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HouseBudgetDems

  1. Press Release: Van Hollen Statement on CBO’s Economic Analysis of the Fiscal Cliff ow.ly/1jY12u 3:29 PM May 22nd via HootSuite
  2. Press Release: Speaker Boehner's Debt Limit Ultimatum Puts the Economy at Risk ow.ly/1jQqBX 3:29 PM May 17th via HootSuite
  3. Press Release: Speaker Boehner Has Issued This Ultimatum Which is Going to Hurt the Economy ow.ly/1jQhAl 1:31 PM May 17th via HootSuite
  4. Press Release: Van Hollen: Speaker is Out There Again Creating a Self-Inflicted Wound on the Economy ow.ly/1jOuHg 11:36 AM May 16th via HootSuite
  5. Press Release: Van Hollen: Republicans Are Again Playing Chicken with Our Economy ow.ly/1jMiPA 12:30 PM May 15th via HootSuite
  6. On the Motion to report the Sequester Replacement Act of 2012 to the House, the Ayes have it. The Motion is agreed to. 5:48 PM May 7th via HootSuite
  7. Amendment #2 is not agreed to. 5:44 PM May 7th via HootSuite
  8. Full text of Amendment #2 is available here: ow.ly/aL1lm 5:04 PM May 7th via HootSuite
  9. Amdt #2 exempts M'care from sequester in 2013, shielding providers from across-the-board payment cuts. Paid 4 by ending a Big Oil taxbreak 5:04 PM May 7th via HootSuite
  10. Amendment #2: Prevent Mindless Cuts to Medicare in 2013 - Offered by Rep. @BettyMcCollum04 & @RepTimRyan 5:03 PM May 7th via HootSuite
  11. Amendment #1 is not agreed to. 5:01 PM May 7th via HootSuite
  12. Full text of Amendment #1 is available here: ow.ly/aL16K 4:21 PM May 7th via HootSuite
  13. Amdt #1 replaces the entire 10yr sequester w/ legislation that reduces deficit while preserving social safety net & promoting job creation. 4:18 PM May 7th via HootSuite
  14. Amdt #1: Taking a Fair and Balanced Approach to Reducing the Deficit and Replacing the Sequester - offered by Rep. @ChrisVanHollen 4:18 PM May 7th via HootSuite
  15. Motion #4 is not agreed to. 3:21 PM May 7th via HootSuite
  16. Full text of Motion #4 is available here: ow.ly/aKZpi 2:29 PM May 7th via HootSuite
  17. Motion #4 would protect SNAP (food stamps) from severe cuts while reducing the deficit by cutting taxpayer-funded farm subsidies. 2:29 PM May 7th via HootSuite
  18. Motion #4: Protect food and nutrition support for kids & families, cut farm subsidies instead (@RepBlumenauer & @RepJohnYarmuth) 2:28 PM May 7th via HootSuite
  19. Motion #3 is not agreed to. 2:28 PM May 7th via HootSuite