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» THE DAILY DOSE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2009, August 26, 2009 The Obama administration updated its economic forecast in its mid-session budget review this morning. Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said Tuesday that a bipartisan health care reform bill being negotiated in his committee is even more essential given the $7 trillion to $9 trillion federal budget deficit projected over the next decade...

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» Hoyer Statement on Women’s Equality Day, August 26, 2009 America was founded on a promise of equality – a promise that we now understand applies not only to all men, but to all women.
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» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 26, 2009 This summer, Recovery Act funds were used to initiate 2,300 construction and rehabilitation projects at 359 military facilities across the Nation.
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» In Remembrance of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (1932-2009), August 26, 2009 Today, House Leaders joined President Obama in mourning the loss and remembering the legacy of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
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» Hoyer Statement on the Passing of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, August 26, 2009 Today, America mourns the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy. He was one of the most dynamic and influential legislators in our Nation's history, and his legacy will live on in the work of the colleagues he inspired, and in the lives of the millions of Americans for whom his passion for social justice made a difference.
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» THE DAILY DOSE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2009, August 25, 2009 Reform supporters are planning to hold more than 500 events between Wednesday and when lawmakers return to Washington Sept. 8, ranging from neighborhood organized phone banks to professionally staffed rallies with hundreds of people. Costs for employer-provided health plans are expected to rise more than 10 percent within the next 12 months, a jump workers may feel in their paychecks or through changes to their insurance coverage...

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» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 25, 2009 This summer, Recovery Act funds were used to create 125,000 summer youth jobs.
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» Hoyer Statement on Deficit Forecast, August 25, 2009 Today’s Mid-Session Review of the Budget confirms that Congress and the Administration must persist in their efforts to bring the deficit under control.
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» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 25, 2009 Beginning this summer, Recovery Act funds were used to create 125,000 summer youth jobs.
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» THE DAILY DOSE: MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2009, August 24, 2009 One of the most widely accepted arguments against a government medical plan for the middle class is that it would quash competition — just what private insurers seem to be doing themselves in many parts of the U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on Friday said there is no deadline for the House to vote on contentious legislation to overhaul the health-care system...

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» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 24, 2009 Beginning this summer, Recovery Act funds were used to hire or keep on the job approximately 5,000 law enforcement officers.
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» THE DAILY DOSE: FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 2009, August 21, 2009 President Obama said Thursday that he “would love to have more Republicans engaged” in the health care negotiations under way in Congress, but expressed doubt that a bipartisan compromise could be reached because he suspected the party’s leadership was intent on defeating his signature domestic priority. President Barack Obama, seeking to rally his base, accused Republican leaders Thursday of trying to block a health-care overhaul from the start and again threw his weight behind a government-run insurance plan...

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» Hoyer: America’s Small Businesses Need Health Reform, August 21, 2009 Welcome and thank you for joining us today to bring to light the many ways that health reform proposals under discussion in Congress will help small businesses who are today struggling to provide coverage for their employees.
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» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 21, 2009 Beginning this summer, Recovery Act funds were used to begin projects at 107 National Parks.
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» THE DAILY DOSE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2009, August 20, 2009 President Obama sought Wednesday to reframe the health care debate as “a core ethical and moral obligation,” imploring a coalition of religious leaders to help promote the plan to lower costs and expand insurance coverage for all Americans. The White House insisted today that it is still hoping for Republican support for health care reform...

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» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 20, 2009 Beginning this summer, Recovery Act funds allowed for improvements at 90 Veterans Medical Centers across 38 states.
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» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 20, 2009 Beginning this summer, Recovery Act funds allowed for improvements at 90 Veterans Medical Centers across 38 states.
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» THE DAILY DOSE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2009, August 19, 2009 The White House Office of Health Reform released a new report showing the incredible financial burden of rising health care costs and inadequate coverage on individuals and families. The White House on Tuesday denied that comments by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius were meant to signal that President Barack Obama is backing away from a public insurance option...

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» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 19, 2009 Beginning this summer, Recovery Act funds allowed for rehabilitation and improvement projects at 98 airports and over 1,500 highway locations throughout the country.
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» FAST FACT: News on the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, August 19, 2009 Beginning this summer, Recovery Act funds allowed for rehabilitation and improvement projects at 98 airports and over 1,500 highway locations throughout the country.
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» THE DAILY DOSE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2009, August 18, 2009 White House press secretary Robert Gibbs insisted Monday that there has been no change in President Barack Obama’s desire to see a public health insurance option be part of a healthcare bill. Several leading Democrats voiced concern Monday about an apparent White House shift on health-care reform, objecting to signals from senior administration officials that they would abandon the idea of a government-run insurance plan if it lacked the backing to pass Congress...

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» Hoyer Statement on Passing of Robert Novak, August 18, 2009 "Novak was a Washington institution, the author of a syndicated column that ran for four and a half decades, a familiar presence on television, and one of the nation’s most prominent conservative voices...
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» THE DAILY DOSE: MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2009, August 17, 2009
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» Today Marks Six-Month Anniversary of Recovery Act, August 17, 2009 House Leaders mark the six-month anniversary of the signing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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» In First Six Months, Recovery Act Has Positive Impact, August 17, 2009 When President Obama took office, we were facing the greatest economic crisis in a generation and the economy was on the verge of a second depression or great recession.
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