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Doggett: Trump’s Comments About Foreign Help Should Move Dems On Impeachment | The Last Word | MSNBC
House Democrats Formally Request President Donald Trump’s Tax Returns | The Last Word | MSNBC
An ‘Impeachment Investigation’ No Matter The Name | The Last Word | MSNBC
Rep. Doggett teams with Speaker Pelosi, pushes new voter protection act
Politico: Biden admin backs direct government drug price negotiations
A new Biden administration plan aimed at lowering prescription drug prices endorses giving the government sweeping power to directly negotiate the cost of medicines, calling it one of the key steps Congress could take to make drugs “more affordable and equitable” for all Americans. The plan — developed by the Department of Health and Human Services and released on Thursday
KXAN: Nancy Pelosi visiting Austin with Rep. Doggett to tout ‘Build Back Better’ healthcare expansion
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Speaker of the U.S. House Nancy Pelosi is paying a trip to the Lone Star State on Thursday to tout progress on healthcare expansion under the Build Back Better Act. Pelosi will join Texas U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett to highlight Democrats’ priorities in the forthcoming act, which in part aims to strengthen healthcare access for families. Read
Community Impact Newspaper: Families receive monthly payments beginning July 15 from increased child tax credit
Eligible parents with children under 18 are about to have more money in their bank accounts because of a newly expanded Child Tax Credit. There is no limit to the amount of eligible children a family can have to benefit from the CTC, and there is no limit to the amount families who can receive it either, Rep. Doggett said.
San Antonio Express News: Ted Cruz mocked for blasting Democrats who fled Texas
Democratic U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett represents communities in San Antonio and Austin. In 1979, Doggett and other state senators left the state to stop an election bill. Doggett said he applauds state Democrats for trying to do the same. “Our courageous colleagues in the Texas legislature chose not to be accomplices by sitting at their desks and being steamrolled in
Austin Chronicle: Texas Bill Gives Localities a Way Past State Obstruction to Medicaid
More than a decade after the Affordable Care Act’s passage – and three U.S. Supreme Court rulings upholding the national health care law, the most recent just a few weeks ago – 12 states continue to hold out on expanding Medicaid coverage for millions of lower-income residents, despite the ACA’s guarantees of federal funding for nearly all of the costs
KXAN: U.S. Rep. Doggett files bill aiming to close Medicaid coverage gap in Texas by giving power to local governments
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Nearly 2 million Texans who currently fall into the Medicaid coverage gap could soon have better access to health care coverage if a Texas-based bill passes congress. That gap refers to Texans who make too much money to qualify for full Medicaid coverage, but too little to qualify for subsidized coverage in the marketplace. Texas Congressman Lloyd
