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July

» Week of July 11, 2005, July 11, 2005 OSHA, Water Resources Development Act
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» Hoyer: Disappointing Job Growth in June Epitomizes Republicans’ Dismal Record, July 08, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement this morning after the Department of Labor announced that the economy gained 146,000 jobs in June, or 4,000 fewer jobs than are needed each month to keep pace with population growth:
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» Peripheral Concerns Begin to Affect Outlook for Overhaul of Social Security, July 08, 2005 Proponents for an overhaul of Social Security are turning pessimistic that legislation will pass, as the Senate Finance Committee remains gnarled over the issue and the full chamber prepares to debate at least one Supreme Court nominee.
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» Hoyer Statement on Terrorist Attacks in London, July 07, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today concerning the terrorist attacks in London:
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» US Lawmakers Call London Attacks 'Cowardly,' 'Barbaric' , July 07, 2005 U.S. Congressional leaders Thursday called the suspected terrorist attacks on London commuters earlier in the day "cowardly" and "barbaric". The U.S. Congress is in a week-long recess, but congressmen and senators were quick to react to the attacks through their press offices.
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» Hoyer: House Republicans Retreat on Ethics Changes Yet Again, July 01, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the Republican leadership backpedaled on trying to unilaterally change the House Ethics rules, and instead agreed to follow House rules and hire a non-partisan professional staff for Ethics Committee:
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June

» Democrats Call on President Bush to Immediately Address Veterans' Health Care Funding Shortfall, June 30, 2005 Hoyer Urges Immediate Action to Address Shortage in Veterans' Health Care Funding.
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» Hoyer on House Passage of A76 Amendment, June 30, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding House passage (222-203) of an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2006 Transportation, Treasury and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill:
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» Hoyer, Ferguson Introduce Bill to Extend Dental Care to Medicare, June 30, 2005 Representative Mike Ferguson (R-NJ) and House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) introduced legislation today that would allow “medically necessary” dental care for seniors and the disabled to be covered under Medicare.
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» Hoyer Urges Immediate Action to Address Shortage in Veterans' Health Care Funding, June 29, 2005 Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) today joined all 206 House Democrats in sending a letter to the President urging him to address the $1 billion shortfall in veterans’ health care funding acknowledged by the Administration last week.
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» Letter From House Democrats to President Bush, June 29, 2005 We are writing to request that you submit a FY 2005 supplemental funding request adding at least $1.3 billion to address the shortfall in veterans’ health care funding that your Administration has identified.
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» Hoyer Calls the President's Speech on Iraq a Missed Opportunity, June 28, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight after President Bush spoke at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, regarding the war in Iraq:
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» Hoyer Introduces the Secure America's Vote Act, June 28, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement regarding the “Secure America’s Vote Act of 2005,” which he introduced today:
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» Talk of Social Security’s Solvency Gets Diluted as GOP Pushes Personal Accounts, June 28, 2005 The idea of securing Social Security’s solvency has been relegated to a sideshow as congressional Republicans focus on a proposal to create individual accounts from the program’s surplus.
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» The House Republicans' Shell Game on Social Security, June 28, 2005 Latest Republican Move is Just Another Attempt to Privatize Social Security and Fails to Do Anything on Solvency.
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» Hoyer, Bono Joint Statement on Grokster Ruling, June 27, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) and Representative Mary Bono (R-CA) released the following statement today in response to the Supreme Court’s 9-0 decision in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.:
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» Week of June 27, 2005, June 27, 2005 Appropriations (Foreign Operations; Trasportation/Treasury/HUD), Water Resources Development Act
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» GOP Sounded the Alarm But Didn't Respond to It, June 24, 2005 For six months, Republicans have traveled the country as fiscal Paul Reveres, sounding the alarm about the coming collapse of Social Security.
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» Grassley not giving up on personal accounts, June 24, 2005 The idea of creating personal accounts for U.S. workers' Social Security taxes won't be axed until President Bush declares it dead, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley of Iowa said Wednesday.
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» House Won't Cut Public Broadcasting Funds, June 24, 2005 Public broadcasters turned back an effort to slash their federal subsidies by $100 million, but scores of education, labor and health programs still face cuts in the House.
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» Hoyer Calls on President Bush to Repudiate Rove's Vicious and Divisive 9/11 Remarks, June 24, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) made the following statement today on the House floor calling for President Bush to repudiate the remarks made by his chief political advisor Karl Rove:
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» Hoyer Statement on Karl Rove's Shameful Remarks, June 24, 2005 ...his slash and burn track record speaks for itself... [TRANSCRIPT]
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» Hoyer: Americans Won't Be Fooled by the Republican Social Security Shell Game, June 24, 2005 House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) made the following statement today at a press conference with members of the House Democratic leadership.
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» Panel wants equal pay raises for military, civilian employees, June 24, 2005 A key House committee reversed President Bush's fifth attempt to give unequal raises to military and civilian employees in a voice vote this week - a decision that the rest of Congress and the president likely will uphold.
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» Bipartisanship on Social Security Lacking, June 23, 2005 Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post from Steny Hoyer and Nancy Pelosi
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