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» Democrats decry Republican tactics in marathon vote, December 09, 2003 Angry House Democrats, still smarting over extraordinary parliamentary maneuvers that Republicans used last month to pass the Medicare bill President Bush signed Monday, sought to upstage Bush's big moment by taking to the floor to embarrass the House leadership.
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» Hoyer Calls for Ethics Investigation of Smith’s Bribery Allegations, December 09, 2003 Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (Md.), the second highest-ranking House Democrat, on Monday called for the ethics committee to investigate whether Republican lawmakers tried to bribe Rep. Nick Smith (R-Mich.) to vote in favor of the Medicare bill.
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» HOYER ON JANKLOW DECISION TO RESIGN, December 09, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the announcement by Rep. William Janklow (R-SD) that he plans to resign from Congress on January 20. Congressman Janklow’s announcement came one hour after a jury found him guilty of felony manslaughter...
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» Medicare and the Prescription Drug Bill, December 09, 2003 A Comprehensive guide to the Democrats stance on the Medicare Conference report.
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» Probe Sought in Claim Of Medicare-Vote Bribe, December 09, 2003 The House's second-ranking Democrat yesterday called for an ethics investigation into a Michigan congressman's assertion that unnamed GOP colleagues offered $100,000 for his son's congressional campaign if the lawmaker would vote for a contentious Medicare bill.
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» 2003: Democrats Fight for America's Working Families, Republicans Serve Special Interests, December 08, 2003 Year end reports.
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» HOUSE APPROVES SIGNIFICANT ELECTION REFORM FUNDING AND 4.1% PAY ADJUSTMENT FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, December 08, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in praise of the inclusion of $1.5 billion in funding for election reform and a 4.1 percent pay raise for federal employees in the Fiscal Year 2004 Omnibus Appropriations Conference Report.

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» HOUSE APPROVES SIGNIFICANT ELECTION REFORM FUNDING AND 4.1% PAY ADJUSTMENT FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, December 08, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in praise of the inclusion of $1.5 billion in funding for election reform and a 4.1 percent pay raise for federal employees in the Fiscal Year 2004 Omnibus Appropriations Conference Report. Representative Hoyer voted against the bill for unrelated provisions...

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» Hoyer Expresses Outrage Over Republican Tactics During the Medicare Prescription Drug Vote, December 08, 2003 There are many of you who are new to this House who do not know its history. And don't know perhaps the words of your side of the aisle...
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» HOYER JOINS SENIORS IN RALLY AGAINST REPUBLICAN PRESCRIPTION DRUG BILL, December 08, 2003 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement at a rally with other Members of Congress and seniors in opposition to the Republican prescription drug bill that the president signed into law today:
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» HOYER ON REPUBLICAN FAILURE ON JOBS:, December 08, 2003 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) made the following statement today on the Floor of the House of Representatives regarding the Republican Leadership’s decision to leave for the year without extending the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation (TEUC) program despite persistently slow job growth and high unemployment:
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» HOYER: OMNIBUS SUBVERTS THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE’S CONGRESS, December 08, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) this afternoon spoke out on the House Floor in opposition to the Republican FY 2004 Omnibus Appropriations Bill.
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» Republicans End Extension of Unemployment Insurance Despite Stubborn Unemployment, December 08, 2003 The Leadership of this House, breathes life back into the spirit of Ebenezer Scrooge, and for the second year in a row, ignores the plight of America's unemployed during the holiday season... [TRANSCRIPT]
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» Hoyer: Slight Increase in Jobs Is No Reason to Pronounce “Mission Accomplished”, December 05, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this morning regarding November’s unemployment report and the Bush Administration’s failure to articulate a plan to create jobs for American workers:
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» Test Encoding, December 05, 2003 Watch Video
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» HOYER LAUDS COLORADO DECISION REBUKING GOP EFFORT TO REDRAW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS, December 01, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this morning regarding the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision today invalidating new Congressional Districts redrawn by the state’s Republican legislature:
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» Amid successes, GOP-led Congress leaves stubborn issues unresolved, November 28, 2003 The congressional year ends with the future of President Bush's vaunted energy bill uncertain and no decision on how to fix the nation's crumbling highways or avoid a looming trade war with Europe. With Republicans in control of the White House and both houses of Congress, it wasn't supposed to be this hard.
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» HOYER ASSAILS REPUBLICAN DECISION TO UNDERMINE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, November 25, 2003 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement today regarding the announcement that the House and Senate Republican leadership have agreed to include a provision in the Transportation, Treasury conference report that would undo fair competition processes for federal employees and weaken federal worker protections.

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» Burning Down the House, November 24, 2003 Just before dawn today, House Republicans stole a 'victory' on the Medicare Conference Report, and it came at the expense of America's seniors...
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» Lincoln's effort to offer child tax credit to low-income families stalled, November 23, 2003 Collecting dust atop a desk in the office of House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., is a laptop computer displaying a digital clock.
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» After Criticizing Jim Wright in '87, GOP Used His Tactic, November 22, 2003 In the pre-dawn partisan tumult after the extended Medicare vote, Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., took to the microphones to liken the situation to one 16 years before — an instance that remains one of the formative moments of the House's current political dynamic.
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» Arm-Twisting Produces GOP Victory as House Adopts Medicare Conference Report, November 22, 2003 It took intensive lobbying by President Bush and House Republican leaders, combined with the longest floor vote on record, to pull off House passage early Saturday morning of the most significant Medicare overhaul in the program's 38-year history.
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» Medicare Bill's Outrage, November 21, 2003 Whip Hoyer expresses his outrage over the Democrats being left out of the Medicare Conference, and the lack of time for Democrats to even read the Medicare Bill... [TRANSCRIPT]
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» Hoyer Speaks on Election Reform so that 2000 is Not Repeated, November 20, 2003 ...November 2, 2004, the American people will again go to the polling places and every state in this nation and exercise the most fundamental right in any democracy... [TRANSCRIPT]
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» HOYER: MEDICARE BILL IS A BLATANT BETRAYAL OF SENIORS, November 19, 2003 WASHINGTON D.C. – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) today joined members of the American Nurses Association at a press conference in voicing opposition to the Republican Medicare bill, which undermines the protections Medicare provides for America’s seniors, leaves a glaring gap in coverage, and could result in higher drug prices for the elderly.

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