“Abbott’s action is also getting criticism from lawmakers on Capitol Hill. U.S. Congressman Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) also joined protesters outside the Governor’s Mansion Monday morning. “Immigration law is a federal matter. How it is and why it is that the state can suddenly come involved in the enforcement of immigration laws, I think, raises …
Austin Rep. Lloyd Doggett, a Democrat, panned the waivers as a “scam.”
“Once again insurers will be able to write into their policy fine print coverage limitations and exclusions that deny help when you most need it,” he said in a statement.
“But, unlike the rest of us, Levin, Greenberg and colleague Sarah Dohl had some specific ideas. Levin and Dohl had worked for Congressman Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, when the Tea Party launched in 2009, and they witnessed firsthand the effectiveness of that movement. They noted that Tea Party protests worked even in the context of a president who …
“Austin’s U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett might feel like the force is strong with Democrats on Friday after a GOP attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act – aka Obamacare – foundered, but he warned that the “Empire will strike back.” Doggett’s statement came just after U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan announced that he had …
“Federal judges found more problems in Texas’ voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power of minorities, who former President Barack Obama set out to protect at the ballot box before leaving office… The congressional districts voided by the panel belong to Democrat Lloyd Doggett and …
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”Health care is too important, it impacts too many lives, to have a health-care bill jammed though in the same manner as President Trump’s immigration order,” said Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Tex.). “What this bill needs is some extreme vetting.” Doggett offered an unsuccessful motion for a week’s delay in action by the Ways and Means Committee. Read the …
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“Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee rejected an effort by Democrats to postpone for one week a hearing on the GOP plan to repeal and replace Obamacare. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, presented a motion to delay the hearing, saying lawmakers should have more time to review the measure that GOP House leaders announced Monday. …
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“A top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee warned Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, against marking up any Obamacare-related legislation without giving committee members and the public ample time to read it first. “Any attempt to force a vote on a bill that strips healthcare from millions of Americans without transparent discussion or even …
“… Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) offered an amendment to the Ways and Means Committee’s oversight plan that would have directed Brady to request Trump’s tax returns. But the committee voted against the amendment on a party-line vote.” See full article here
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