House GOP Budget

With control of both Chambers of Congress, Republicans have a responsibility to pass a budget plan. However, House Republicans remain deeply divided and have been unable to bring a budget resolution to the House Floor months after the April 15 deadline to complete work on a budget. Instead of meeting their responsibility to pass a budget, Republicans have moved ahead with the appropriations process to fund government agencies without agreeing on a plan for how much should be spent. A bipartisan budget agreement on the total funding number – one that lifts the sequester level spending caps – will be necessary for any spending measure to become law. House Democrats will continue to call for a bipartisan budget agreement that allows us to adequately invest in our nation’s future without including unrelated and controversial policy riders.
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Hoyer Floor Remarks on the House Vote on the Senate Republican Budget
Mr. Speaker, I have been here, this is my thirty-seventh year.
Hoyer: Every American Will be Adversely Affected by Republicans' Budget Resolution

Every American will be affected by this vote. Not just the 20 million people who will lose their insurance immediately, 30 million total lose their insurance. 

Hoyer: Senate GOP Budget Resolution Sets Up ACA Repeal That Will Harm Millions While Ignoring the Deficit

The budget resolution introduced today by Senate Republicans represents a brazenly cynical use of the federal budget process to advance the political aim of repealing the Affordable Care Act.  

House Concludes the 114th Congress By Passing Bills to Fund the Government, Assist Flint; Republicans Must Return In 2017 Ready to Govern

This week, the House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution that funds the government through April 28. 

Hoyer: Passing Yet Another Continuing Resolution Is Not the Right Approach to Funding Our Government

While I believe the House took the appropriate action today to prevent another unnecessary government shutdown, I believe that passing yet another continuing resolution is not the right approach to funding our government.  

The Do-Nothing 114th Congress

As the Republican-led 114th Congress comes to an end, it’s clear that this Congress has become yet another closed, unproductive, do-nothing Congress.

Hoyer Statement on the Congressional Budget Office's Long-Term Budget Outlook

House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to the release of the Congressional Budget Office's Long-Term Budget Outlook.

Congress Passes Inadequate Bills to Address National Security, Public Health Crisis

MESSAGE FROM THE DEMOCRATIC WHIP  

Hoyer Statement on House Republicans' Failure to Pass a Budget

House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on House Republicans abandoning the budget process and bringing appropriations bills to the Floor this week without a budget.

 

Reaction to Ryan Speech: “Nervous Laughter”

At Speaker Ryan’s town hall with millennials at Georgetown University this afternoon, he posed a key question for the American people and pitched his “Confident America” agenda. From Morning Consult: