2005 Issue Spotlights

December Issue Spotlights

» Whip Decries Failed Republican Leadership in 2005, December 16, 2005
House and Senate Democrats Join Together to Decry Failed Republican Leadership in 2005

» Whip Calls for an Increase in the Minimum Wage, December 14, 2005
Whip Hoyer, Rep. George Miller (D-CA) and Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) call for an increase in the minimum wage.

November Issue Spotlights

» Hoyer: Republican Budget Makes the Deficit Worse and Represents Misguided Priorities, November 10, 2005
Summary of Misguided Republican Budget Policies

» Democrats are Fighting to Make America's Tax Laws Simpler, Fairer, and More Responsible, November 01, 2005
Democrats are Fighting for Tax Reform.

October Issue Spotlights

» Hoyer, Leading Defense Democrats Decry Republican Cuts to National Defense, October 26, 2005
House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) and leading House Democrats on national defense issues released the following statements today decrying Republicans’ proposed 2% across-the-board cut to all national security programs. Republicans have proposed these cuts as an irresponsible and ineffective way to address the record deficits their policies have created.

September Issue Spotlights

» Hoyer, Senior Democrats Unveil National Security Vision, September 16, 2005
Hoyer and Senior Democrats today released a document on National Security

» Hoyer Joins Democratic House Leadership in Calling for Oversight of Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort Spending, September 13, 2005
Hoyer Response to Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts.

August Issue Spotlights

» Hoyer: New Census Report Illustrates Failure of Republican Economic and Health Care Policies, August 31, 2005
Hoyer Statement On New Census Bureau Statistics.

» Hoyer: Congressional Republicans Have Overreached and Under-Performed, August 14, 2005
The Republicans' Record of Failure

» Social Security Clearinghouse, August 13, 2005
Social Security Clearinghouse

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