees, continuing a long-standing practice of providing a raise equal to that planned for the military.
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» Hoyer and Blunt Honor Jack Valente on Capitol Hill, June 22, 2005
Majority Whip Roy Blunt (MO) and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) hosted a Capitol Hill lunch today in honor of Jack Valenti, former long-time Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Motion Picture Association of America. Earlier today, MPAA President and CEO Dan Glickman announced that the Association’s Washington, DC, headquarters would be dedicated as The Jack Valenti Building.
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» Hoyer: Republicans’ Latest “Plan” on Social Security Is a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, June 22, 2005
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this afternoon:
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» House Committee Moves Forward With Federal Employee Pay Parity, June 21, 2005
The full House Appropriations Committee included a Federal Employee Pay Parity amendment in the FY 2006 Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development bill today.
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» Hoyer Proposes Changes to Military Assistance to Egypt, June 21, 2005
House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) proposed an amendment today to the FY 2006 Foreign Operations Appropriations bill during the Full Committee markup, which would mirror a change adopted by the House International Relations Committee two weeks ago in the State Department Authorization bill.
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» Hoyer Statement on Intelligence Authorization Act , June 21, 2005
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the Intelligence Authorization Act:
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