Month: November 2018

When the 116th Congress convenes nearly eight weeks and hundreds of news cycles from now, the parties’ leadership races, like the 2018 midterm elections, will exist in the history books. Lawmakers then will turn to a bigger new obstacle: They will attempt to resurrect the power of their branch of government amid split party control …

CQ Magazine: 116th Congress: Both Legislating and Investigating Will Be Tough Read More »

Austin City Council Member Jimmy Flannigan and newly re-elected House Representative Lloyd Doggett were two elected officials that spoke at the rally. Rep. Doggett said to the crowd he had talked with certain members of Congress on Thursday and a portion of them will demand preservation of the special counsel’s records. Doggett also called for …

CBS Austin: Protesters hold #ProtectMueller rally at Austin City Hall Read More »

Rep. Lloyd Doggett, a Texas Democrat, offered the following plan on Wednesday, just hours after his party took control of the House: “We need to give every major provision in this new tax law scrutiny that Republicans refused to provide last year. We’ve got to ask the tough questions regarding whether the value of each …

WSJ MarketWatch: Trump’s tax cuts now deserve scrutiny, says senior House Democrat Read More »

From families in South San Antonio to North Austin, I am thankful for today’s important vote of confidence in my service. And I am especially thankful that in January, I will return to a Congress with a Democratic majority and a Democratic speaker. This election offers both good news and bad. We are not where …

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