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» REPS UDALL AND HOYER: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JOBS TARGETED FOR ELIMINATION, June 05, 2003 WASHINGTON - House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Representative Tom Udall (D-NM) and four other members of Congress sent a letter to Director-Designee of the Office of Management and Budget, Josh Bolton, today criticizing administration plans to hire private contractors at America's national parks and make it harder for federal employees to compete for their jobs.

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» DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE BILL TO SPEED TAX CREDIT TO WORKING FAMILIES, June 04, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) joined Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Rodney Alexander (D-LA) and other Democratic Members of Congress in introducing legislation to expand the refundable portion of the child tax credit that the Republican Leadership chose to leave out of their tax plan. This bill serves as companion legislation to Sen. Blanche Lincoln's (D-AK) Child Tax Bill and will speed efforts to provide the tax credit to more working families...

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» House Democrats Force GOP to Pull “Comp Time” Bill That Could Have Ended 40 Hour Work Week, June 04, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the GOP leadership announced that it would not consider the misnamed “Family Time Flexibility Act” (H.R. 1119) - otherwise known as “Comp Time” - on the Floor on Thursday, as originally scheduled...

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» HOYER STATEMENT ON SUBSTITUTE TO PARTIAL BIRTH BAN, June 04, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the Greenwood-Hoyer-Johnson substitute to the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban that is being debated on the House Floor. The statement is as prepared for delivery on the House Floor...
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» Hoyer’s No ‘Hammer,’ But Efforts Get Results, June 04, 2003 Tom DeLay (R-Texas) was dubbed “The Hammer” for his approach to rounding up votes when he served as Majority Whip. But the new chief nose-counter for House Democrats appears to be finding success with a much more understated approach to the job...
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» Congress may thwart FCC’s media ruling, June 03, 2003 Democratic lawmakers vowed to continue their fight against looser media ownership rules following the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision yesterday to press ahead with controversial deregulation...
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» DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE EXPANSION OF CHILD TAX CREDIT FOR LOW-INCOME WORKING FAMILIES, June 03, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) and members of the Democratic Caucus today announced that they would introduce legislation to counter the Republican tax bill, which excluded millions of working families from tax relief in the form of a child tax credit. The following is Rep. Hoyer’s statement as prepared for delivery...

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» Democrats Succeed in Pushing Republicans to Help the 8 million Unemployed American Workers, June 03, 2003 Statements by Hoyer and Rangel...
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» Hoyer Says Dems May Beat Back Comp Time Bill, June 03, 2003 House Minority Whip Hoyer suggested Monday that Democrats might be able to defeat a Republican bill allowing employees to take compensation time instead of paid overtime. House Republican leaders conducted a whip count on the legislation Monday, with an eye on Republicans from districts with a large union presence...
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» Hoyer-Greenwood Late Term Abortion Restriction Act on Floor as Substitute to Partial-Birth Ban, June 03, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today urging Members of Congress to support the Hoyer-Greenwood Late-Term Abortion Restriction Act (H.R. 809), which will be on the House Floor tomorrow as an amendment in the nature of a substitute to the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act (H.R. 760)...

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» STANDING WITH ISRAEL, June 03, 2003 Speech by Whip Hoyer to the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee on the Middle East conflict.
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» Hoyer: Congress Must Now Scrutinize FCC's New Media Ownership Rules, June 02, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the Federal Communications Commission voted to approve regulations governing media ownership...
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» Week of June 2, 2003, June 02, 2003 Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, Family Time Flexibility Act
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» House Democrats Unveil Fast-Acting, Responsible Plan to Jump Start the Economy and Create Jobs, May 27, 2003 Statements from Hoyer, Pelosi, Rangel...
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» What Do You Stand For?, May 23, 2003 WASHINGTON - House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer released the following statement regarding the Republican tax scheme that passed the House early this morning...
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» House Democrats Launch Discharge Petition on Unemployment Bill, May 22, 2003 Senate Counterparts See ‘Disconnect’ Over Debt-Limit Increase Braced for defeat on the tax-cut package, Democrats turned their attention Thursday to issues on which Republicans may be more vulnerable: unemployment and the deficit...
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» HOYER, MENENDEZ CONTINUE FIGHT AGAINST RUSH TO CHANGE FCC RULES, May 22, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) and House Democratic Caucus Chairman Bob Menendez (NJ) met today with numerous members of the media and entertainment industry and consumer interest groups who are opposed to the changes to media ownership rules expected to be made by the FCC on June 2...
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» REPUBLICANS CAVE TO DEMOCRATIC PRESSURE, May 22, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) and Representatives from states with high unemployment, including Rodney Alexander (LA), Chris Bell (TX), Tim Bishop (NY), and Darlene Hooley (OR), called today for a broader extension of unemployment assistance for out of work Americans. The following is Rep. Hoyer’s statement as prepared for delivery...

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» IMPEACH THE TREASURY SECRETARY?, May 21, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the Bush Administration’s request that Congress increase the statutory debt limit by $984 billion before May 28th to prevent the government from defaulting on its obligations...
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» With Main Street in Flames, the GOP Showers Easy Street With Tax Cuts, May 21, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer released the following statement in response to news reports that Republicans are close to a deal on a tax package...
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» HOYER LEADS DEMS IN CHALLENGING HARMFUL PROVISIONS IN DoD BILL, May 20, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) and senior members of the Democratic Caucus today questioned certain portions of the 2004 Department of Defense Authorization Bill, which contains extraneous and damaging provisions to the environment, civil service and nuclear policy...
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» Hoyer Sets Record Straight on Support for Veterans, May 20, 2003 WASHINGTON - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer released the following statement today objecting to Republican claims at a news conference this morning that their budget adequately funds programs for our veterans...
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» HOYER HITS REPUBLICANS ON DEBT LIMIT, May 19, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to a letter from the Treasury Department to Speaker Hastert warning that the United States will be unable to make $78 billion in payments to Social Security recipients, defense contractors and taxpayers awaiting refunds if Congress does not raise the debt limit by May 28...

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» Week of May 19, 2003, May 19, 2003 National Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year 2004, The Healthy Forests Restoration Act
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» DEMOCRATS MUST UNITE, FIGHT AND CONTINUE TO DO WHAT’S RIGHT, May 17, 2003 Oklahoma City, OK - House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer delivered the Oklahoma Democratic Party Convention’s Carl Albert Dinner Keynote Address in Oklahoma City, OK this Saturday, May 17th...
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