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February 12, 2004 — Press Item
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to President Bush’s remarks on the economy in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania:
February 13, 2004 — Press Item
WASHINGTON, DC – The House leadership of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, led by House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD), sent a letter yesterday to President Bush urging him to reconsider his decision to significantly reduce funding for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program.
February 6, 2004 — Press Item
Reflecting the party's strategy for cementing the traditional Jewish-Democratic bond, Mr. Hoyer makes the case that while Israel is important to most Jews, it continues to be just one of many issues that shape their votes and their political activism.
February 9, 2004 — Press Item
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the President’s remarks on the economy in Springfield, Missouri:
February 5, 2004 — Press Item
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the announcement by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct late last night that it had initiated an “informal fact-finding” into allegations that Representative Nick Smith was offered bribes in return for a yea vote on the controversial Medicare Prescription Drug legislation in November 2003:
February 5, 2004 — Press Item
House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding language in President Bush’s Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Analytical Perspectives (page 218) which states:
February 4, 2004 — Press Item
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed a Democratic amendment to the “Improving the Community Services Block Grant Act” (H.R. 3030) to authorize funding for a six-month extension of unemployment benefits.
February 6, 2004 — Press Item
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) today released the following statement in response to the January national unemployment numbers announced this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
February 6, 2004 — Press Item
Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) today released the following statement in observance of the 11th anniversary of the passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act this week:
February 5, 2004 — Press Item
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to a new Center on Budget and Policy Priorities report that shows that President Bush’s Fiscal Year 2005 Budget contains larger cuts in domestic spending than has been previously reported:
February 3, 2004 — Press Item
The Bush administration expects to ask Congress early next year for up to $50 billion more for ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan...
February 3, 2004 — Press Item
The Bush administration wants American kids to go to college and it is proposing big increases in its student-aid budget to help them...
February 3, 2004 — Press Item
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) made the following statement on the House Floor today regarding President Bush’s budget proposal (as prepared for delivery).
February 4, 2004 — Press Item
ASHINGTON, Feb. 3 — The White House on Tuesday released a list of 128 government programs that it plans to cut back or eliminate, including money for drug treatment centers and secondary school counselors and modernization of the air traffic system...
February 4, 2004 — Press Item
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined Senate Democratic Leader Daschle at a news conference today on President Bush’s fiscal year 2005 budget:
February 4, 2004 — Press Item
The Department of Veterans Affairs received $1.2 billion less than it requested from the White House...
February 3, 2004 — Press Item
While Democratic presidential candidates showcase their plans to widen coverage of the uninsured...
February 3, 2004 — Press Item
More than half the 65 federal programs that President Bush wants to kill next year are related to education, a move that could further inflame Democratic detractors who for the last year have been questioning his commitment to education...
February 3, 2004 — Press Item
Bush administration officials said on Monday that the cost of United States military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan had been omitted from President Bush's budget request for 2005...
February 3, 2004 — Press Item
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 — In offering a plan to cut the federal deficit in half by 2009, President Bush ignored more than $1.5 trillion in tax cuts and spending commitments that come due shortly afterward...
February 3, 2004 — Press Item
When the Bush administration released its $2.4 trillion budget plan for 2005 Monday, it admitted that the ballooning federal deficit for this year would be even larger than previously feared: a record $521 billion. That means the government would have to borrow 22 cents of every dollar it spends...
February 3, 2004 — Press Item
President Bush's proposed budget for next year includes cuts in rural development assistance and clean water projects, two areas that could affect communities in Wisconsin...
February 2, 2004 — Press Item
President Bush's $401.7 billion defense budget for fiscal 2005 is long on proposals to boost warfighting techniques, but nearly mute about the cost of the ongoing war in Iraq and Afghanistan...
February 3, 2004 — Press Item
President Bush's budget proposes discretionary spending authority of $19.1 billion for the Department of Agriculture, a decrease of 8.1 percent...
February 2, 2004 — Press Item
The Bush administration will ask Congress in coming months for up to $50 billion more for ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the White House budget director said Monday...
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