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» THE DAILY LEADER: TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2009, June 15, 2009 Suspensions, Conference Report on H.R. 2346 – Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009, Begin Consideration of H.R. 2847 – Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
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» President Obama Speaks to the American Medical Association, June 15, 2009 Today, President Obama spoke to the American Medical Association (AMA) about the urgent need to enact comprehensive health care reform.
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» Hoyer Statement on President’s Speech to AMA on Health Care Reform, June 15, 2009 Today, the President addressed a key organization representing those on the front lines of the health care system about the need for comprehensive reform that contains costs, guarantees choice for consumers and expands access to quality care.
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» Given Senate Gun Language, Hoyer Says Bill to Grant House Voting Rights for District Won’t Happen This Year, June 15, 2009 Legislation to grant voting rights in the House of Representatives to the District of Columbia probably won’t come to the House floor this year, Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer indicated June 9.
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» THE DAILY DOSE: MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2009, June 15, 2009 The President has long noted that skyrocketing health care costs will be disastrous for our long term national debt unless we pass real reform. A national health insurance exchange with competing private plans and a new public plan has the potential to provide greater choices, better benefits, and more affordable premiums.
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» THE DAILY LEADER: MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2009, June 14, 2009 Suspensions
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» Editorial: D.C. Voting Rights, June 14, 2009 THE PUSH for voting rights for the District of Columbia has stalled because -- or so congressional leaders say -- city officials can't agree on a course of action. Let's be clear about who really is at fault.
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» Editorial: Politics of the Gun , June 13, 2009 Congress has shamefully caved in, yet again, to the gun lobby and abandoned the effort to grant the long-suffering District of Columbia a voting representative in the House.
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» THE LEADER'S REPORT: WEEK OF JUNE 08, 2009, June 12, 2009
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» THE WEEKLY LEADER: WEEK OF JUNE 15, 2009, June 12, 2009 Suspensions, Conference Report on H.R. 2346 – Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009, H.R. 2847 – Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, H.R. ___– Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010
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» THE DAILY DOSE: FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2009, June 12, 2009 Various Democratic caucuses have come forth with what they want health care reform to include. A coalition of more than 100 moderate House Democrats is hoping to unify as they attempt to limit the size and scope of a government-sponsored health insurance option — a key sticking point as health reform enters a delicate phase of negotiations.
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» Hoyer Statement on the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, June 12, 2009 This bill is important for the health of millions of Americans. By sending it to the President, we can give the Food and Drug Administration authority over tobacco products; the health experts at the FDA will have the power to approve new tobacco products and regulate tobacco marketing, especially to minors, in the vital years when tobacco addiction can take hold or be prevented.

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» Hoyer Statement on Ethics Committee Review of PMA Allegations, June 11, 2009 I am pleased that the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has responded so quickly to the resolution passed by the House last week.
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» THE DAILY LEADER: FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2009, June 11, 2009 Senate Amendment to H.R. 1256 - Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
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» THE DAILY DOSE: THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2009, June 11, 2009 Health care reform begins to make its way through Congress at a time when 72 percent of the country thinks we’re becoming less healthy and 60 percent believes that the American health care system needs a complete overhaul or major reform. Small businesses in the United States are being undermined by our current healthcare system.
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» Republican Memory Short on Fiscal Responsibility, June 11, 2009 On June 10, 2009, President Obama submitted the
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» Hoyer Statement on President Obama’s Health Care Town Hall, June 11, 2009 This afternoon, President Obama brought a strong case for health care reform to a town-hall meeting in Green Bay, Wisconsin—the same case that has resonated with so many Americans all across the country.
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» A Dose of Reality: Myth vs. Fact on Health Reform, June 11, 2009 In an effort to obstruct the comprehensive health care reform that Americans want, Republicans have resorted to spreading false information about Democratic proposals to lower costs, preserve and expand patient choice, and assure access to quality, affordable care for all.
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» Auto-Parts Suppliers to Seek More Government Aid, June 11, 2009 U.S. auto-parts companies plan to ask the Obama administration for as much as $10 billion in new aid as General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC bankruptcies deepen the suppliers' troubles.
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» Ethics panel confirms PMA investigation, June 11, 2009 The House ethics committee is investigating the now-defunct PMA defense lobbying group and its ties to lawmakers.
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» THE DAILY LEADER: THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2009, June 10, 2009 Motion to Go to Conference on H.R. 2346 – Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009, H.R. 1886 - Pakistan Enduring Assistance and Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2009,
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» Hoyer Statement on Shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, June 10, 2009 I hope that we will pause tonight and honor the memory of Stephen Tyrone Johns of Temple Hills, Maryland, who died today defending the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum against an anti-Semitic gunman.
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» THE DAILY DOSE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2009, June 10, 2009 Spurred on by President Obama and an array of businesses, medical providers and consumers clamoring for change, congressional Democrats have begun to lay out specific plans for overhauling the nation's healthcare system. House Democratic leaders gave members their first glimpse of their version of President Obama’s healthcare overhaul on Tuesday.

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» Hoyer Statement on the 2009 Supplemental Floor Schedule, June 10, 2009 Tomorrow morning, the House will appoint Members to the conference committee on the supplemental.
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» Hoyer Speaks at Press Conference on the Automobile Dealer Economic Rights Restoration Act, June 10, 2009 We are here to defend small businesses that are integral to our communities, and to the employment of one million Americans: our auto dealerships.
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