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» White House Social Security 'fact sheet' is anything but, February 25, 2005 Last week's White House fact sheet on Social Security contains anything but the facts. It asserts that by 2027 the government will somehow have to come up with an extra $200 billion a year, and by 2033, more than $300 billion.
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» Hoyer Weighs in On Social Security , February 24, 2005 As members of Congress wage intellectual and policy battles over the future of Social Security, Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) went to La Plata on Tuesday to make his case against privatizing parts of the program.
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» Report on Fox News on Hoyer's Social Security Town Hall Meeting, February 23, 2005
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» Hoyer's Opening Statement at a Social Security Town Hall Meeting, February 22, 2005 Hoyer hosts a town hall meeting with his constituents in La Plata, MD ...
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» Whip Hoyer Fields Tough Questions from a Republican Constituent, February 22, 2005 at Hoyer's Social Security Town Hall Meeting in La Plata, MD ...
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» House Democratic Whip Hoyer to Hold Social Security Town Hall in Metro Washington Area, February 18, 2005 House Democrats are holding 235 Social Security Town Halls in the coming weeks.
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» Hoyer Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Repeal 22nd Amendment, February 17, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) introduced bipartisan legislation today to repeal the 22nd amendment, which states that “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.” Representatives Berman (D-CA), Pallone (D-NJ), Sabo (D-MN) and Sensenbrenner (R-WI) joined Hoyer in sponsoring the resolution.

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» Hoyer: Fight For Voting Rights Must Continue, February 17, 2005 Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today, in honor of Black History Month:
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» Ney, Hoyer Introduce Bill to Change Presidential Campaign Funding , February 17, 2005 House Administration Committee Chairman Bob Ney (OH) and House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) introduced a bill yesterday that would level the playing field for presidential candidates by establishing a uniform date for the release of payments from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund to the party nominees for president.

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» Hoyer: Ethics Committee's Credibility Is In Tatters As Republican Purge Continues, February 16, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the recent firing of professional staffers on the House Ethics Committee by the new Republican Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Doc Hastings (WA):
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» Rep. Hoyer whipping the GOP , February 16, 2005 House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) waded into Republican territory yesterday, releasing a whip count of 29 Republicans he says are on record opposing “all or major parts of President Bush’s plan” for Social Security reform.
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» Hoyer Statement on "Jeff Gannon" Connection to Valerie Plame Leak, February 15, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer released the following statement regarding revelations that a man who went by the name of “Jeff Gannon,” and who was given White House media credentials despite his lack of qualifications, was given access to classified documents which disclosed the identity of Undercover CIA Operative Valerie Plame:

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» Week of February 14, 2005, February 15, 2005 Judiciary, FCC
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» February is National Heart Month, February 14, 2005 Information on National Heart Month
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» Democrats Are Fighting To Strengthen Social Security, February 10, 2005 President Bush used his State of the Union address last week to broadly outline his proposal to privatize Social Security, but he still has not released a detailed plan.
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» Hoyer Statement on Real ID Act , February 10, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer released the following statement today regarding the Real ID Act:
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» Hoyer Pushes For Hefley Probe, February 09, 2005 A top House Democrat is urging the ethics committee to investigate whether Rep. Joel Hefley (R-Colo.) was forced out as the panel’s chairman in retaliation for the committee’s decision to admonish Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) on two different occasions during the 108th Congress. Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters Tuesday that the ethics committee should look into whether Hefley was threatened, if it has not done so already, and whether Hefley’s removal from the chairmanship of the panel last week was a response to the committee’s rulings during its investigation of allegations made by former Rep. Nick Smith (R-Mich.), as well as an ethics complaint filed against DeLay by former Rep. Chris Bell (D-Texas).

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» Hoyer Re-Introduces Bill to Lower Federal Employee Health Insurance Costs, February 09, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) reintroduced legislation this week to increase the government's share of Federal Employee Health Care Benefit Plan premiums from 72 percent to 80 percent.
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» Hoyer: Domestic Battle Against AIDS Must Be Bolstered, February 09, 2005 In recognition of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and the escalating health crisis caused by the disease in the United States, House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) today released the following statement:
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» Hoyer: How Can We Trust the President's Budget and Social Security Estimates Now?, February 09, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding a new estimate on prescription drug costs by the Bush Administration
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» 2006 Budget Proposal Clearinghouse, February 08, 2005 Information on the President's Budget Request
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» Week of February 7, 2005, February 08, 2005 Immigration, Homeland Security
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» Democrat Calls Bush's Budget 'Fiscally Irresponsible Fraud', February 07, 2005 A top House Democrat Monday called President Bush's $2.75 trillion budget plan "fiscally irresponsible fraud" that will be rejected by members of the president's own party.
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» Hoyer on President’s 2006 Defense Budget: A Missed Opportunity for Nation’s Soldiers and Security, February 07, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the Bush Administration’s Fiscal Year 2006 Defense Budget:
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» Hoyer: Bush Budget Is a Fiscally Irresponsible Fraud, February 07, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the Bush Administration’s Fiscal Year 2006 Budget:
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