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» In Major Budget Victory for Democrats, and Embarrassment for Republicans - Democratic Motion on 2004 Budget Passes House, April 08, 2003 Statements by Hoyer, Spratt; also background analysis.
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» REPUBLICANS AND RED INK, April 08, 2003 This week, the House and Senate are expected to consider the 2004 Budget Conference Report (H Con Res 95). Once Congress adopts a conference report on its fiscal year 2004 budget resolution, the House is deemed to have passed a stand-alone bill to increase the debt limit and the issue is immediately kicked to the Senate. This means that if the House and Senate clear the 2004 Budget this week, Congress could send the President a bill to increase the nation’s debt limit before leaving for Spring recess – and a vote wouldn’t even be required...

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» Hoyer: Job Losses Continue to Pile Up As the American Economy Continues to Flounder, April 04, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Labor reported that employers cut 108,000 jobs from their payrolls in March...
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» In the Face of Sure Defeat, GOP Tries to Turn a Sow’s Ear Into a Silk Purse, April 02, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following today in an effort to set the record straight in the face of Republicans spinning themselves into a fury to justify their remarkable turnaround on the motion to instruct on the fiscal year 2004 budget yesterday...
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» THIN SKIN, SHORT MEMORIES PLAGUE GOP LEADERS, April 02, 2003 With the United States now at war to disarm Saddam Hussein, some Republicans continue to question the patriotism of anyone who has the audacity to challenge the Bush Administration’s foreign policy...
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» Democrats Win Budget Vote in House, April 01, 2003 WASHINGTON – In a major victory for Democrats, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed 399-22 a motion offered by U.S. Rep. John Spratt (D-SC) to reject deep cuts in the House Republican budget. The following is a statement by Rep. Spratt...
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» House Democrats Defeat Inadequate Republican Small Pox Compensation Fund Legislation Opposed by Nurses, Fire Fighters, April 01, 2003 Statements by Hoyer, Capps.
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» House Passes Democratic Motion on the Budget Resolution, April 01, 2003 The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a Democratic motion to instruct conferees on House Concurrent Resolution 95, the Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2004. The motion, offered by U.S. Rep. John Spratt (D-SC), was approved 399-22. The following is a fact sheet on the motion...
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» Hoyer: In Major Win for Democrats, House GOP Walks Away from Its Own Budget, April 01, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after House Republicans switched from opposition to the Democratic motion to instruct conferees on the fiscal year 2004 budget to support in the middle of debate on the Floor...
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» Capps Joins First Responders to Call for Fair Smallpox Vaccine Bill, March 31, 2003 In an effort to bolster the lagging smallpox vaccination among nurses and other first responders, Congresswoman Lois Capps today joined senior members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to call for swift passage of a fair and adequate smallpox vaccine compensation package
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» Democrats Fight Against Republican Budget that Fails Miserably to Invest in America's Priorities, Economy, March 31, 2003 Statements by Hoyer and Capps.
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» HOUSE GOP BUDGET: TAKING A WALK OFF THE DEEP END, March 31, 2003 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) and House Democratic leaders today denounced the reckless and damaging Republican budget resolution and promoted a motion to instruct the budget conferees to reject cuts in education, healthcare, and veterans’ programs. The following is Congressman Hoyer’s statement as prepared for delivery...

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» Hoyer: Republican Majority Shutting Down Democratic Debate Again on Small Pox Compensation Fund, March 31, 2003 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement today regarding the House Republican Leadership’s refusal to allow a Democratic alternative to H.R. 1463, the Small Pox Vaccination Compensation Fund Act ...
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» The American-Israel Relationship: An Unbreakable Bond, March 30, 2003 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer spoke on Sunday, March 30 to leaders of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee who were in Washington this week for their annual policy conference...
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» HOYER, OBERSTAR, AIRLINES MEET TO DISCUSS CONGRESSIONAL RESPONSE TO INDUSTRY’S WOES, March 27, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) and Transportation Committee Ranking Member Jim Oberstar (MN) meet with representatives of the airline companies today to discuss government assistance to the airline industry. Representatives DeFazio and Lipinski also participated in the meeting...

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» Hoyer: Senate Vote Could be the Death-Knell for Bush Tax Plan, March 25, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement today regarding the Senate vote to cut the Bush tax plan in half...
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» Hoyer: Democratic Unity on Budget is a Sign of Good Things to Come, March 21, 2003 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement today regarding the votes in the U.S. House last night on the 2004 Republican Budget Resolution and the Democratic alternative...
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» House Democratic Whip Hoyer Says Nation Stands United Behind Our Troops, March 20, 2003 Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), the House Democratic Whip, released the following statement today regarding our military efforts to disarm Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein...
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» Spratt Statement on FY04 House Democratic Budget Resolution, March 20, 2003 U.S. Rep. John Spratt (D-SC) today issued the following statement on the House Democratic budget, which he will offer tonight on the House floor...
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» Democratic Whip Hoyer: Republicans Calling Daschle Comments Partisan Are Hypocritical, March 19, 2003 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to criticism by Republican leaders of Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle...
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» HOYER AND DEMOCRATIC LEADERS RIP REPUBLICAN BUDGET “ALBATROSS”, March 19, 2003 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) and House Democratic leaders today announced the House Democratic budget alternative, which safeguards domestic programs, creates jobs, and protects the Social Security and Medicare trusts. Rep. Hoyer criticized the reckless and damaging Republican budget resolution released by the House Republican Budget Committee...

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» Democrats Protest Closed Rules in the House, March 17, 2003 Just three months into the 108th Congress, House Democrats are already reaching the height of frustration with the GOP majority and are putting in place a long-term strategy to hit back at Republicans for muzzling their views...
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» HOYER RESPONDS TO PRESIDENT BUSH’S SPEECH ON IRAQ, March 17, 2003 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight in response to the president’s speech on Iraq...
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» WAGGING TONGUES, March 17, 2003 The Republican Budget Resolution that will be on the House Floor this week would slash funding for crucial domestic priorities in virtually every area – education, veterans’ health care, the environment and research, to name a few – to pay for the President’s $1.4 trillion tax plan. Furthermore, this GOP Budget Resolution requires nearly every authorizing committee to cut direct spending within its jurisdiction by its pro-rated share of mandatory spending, including funding for Medicare, Medicaid, school lunches, and veterans’ health care. Cuts to mandatory spending would total $470 billion over the next decade if Republicans enact a $400 billion prescription drug plan.

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» House GOP Budget is Even Worse Than the Bush Budget!, March 14, 2003 Late in the evening of March 11, the House Budget Committee – on a party-line vote of 24 to 19 – voted out a House GOP budget resolution...
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