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» Pelosi: '9/11 Bill Will Help Protect America and All Americans, December 07, 2004 House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this evening on the final version of the 9/11 intelligence reform bill, which passed the House by a vote of 336 to 75:
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» DEBACLE ON TAXPAYER PROVISION EPITOMIZES REPUBLICANS’ ABUSE OF PROCESS, December 06, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the House considered legislation directing the Clerk of the House to delete a provision from the Omnibus Appropriations Bill that could have given staff members of the Appropriations Committee broad access to Americans’ tax returns:

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» HOYER APPLAUDS IMMINENT PASSAGE OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PACKAGE, December 06, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement regarding the expected passage tonight of the Federal Employee Dental and Vision Benefits Enhancement Act of 2004, which enjoyed wide bipartisan support:
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» HOYER: WEAK JOB GROWTH SHOULD BE REPUBLICANS’ WAKE-UP CALL, December 03, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this morning regarding the disappointing November employment data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today:
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» Workers will still receive 3.5 percent raise, December 03, 2004 Legislation still is on track to implement a 3.5 percent average pay raise for federal civilian workers in 2005, despite a White House proposal to hold the increase to 2.5 percent.
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» EAC to Continue Pursuing Election Flaws, November 29, 2004 Meeting Tuesday for the first time since the Nov. 2 election, members of the Election Assistance Commission breathed a collective sigh of relief about the relatively smooth operation of this year’s Election Day — but they promised to do more in the coming year to improve the nation’s balloting system.
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» Budget Critics Say Furor Over Tax Provision Highlights Big Flaws in Process, November 25, 2004 The hasty and haphazard completion of nine overdue fiscal 2005 spending bills raised new appeals from lawmakers that Congress figure out a better way to enact its annual budget.
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» HOYER STATEMENT ON CONTROVERSIAL TAXPAYER PROVISION, November 24, 2004 WASHINGTON - House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer released the following statement today regarding the inclusion of a controversial provision which would have given certain Congressional staff access to taxpayers' tax returns in the massive 2005 Omnibus Appropriations Conference Report...
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» Statement of the Family Steering Committee on Stalled Intel Reform Bill, November 24, 2004 Last week, the American people saw Washington at its worst. Partisan politics, turf battles and status quo complacency took precedence over Congress's most fundamental and sacred obligation - to protect the citizens of this country against our enemies. America saw members of Congress sent scurrying home by Speaker Hastert, leaving unfinished the most important legislation of all - fixing the core problems that allowed 9/11 to happen.

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» 3.5% Raise for Federal Civilian Workers Makes Spending Bill , November 21, 2004 Congressional negotiators reached agreement yesterday on a spending package that provides a 3.5 percent raise for federal civilian employees, more than double that sought by President Bush.
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» House panel plans hearings on Nov. 2 voting problems, November 21, 2004 Problems at the polls and allegations of other irregularities in the Nov. 2 election are gaining serious attention in the nation's capital.
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» 9/11 CONFEREE MENENDEZ REACTS TO HOUSE REPUBLICAN DECISION TO PULL INTELLIGENCE BILL, November 20, 2004 WASHINGTON, DC -- House Democratic Caucus Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ), a conferee on the 9/11 Conference Committee, today made the following statement in response to the House Republican leadership’s decision to pull the National Security Intelligence Reform Act of 2004...
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» House Republicans Scuttle Bipartisan Intelligence Reform, November 20, 2004 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives adjourned without enacting the intelligence reform conference report...
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» House Republicans Scuttle Bipartisan Intelligence Reform, November 20, 2004 Statements from the Democratic Leaders...
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» Pelosi: ‘Republican Inability to Pass 9/11 Bill a Staggering Failure’, November 20, 2004 Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this afternoon on the failure of the Republican Congress to enact the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission...
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» Statement of Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton, former Chair & Vice Chair of the Nat. Comm. on Terrorist Attacks Upon U.S., November 20, 2004 Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton, former Chair and Vice Chair of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9-11 Commission) today released the following statement...
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» HOYER ON DEBT LIMIT:, November 19, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight regarding the raising of the debt limit for the third time in three years:
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» BUSH ADMINISTRATION ALREADY RETREATING FROM CAMPAIGN PROMISE ON TAX REFORM, November 18, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this morning concerning tax reform and simplification:
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» Democrats Blast New GOP Rule, November 18, 2004 House Republicans changed their Conference rules Wednesday to allow indicted party leaders and committee chairmen an opportunity to remain in their posts, even as Democrats moved to toughen their own internal guidelines on the subject.
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» House Republicans Act to Protect DeLay, November 18, 2004 Emboldened by their election success, House Republicans changed their rules yesterday to allow Majority Leader Tom DeLay (Tex.) to keep his post even if a grand jury indicts him, and Senate GOP leaders continued to weigh changing long-standing rules governing filibusters to prevent Democrats from blocking President Bush's most conservative judicial nominees.

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» HOYER: REPUBLICANS’ INCREASE OF DEBT LIMIT IMMORAL, November 18, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in anticipation of a House vote to raise the limit on the amount of debt America can incur:
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» Analysis: Cracks in the GOP power facade, November 17, 2004 Although the Republican leadership in the House and Senate has been emboldened by the gains made in the Nov. 2 election, cracks are begging to show in the veneer of party invulnerability that GOP leaders sought to promote over the last two weeks.
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» DEMOCRATIC WHIP STENY HOYER ON RE-ELECTION TO HIS LEADERSHIP POST, November 17, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the Members of the Democratic Caucus unanimously re-elected him to serve as the Whip, the Party’s second-ranking leadership position:
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» House Democrats Endorse Their Leadership, November 17, 2004 Despite losing seats Nov. 2, House Democratic leaders said Wednesday their caucus is energized and ready to confront the Republican majority in the new Congress.
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» HOYER: REPUBLICANS SELL SOUL TO STAY IN POWER, November 17, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement in response to a rules change approved by the House Republican Conference that will allow leaders indicted by a state grand jury to continue to serve:
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