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» Week of March 8, 2004, March 08, 2004 For the seventh week this session, the Republican leadership has again put forward a light Floor Schedule that does not address the fundamental problems facing America– including the stubborn unemployment that continues to plague the country as today’s Bureau of Labor Unemployment Report shows.
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» Week of May 8, 2004, March 08, 2004 H.R. 339 ...
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» Hoyer: Pathetic Job Growth in February Further Proof That Bush Plan Is Failing America, March 05, 2004 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this morning regarding the Department of Labor’s employment report for February, which showed that the economy created a meager 21,000 jobs in February – far less than the 125,000 predicted by economists and the 150,000 needed to keep pace with population increases. The Labor Department also revised job-creation figures for December and January downward...

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» Open Checkbooks: So Far This Cycle, DeLay, Hoyer Give More Than Hastert, Pelosi , March 05, 2004 When it comes to colleague-to-colleague giving, the No. 2 leaders are the tops
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» Hoyer: Comments by Congressman Cole Are Completely Outrageous, Wrong and Should be Repudiated, March 04, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding remarks attributed to Rep. Tom Cole (OK-4). According to press reports, Congressman Cole said a vote against President Bush’s re-election is like supporting Adolf Hitler during World War II, and that, “If George Bush loses the election, Osama bin Laden wins the election.”

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» HOYER: PRESIDENT SHOULD TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT JOBS IN CALIFORNIA, March 04, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) responded today to President Bush’s conversation on the economy during a visit to California, another state that has been hit hard by the President’s lack of a real plan to create jobs.
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» WHIP HOYER AND BLUE DOGS DENOUNCE RISING BUSH DEBT, March 04, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) and leaders of the Blue Dog Coalition expressed deep concern today with the rapidly mounting public debt, which has soared $2 trillion since President Bush took office.
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» Hoyer Speaks To Federal Employees at NTEU Rally, March 03, 2004 Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer spoke to close to 200 members of the National Treasury Employee’s Union (NTEU) today at a rally at the Capitol.
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» WHIP HOYER LAUDS PASSAGE OF COPYRIGHT REFORM ACT, March 03, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in support of the passage of H.R. 1417, the Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2003:
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» Hoyer Expresses Concerns with HSAs in Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, March 02, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) recently sent the attached letter to the Director of the Office of Personal Management Kay Coles James expressing deep reservations regarding the inclusion of Health Savings Accounts in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program:
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» Hoyer: As President Lauds Homeland Security Employees, He Refuses to Support Fair Pay Adjustment, March 02, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this morning after remarks by President Bush on the first anniversary of the creation of the Department of Homeland Security:
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» Jobless Economy Continues, Bush Offers No Plan of Action, March 01, 2004 Hoyer Statement, Joint Economic Committee Democrats report, Economic Policy Institute reports...
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» Week of March 1, 2004, March 01, 2004 The Republican leadership continues to put forward a light Floor Schedule that does not address the fundamental problems facing America– stubborn unemployment, skyrocketing health costs, and struggling schools.
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» Hoyer: New CBO Projection Shows President Bush Has Driven Us Right Into a Perfect Fiscal Storm, February 27, 2004 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this afternoon concerning a new projection by the Congressional Budget Office that shows the President’s budget would produce deficits totaling $2.75 trillion over the next decade...
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» Rational Exuberance, February 26, 2004 There is a strange, rare political species quietly roaming the landscape these days. Long endangered and occasionally thought to be extinct, its sudden re-emergence is as startling as it is sublime, particularly on Capitol Hill, where it seemed to face a fate on par with what the dinosaurs endured.
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» Hoyer: Chairman Greenspan Makes Clear Congress Must Address Republican Deficits Immediately, February 25, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding Federal Reserve Chairman Greenspan’s testimony today before the House Budget Committee regarding the federal deficit:
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» Hoyer: Extension for 9/11 Commission Is Imperative, February 25, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding legislation that would provide the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the “9/11 Commission”) a two-month extension for its inquiry:
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» THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILLION JOBLESS AMERICANS LOSE ASSISTANCE, February 25, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) called on President Bush and the Republican Congressional leadership to immediately extend temporary federal unemployment benefits for out-of-work Americans in response to a report released today by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities.
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» Democratic Whip Hoyer Congratulates Representative Ben Chandler on Swearing-In, February 24, 2004 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today congratulating Representative Ben Chandler on his swearing-in this evening...
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» Hoyer: Bush Cynically Exploits Wedge Issue to Divert Attention from His Abysmal Record, February 24, 2004 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to President Bush’s statement that he will support a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage:
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» Leaders Ponder Rewards for Newcomer, February 23, 2004 House Democratic leaders are scrambling to find a plum committee slot to reward their newest Member, Rep.-elect Ben Chandler (D-Ky.), for wresting away a Republican seat and giving them much-needed momentum heading into the 2004 elections.
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» Week of February 23, 2004, February 23, 2004 House Floor Schedule
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» Hoyer 'Made to Order' as Minority Whip , February 22, 2004 These days, Hoyer, from La Plata, the 64-year-old dean of Maryland's delegation, finds himself in a comfortable spot almost everywhere he goes.
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» Key legislators stand firm on military-civilian pay parity , February 20, 2004 Washington-area House lawmakers said Friday that they continue to support military-civilian pay parity, despite recent calls from the Bush administration and a senior congressman on the House Appropriations Committee to hold down the 2005 civil service pay raise.
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» House Democratic Leaders Demand Bush Explain Economic Forecasts, February 19, 2004 House Democratic Leaders released a letter sent to President Bush today in response to the refusal by two Cabinet officers to support President Bush’s prediction that the economy will add 2.6 million jobs this year.
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