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President Trump on Tuesday left Congress a two-syllable mandate on the issue of prescription drug pricing: “Do more.” To some Democrats, the words presented an open invitation to collaborate. Others were left confused as to what, exactly, the White House wants. … “He is still pursuing the phony approach that if we raise prices on …

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Lloyd Doggett, a Democrat congressman, said that Trump’s speechwriters could not change the reality of the current White House. “The centerpiece of this speech was fear about a phony border crisis. There’s no path forward to avoid more chaos,” he said. Read the full story here.

Democrats in the House of Representatives announced on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s tax returns will be the subject of a hearing scheduled two days after he gives his State of the Union address. … “The law is very clear that we’re entitled to get those returns,” Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), who also sits on …

Second Nexus: REPORT: House Tax Committee’s Oversight Panel to Start Hearings on Donald Trump’s Tax Returns on February 7 Read More »

“I hope we can find resolution soon to this growing crisis,” said Austin Rep. Lloyd Doggett, a senior Democrat in the Texas delegation. “President Trump has the power to do it. We are ready in good faith to join in a reasonable compromise, but not one that takes us backward.” Read the full story here.

Congressional Democrats narrowly failed to pass a measure that would have stopped Treasury from lifting the sanctions, despite attracting the support of many Republicans, in a rare GOP split with the White House. The measure passed in the House, drawing support from 136 Republicans in a significant rebuke to the Trump administration. But the measure …

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A day of unity during the nation’s largest Martin Luther King Jr. March on Monday was in sharp contrast to the stalemate over America’s longest-running government shutdown, which is now in day 31. The shutdown was on the mind of U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, a Democrat, as he joined thousands of others in the march. …

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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 …

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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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