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Statesman: Impeachment vote splits Central Texans on party lines

Thursday’s U.S. House vote formalizing an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump divided Central Texas lawmakers along party lines, with all six Republicans voting in opposition and the region’s sole Democrat, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Austin, supporting the resolution. Doggett dismissed Republican complaints about the impeachment process. “Our vote approves a fair, open process …

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KXAN: Members of Congress look to simplify FAFSA for low-income students

Twenty million families fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid every year, but members of Congress say many others give up because the form is too complicated. A Republican from Tennessee and a Democrat from Alabama say college isn’t for everyone, but they want to make sure students who want to enroll can …

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KXAN: Texas lawmakers react to U.S. House formal impeachment inquiry against Pres. Trump

“This president has come to believe that he can get away with anything when it comes to trampling our democracy,” U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, an Austin-area Democrat, said. “Now he has gone to a foreign power and asked them to intervene to help him get reelected — a foreign power to whom he denied military …

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KSAT: Congressman Lloyd Doggett: Don’t fear the census

At Thursday’s grand opening of its office in the heart of San Antonio’s West Side, the U.S. Census Bureau’s Deputy Regional Director Dennis Johnson, as well as federal, state and local officials echoed what Congressman Lloyd Doggett said: “Everyone needs to know, you don’t have to fear the census.” “The census workers don’t work for …

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Statesman: Texas Democrats denounce Trump over lynching comment

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, told the American-Statesman, “President Trump’s latest whiny tantrum — complaining that this well-justified impeachment inquiry is in any way comparable to the systemic, brutal torture of mostly African Americans by lynching — represents only another attempt to distract attention from his admitted wrongdoing. It won’t work.” Read the full story …

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Express News: Texas has closed more polling places than any other state, report shows

Hundreds of polling places have closed across the state as Texas leads the nation in what civil rights advocates call one of the most pernicious tactics aimed at keeping minority voters from casting ballots. Texas has shuttered 750 polling places since 2012, the vast majority coming after the Supreme Court in 2013 ruled states like …

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Houston Public Media: New Quarters Celebrate The Cultural Legacy Of The San Antonio Missions

A new quarter honoring the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park was unveiled Thursday. The special coin, depicting on its reverse four icons of the Missions’ history, is the 49th coin in the U.S. Mint’s “America the Beautiful” program. The project began in 2010 to depict national parks and other sites in all 50 states …

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San Antonio Current: Trump’s Reallocation of Funds to Border Wall Will Kill $18.5 Million Project at San Antonio Base

“President Trump raids military dollars to waste on an unnecessary wall that he falsely claimed Mexico would pay for,” said U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-San Antonio and Austin. “This is just more of his dangerous, un-American abuse of presidential power — overriding Congress and the people, rejecting true security needs. Always taking from the deserving …

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