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If Democrats retake the House, the gavel of the Health Subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee could go to Representative Lloyd Doggett of Texas, an unyielding critic of what he calls price gouging by pharmaceutical companies. “Drug companies have been in such a strong position, and they have contributed so generously to people in …

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“Only last month, Republicans rejected for 7th time my motions to obtain the returns,” Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, tweeted. “But with a new Congress, we will hold Trump to [the] Nixon standard: Even Nixon invited Congress to review his returns, explaining, ‘people have got to …

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Doggett’s campaign energies are primarily devoted to helping other Democrats, and he says he is as much concerned about Texas legislative races as he is about the con­gres­sional delegation. “About seven of the con­gressional races are closely competitive,” he says, “and if we’re to be successful, it will require maximum effort everywhere. Out of this, …

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Last month, as the House Ways and Means Committee considered a bill to make Trump’s tax cuts for corporations and the very rich permanent, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) offered an amendment to make the bill contingent upon Trump’s tax returns being disclosed. On a party-line vote, the amendment was killed 21 to 15. Read the …

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Thousands flooded Auditorium Shores Saturday night for a concert and rally headlined by Willie Nelson in support of Democratic Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke. O’Rourke’s campaign estimated 55,000 people attended. The event began with speeches from elected officials and other Democratic candidates, including Austin Mayor Steve Adler and Congressman Lloyd Doggett. Some of the performers that …

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“Probably the approach would be to get all of it, review it, and, depending on what that shows, release all or part of it,” said Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas, the No. 4 Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee. Read the full story here.

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a new bill to make flying in a hot air balloon safer for the pilot and passengers. This comes more than two years after the deadly hot air balloon crash in Lockhart, Texas. The crash in July 2016 was the deadliest hot air balloon crash in U.S. history, …

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Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Class of 1967 / Class of 1970 (J.D.) Congressman Lloyd Doggett has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 23 years, and is currently running for a 13th term. Doggett was previously a state senator and a Texas Supreme Court justice. “My involvement at UT as a Business School …

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Republicans advanced a second round of tax cuts to the House floor Thursday, setting up a major messaging vote for the chamber before the midterm elections. Democrats charged that the legislation would represent another round of tax cuts for the wealthy that add to the deficit. “Republicans will pay any price, they will bear any …

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More than 24 hours after a shooting killed two people and wounded eleven at a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, President Donald Trump on Monday evening offered his condolences to the victims of the attack, as Democrats in Congress turned up the volume on their calls for something to be done by the Congress …

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