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Fetched: September 12th, 2006, 9:19pm PDT
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin delivered the Democratic pre-buttal to the President’s State of the Union Address on Thursday, January 26, 2006, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
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Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-LA) and Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS) held a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to call on the Bush Administration and Congress to fulfill it’s commitment to the people of the Gulf region affected by Hurricane Katrina. They set up tents in below-freezing weather to draw attention to the fact that many families displaced by the hurricane have yet to receive the heated mobile homes promised by the administration.
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Fetched: September 12th, 2006, 9:19pm PDT
Congressman George Miller (CA-07), the senior Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee and Chairman of the House Democratic Policy Committee, delivered the Democratic Radio Address on December 3rd. In his address, Miller discussed the House Democrats’ new ‘Innovation Agenda: A Commitment to Competitiveness to Keep America #1.’
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Fetched: September 12th, 2006, 9:19pm PDT
Congressman John Murtha of Pennsylvania, Ranking Member on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, decorated Vietnam veteran, and expert on military issues, spoke at a news conference this morning calling for immediate redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq.
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Fetched: September 12th, 2006, 9:19pm PDT
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi unveiled the House Democrats’ new “Innovation Agenda: A Commitment to Competitiveness to Keep America #1” in a speech at the National Press Club on Tuesday November 15, 2005.
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Fetched: September 12th, 2006, 9:19pm PDT
Rep. Louise M. Slaughter, Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, joined leading women Members of Congress on the steps of the Supreme Court to express deep concern over the radical views of Supreme Court Nominee, Judge Samuel A. Alito, on issues facing women in America. Also attending were Reps. Hilda Solis, Barbara Lee, Lynn Woolsey and Linda Sanchez.
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Fetched: September 12th, 2006, 9:19pm PDT
House Democratic Leaders discuss misplaced Republican priorities including massive budget cuts, and the failure to reduce gas prices at a press stakeout following the weekly meeting of the House Democratic Caucus.
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Fetched: September 12th, 2006, 9:19pm PDT
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid met with Hurricane Katrina survivors to discuss how Republican budget cuts will hurt Gulf Coast citizens, and what the Congress should be doing to help these families deal with the issues that matter most to them. The leaders addressed how together, America can do better than the Republicans’ misplaced priorities and they called on Congress to work on solutions to provide immediate relief to Katrina survivors, lower skyrocketing energy prices, and help protect Americans from a potential Avian flu pandemic.
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Fetched: September 12th, 2006, 9:19pm PDT
House Democratic Leaders take questions from reporters following a meeting of the Democratic Caucus.
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Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bart Stupak (D-MI), Stephanie Herseth (D-SD), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) joined Sens. John Kerry (D-MA), Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in calling on the Bush Administration and the Republican controlled Senate to reject the House’s recently passed energy legislation that does nothing to help families struggling to pay rising home energy costs this winter. Democrats have an alternative that would lower the price of home heating oil and natural gas.