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Eighty-five years ago today, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, ensuring that American seniors would never again have to worry about going destitute in their later years.
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Today’s announcement that Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will move forward to establish diplomatic relations is a positive and important step. It is critical that Israel’s right to exist is recognized by all and that Arab countries join in accepting Israel’s permanence.
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Totally stalled would imply that neither side wants to get together and make a deal. Both sides in my opinion I believe that we need to act, I know that we do, I know that we want to get too complacent we cannot reach agreement I'm so many of these items States, testing, direct payments to families and people, medical elections money - we have an election coming up, education…
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WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined MSNBC’s Chris Jansing this afternoon to discuss the insufficient Republican response to the coronavirus pandemic and the urgent need for relief for American families. Below are excerpts from his interview and a link to the video:
Archived Floor Update :
Today, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer released an updated House vote schedule for 2020.
Click HERE to view the calendar.
Exact timing of votes will be announced as soon as it’s available, but Members are reminded that votes may occur later than 3:00 p.m. on the last day of the week.
Click HERE to view the calendar.
Exact timing of votes will be announced as soon as it’s available, but Members are reminded that votes may occur later than 3:00 p.m. on the last day of the week.
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Over the past two months, the House has taken extraordinary action on a range of issues important to the American people. By following a new format of first allowing time for committees to meet and complete their work, followed by time for the House to be in session holding votes, we were able to complete our work safely by minimizing the number of people in the Capitol complex at any one time.
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Our country has hit another horrific milestone, with five million coronavirus cases diagnosed - far higher than any other country - while President Trump stays at his private golf club and issues an executive order and three memoranda that do not address the crisis at hand.
Archived Floor Update :
Today, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer released an updated House vote schedule for 2020.
Click HERE to view the calendar.
Exact timing of votes will be announced as soon as it’s available, but Members are reminded that votes may occur later than 3:00 p.m. on the last day of the week.
Click HERE to view the calendar.
Exact timing of votes will be announced as soon as it’s available, but Members are reminded that votes may occur later than 3:00 p.m. on the last day of the week.
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While I am relieved the unemployment rate fell slightly in July, there is little to celebrate. At 10.2%, it is still above the worst month of the Great Recession, and the pace of job gains slowed again last month.
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oday, a federal court affirmed what was already clear from our Constitution: the House has the right to determine its own rules, including the allowance of proxy voting as an emergency measure during this pandemic.