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» Majority Leader Hoyer Statement on House Floor Schedule, February 08, 2010 Due to the weather affecting the ability of Members to travel to Washington, DC, there will no votes in the House tomorrow.
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» THE DAILY DOSE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2010, February 08, 2010 President Obama said Sunday that he would convene a half-day bipartisan health care session at the White House to be televised live this month, a high-profile gambit that will allow Americans to watch as Democrats and Republicans try to break their political impasse...
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» Majority Leader Hoyer: Disappointed by Republican Rejection of Bipartisan Commission, Hopes They Reconsider, February 05, 2010 I’m disappointed in Minority Leader Boehner’s response to a sincere attempt to establish a bipartisan mechanism to address the fiscal challenges facing our nation.
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» THE WEEKLY LEADER: WEEK OF FEBRUARY 08, 2010, February 05, 2010 Suspensions, H.R. 2701 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, H.R. __ - Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act
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» THE LEADER'S REPORT: WEEK OF FEBRUARY 01, 2010, February 05, 2010
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» House Leaders Respond to January Jobs Report, February 05, 2010 Today, the Department of Labor announced unemployment numbers for the month of January.
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» THE DAILY DOSE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010, February 05, 2010 With the possible demise of health care legislation, getting back to business as usual may not be the best thing for the nation’s drug makers...
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» ECONOMY WEEKLY: WEEK OF FEBRUARY 1, 2010, February 05, 2010 Today, the Department of Labor released the unemployment report for January showing the unemployment rate improved slightly.
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» Hoyer Statement on January Jobs Report, February 05, 2010 Today’s jobs report provides mixed news for our economic recovery.
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» THE NIGHTLY LEADER: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010, February 04, 2010 Adoption of the second portion of the divided question on H.J.Res. 45 - Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act, H.Res. 1065 – Providing for the Passage of a resolution Permitting Continued Financing of Government Operations, Complete Consideration of H.R. 4061 - Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2009, 6 Bills Adopted Under Suspension of the Rules

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» House Passes PAYGO, Sends to President, February 04, 2010 Today, the House passed statutory "pay-as-you-go" (PAYGO), which now goes to the President for his signature.
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» THE DAILY DOSE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010, February 04, 2010 Health-care spending in the United States grew last year despite a contracting economy, amounting to 17.3 percent of the gross domestic product, according to estimates released Wednesday...
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» Hoyer Statement on National Export Initiative, February 04, 2010 Today, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke announced details of the Obama Administration’s new National Export Initiative, a plan to promote job creation and America’s economic competitiveness by strengthening the export market for American goods.
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» Hoyer: PAYGO Brings Our Country More Fiscal Discipline Than It Has Seen In Nearly a Decade, February 04, 2010 The House has just voted that our country should pay the bills it has already incurred.
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» General Debate on Pay-As-You-Go Rules on House Floor, February 04, 2010 Ladies and gentlemen of the House, as we have on numerous occasions we just raised the liability -- or the ability to b the -- those obligations, of course, come from actions america's already taken. Those actions cannot be changed. So was necessary to pay the bill. but we can and must confront our record debt going forward... [TRANSCRIPT]

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» Rules for Debate on Raising Federal Debt Limit on House Floor, February 04, 2010 The gentleman who represents the minority party on the Rules Committee has confronted this issue in the past. He confronted it in 2002, he confronted it in 2003, he confronted it in 2004 and again in 2005. On each of those occasions he voted to increase the debt limit. His party was in charge. Unfortunately my party voted against it at that point in time because we weren't in charge. The point I make is that the American public too often believes that we do not do what we think is the responsible thing for our country but what think is the right thing to do from the perspective of our party... [TRANSCRIPT]

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» THE DAILY LEADER: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010, February 03, 2010 Complete Consideration of H.R. 4061 - Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2009; Suspensions
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» THE NIGHTLY LEADER: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2010, February 03, 2010
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» Hoyer Remarks on Statutory PAYGO at Press Conference with Blue Dog Leaders, February 03, 2010 Tomorrow, the House will have the opportunity to take one of the most important votes for fiscal responsibility in a long time—and I want to thank my Blue Dog friends for working so long to make it possible.
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» THE DAILY DOSE: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2010, February 03, 2010 President Obama hit the road again Tuesday to promote the new job-creation program he described as his No. 1 priority, but he refused to abandon his embattled health care legislation, vowing to “punch it through” resistance in Congress...
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» Support for PAYGO, Fiscal Responsibility, February 03, 2010 Tomorrow, the House will vote to send statutory “pay-as-you-go” (PAYGO) legislation to the President, a major step in Democratic efforts to strengthen fiscal responsibility.
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» THE DAILY LEADER: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2010, February 02, 2010 suspensions, H.R. 4061 - Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2009
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» THE NIGHTLY LEADER: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2010, February 02, 2010
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» Hoyer Statement on President Obama's Proposal for Small Business Lending, February 02, 2010 President Obama has announced a proposal to support small business lending by transferring $30 billion from the Troubled Assets Relief Program to community banks that extend credit to local businesses.
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» THE DAILY DOSE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2010, February 02, 2010 President Barack Obama’s federal budget proposal assumes that the embattled health bill will pass – but contains some back-up plans if it doesn’t...
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