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      <excerpt>...several weeks ago,&quot; said Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas. &quot;This is not a question of payoff to anybody,&quot; retorted Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md. &quot;It's the right thing to do.&quot; Doctors are facing a 21 percent reduction in Medicare reimbursement rates in Janu</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...a legislator. He doesn't really know what he's talking about,&quot; the Congressman told Fox News. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on Tuesday said the Stupak Amendments language raised many House members comfort level with the bill. The Stupak Amendment pa</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...summit for early December and the administration is likely to weigh in with its own recommendations.House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D., Md.) said he hoped to bring the bill to the House floor by mid-December, giving rank-and-file lawmakers a chance t</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...no fee should be imposed. Among those at the meeting (or at least taking part at some point) were House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas). Also present: Jennifer Bendall, executive director of the</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...study found. &quot;Congress has worked to become partners with fire departments across the country,&quot; House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland said. The Senate still must consider its own bill, and the House approval is not the final step. Still, the 214</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...putting a stimulus label on their new package. &quot;I wouldn't characterize it as a second stimulus,&quot; House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday. &quot;I don't want to be as broad as that; I want it to be very targeted on jobs.&quot; House Democrats debated ways </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...is unacceptable and is causing great pain to literally millions of people around the country.&quot; House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said.  Hoyer said Democratic leaders are still deciding what components to include in the new jobs bill, but pledged they we</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has not said how much the jobs bill will cost. House majority leader: &quot;Clearly 10.2 percent unemployment is unacceptable&quot;Democrats want to vote on jobs bill before Christmas, leader saysHoyer says the bill is not a so-called </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...(R-Ga.) &amp; Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) hold a news conference to announce their &#8220;Pink Slip&#8221; protest. - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) holds a pen and pad session with reporters. - The House Armed Services Committee Oversight and Investigation</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) has announced that the House may be in session until Christmas Eve so it can take a run at: Obamacare, ... </excerpt>
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