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December

» Bush sets 2004 pay raise at 2 percent , December 31, 2003 President Bush on Dec. 30 ordered a 2 percent 2004 pay raise for civil servants, but government workers may eventually receive a significantly higher raise if lawmakers approve the pending fiscal 2004 omnibus budget bill.
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» HOYER ENCOURAGES PROMPT AUTHORIZATION OF 2004 4.1% PAY ADJUSTMENT, December 31, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the President’s executive order providing a 2% pay adjustment in 2004 for federal employees...
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» Medicare Bill's Unfair Haste, December 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...
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» HOYER: REPUBLICAN PARTY LEADERS BREATHE LIFE INTO THE SPIRIT OF EBENEZER SCROOGE, December 19, 2003 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the Republican Party’s failure to extend emergency unemployment benefits before Congress adjourned for the year.
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» Hoyer Addresses AIPAC Political Leadership Conference, December 15, 2003 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer addressed the AIPAC Political Leadership Conference on December 15, 2003 (as prepared for delivery):
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» HOYER, LEE SEND LETTER TO WHITE HOUSE ON AIDS FUNDING, December 15, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) and Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA), a House leader on AIDS related issues, sent the attached letter to President Bush in response to press reports that the Administration is planning on requesting Fiscal Year 2005 AIDS funding at levels below those he trumpeted beginning with the 2003 State of the Union Address...

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» HOYER STATEMENT ON CAPTURE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN, December 14, 2003 WASHINGTON - House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to the capture of Saddam Hussein...
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» Republicans Mistake Arrogance and Retribution for Real Leadership, December 12, 2003 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the decision by the Bush Administration to bar nations that did not support the Iraq invasion from winning reconstruction contracts, and the continuing pattern of Republican retribution against critics:
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» ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION MEMBERS CONFIRMED, December 10, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to the confirmation of nominees to the Election Assistance Commission, which was established by the landmark election reform law the Help America Vote Act.
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» Hoyer strives to keep Jewish vote for Dems, December 10, 2003 House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer’s (D-Md.) speech Monday to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) will cap a yearlong strategy aimed at preventing an exodus of Jewish voters from Democratic ranks.
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» HOYER: PARK POLICE ACTIONS AGAINST CHIEF UNACCEPTABLE, EVEN DANGEROUS, December 10, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) made the following statement today in response to recent news reports that U.S. Park Police Chief Teresa Chambers has been placed on administrative leave because she answered questions posed to her by a Washington Post reporter regarding the force under her command:

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» REPUBLICANS CUT AND RUN BEFORE GETTING THE PEOPLE’S BUSINESS DONE, December 10, 2003 WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) today criticized the Republican majority that controls Congress for ending the first session of the 108th Congress before completing the 2004 appropriations process.
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» DEMOCRATIC WHIP HOYER ON SENATOR PAUL SIMON, December 09, 2003 WASHINGTON – House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to news reports of the passing of former Illinois Senator Paul Simon...
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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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