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» Hoyer: President Bush Should Stop Making Excuses for Job Losses, and Offer a Real Job-Creation Plan, February 19, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding President Bush’s comments on the economy:
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» Hoyer: The Country Can’t Afford NOT to Provide Pay Parity, February 19, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to a recent Dear Colleague regarding the bipartisan principle of pay parity distributed to the press by Chairman Ernest Istook (R-OK):
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» Report on the South Capitol Gateway Project, February 19, 2004 WJLA ABC 7 News looks at the planned renovation of the South Capitol Street area...
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» Democrats Take Kentucky Special Election, February 17, 2004 Former state Attorney General Ben Chandler (D) won a convincing victory tonight over state Sen. Alice Forgy Kerr (R) in Kentucky's 6th district, handing House Democrats their first victory in a Republican held-seat in a special election since 1991.
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» For Hoyer, All Signs Point to Democratic Pickups, February 17, 2004 Pointing to hoped-for gains in upcoming special elections, renewed vigor in Texas House races and the nation’s evolving political mood, Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) is painting an ever-rosier political picture for House Democrats heading into the 2004 elections.
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» House Leadership of Congressional Fire Services Caucus Laments Cuts to Fire Grant Program, February 13, 2004 WASHINGTON, DC – The House leadership of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, led by House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD), sent a letter yesterday to President Bush urging him to reconsider his decision to significantly reduce funding for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.

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» Hoyer to America’s Workers: You may have a friend in Pennsylvania, but it isn’t President Bush, February 12, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to President Bush’s remarks on the economy in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania:
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» Hoyer: President’s Non-proliferation Effort Requires More Than Rhetoric, February 11, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement this afternoon in response to President Bush’s speech at the National Defense University on preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction:
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» 2005 White House Budget, February 10, 2004 Comprehesive Clearinghouse of Budget Analysis
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» Democrats Anticipate Momentum, February 10, 2004 Fresh off their annual retreat to plot election-year strategy, House Democrats for the first time in recent months believe they have a legitimate shot at narrowing the margin of their minority, sources throughout the Caucus indicate.
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» Hoyer Statement in Support of Federal Employee Protest on Capitol Hill Today, February 10, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in support of federal employees’ protest of Department of Defense personnel changes on Capitol Hill today:
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» Hoyer: Show Me State Asks President to “Show Me” the Jobs, February 09, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the President’s remarks on the economy in Springfield, Missouri:
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» Week of February 9, 2004, February 09, 2004 President Bush’s Fiscal Year 2005 Budget, H.R. 743 - Social Security Protection Act
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» Budgeting for Another Florida, February 08, 2004 President Bush has been spending money with reckless abandon, but he has found at least one place to economize: election reform.
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» Bush's Unified Government, February 08, 2004 In the 27 months since he lost the popular vote by half a million ballots and won a majority in the Electoral College only by the intervention of the U.S. Supreme Court, George W. Bush has become leader of a uniquely unified government.
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» HOYER: JOB MARKET STILL TOUGH, February 06, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) today released the following statement in response to the January national unemployment numbers announced this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
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» Hoyer: Keep Family and Medical Leave Act Intact, February 06, 2004 Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) today released the following statement in observance of the 11th anniversary of the passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act this week:
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» Steny's Mission, February 06, 2004 Reflecting the party's strategy for cementing the traditional Jewish-Democratic bond, Mr. Hoyer makes the case that while Israel is important to most Jews, it continues to be just one of many issues that shape their votes and their political activism.
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» HOYER ON PRESIDENT BUSH’S BUDGET CUTS, February 05, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to a new Center on Budget and Policy Priorities report that shows that President Bush’s Fiscal Year 2005 Budget contains larger cuts in domestic spending than has been previously reported:
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» Hoyer Statement on Committee on Standards of Official Conduct “Informal Fact-Finding” , February 05, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the announcement by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct late last night that it had initiated an “informal fact-finding” into allegations that Representative Nick Smith was offered bribes in return for a yea vote on the controversial Medicare Prescription Drug legislation in November 2003:

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» Hoyer: Administration’s Budget Language on Federal Employee Pay is Troubling, February 05, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding language in President Bush’s Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Analytical Perspectives (page 218) which states:
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» Bipartisan Majority of the House Votes to Extend Unemployment Benefits for Long-Term Unemployed, February 04, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed a Democratic amendment to the “Improving the Community Services Block Grant Act” (H.R. 3030) to authorize funding for a six-month extension of unemployment benefits.

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» Brad's Little Problem, February 04, 2004 In the Feb. 4 Roll Call, Nicole Duran reports that the refusal by Rep. Nick Smith, R-Mich., to "toe the party line on Medicare does not seem to be hurting his son's campaign to succeed him in Congress."
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» For the Record, February 04, 2004 House Democrats may file an ethics complaint if Republican congressional leaders do not open an investigation into whether bribes were offered to win passage of the Medicare prescription drug bill, House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (Md.) said.
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» Congressman Urges Vote-Buying Inquiry , February 03, 2004 A House Democratic leader said yesterday that he plans to press for an investigation by the chamber's ethics committee of alleged Republican vote-buying during deliberations on a new Medicare drug plan last November, threatening to end an informal agreement among lawmakers to refrain from triggering inquiries against one another.
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