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Americans for Tax Fairness: Bernie Sanders, Lloyd Doggett Demand Drug Companies to Stop Dodging Taxes Following Release of New Report

December 7, 2017

Press Release

(WASHINGTON) - A new report released today by Americans for Tax Fairness exposes just how much the pharmaceutical industry stands to gain if the Trump-GOP tax plan becomes law.

Issues:Growing Our EconomyHealthcare

CNN Politics: Tax bill on its way to conference committee, but not without a hiccup

December 5, 2017

In The News

By: Lauren Fox and Ted Barrett

Tax bill on its way to conference committee, but not without a hiccup

Republicans have celebrated since Saturday the passage of their tax bill through the Senate, but on Monday night some key GOP members were thinking of another measure -- one to keep the federal government funded -- when they threatened to vote against a routine step to send the tax plan to a conference committee.

Issues:Growing Our Economy

Austin Chronicle: Lloyd Doggett Talks ACA, Tax Plan

November 30, 2017

In The News

By: Michael King

Lloyd Doggett Talks ACA, Tax Plan

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett was in town last Tuesday for a Texas Public Interest Research Group press conference at Escuelita del Alma, devoted to the TexPIRG's annual "Trouble in Toyland" report on dangerous toys (www.uspirg.org). Afterward, we spoke briefly about recent congressional business, beginning with the September failure of the GOP majority to repeal Obamacare.

Issues:Growing Our EconomyHealthcare

San Antonio Express-News: S.A. congressman becomes leading Democratic critic of tax bills

November 26, 2017

In The News

By: Bill Lambrecht

S.A. congressman becomes leading Democratic critic of tax bills

WASHINGTON - On MSNBC this week, Lloyd Doggett sounded a tone of resignation while trying to puncture the seeming inevitability of Republicans' legislation to overhaul the American tax system.

"I view the bill as a giant political life preserver for Republicans who've been unable to get anything else done this year and haven't given a lot of thought to the real impact on Americans of adding so much debt, a trillion so dollars," Doggett said.

Issues:Growing Our Economy

San Antonio Express-News: House tax bill OK’d without Democrats

November 17, 2017

In The News

By: Kevin Diaz

House passes tax bill with no Democratic votes

WASHINGTON — In a big victory for Texas Republican Kevin Brady, the House passed a sweeping tax overhaul Thursday on a narrow party-line vote, setting up a showdown in the Senate that will test the unity of the GOP’s slim majority.

Issues:Growing Our Economy

At U.S. Capitol, Rep. Doggett Joins Advocates Against Republican Tax Scam

November 15, 2017

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, participated in a gathering outside of the U.S. Capitol to urge rejection of the Republican tax scam (H.R. 1), which would jeopardize health care for millions and give tax breaks to the wealthiest few and multinational corporations.

Issues:Growing Our Economy

“Reject Republican Tax Scam, Say No to the Alzheimer’s Tax”

November 15, 2017

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, spoke three times on the House Floor against the House Republican tax bill (H.R. 1).

Issues:Growing Our Economy

Tax Bill: Two Scoops for Trump & Billionaires, the Rest Can Lick the Bowl

November 9, 2017

Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, spoke during the mark-up of the Republican tax bill (H.R. 1) after Chairman Brady introduced a last-minute 22-page manager’s amendment that would change the bill yet again.

Issues:Growing Our Economy

USA Today: Tax reform: Senate version of bill will delay corporate tax cuts one year

November 9, 2017

In The News

By: Herb Jackson

USA Today: Tax reform: Senate version of bill will delay corporate tax cuts one…

A Senate plan to overhaul taxes being released Thursday will delay for one year a cut in the top corporate tax rate from 35% to 20%, one of President Trump's top priorities, according to a Senate staff member who was familiar with the bill but not authorized to discuss it publicly.

The House Ways and Means Committee was working Thursday to release its tax changes, which would immediately drop the corporate rate. But lawmakers are struggling to keep the total cost of tax cuts under a $1.5 trillion limit they set in a budget resolution adopted earlier this year.

Issues:Growing Our Economy

Whitehouse, Doggett Call for Action on Tax Haven Bill in Wake of Paradise Papers

November 7, 2017

Press Release

Washington, DC – In the wake of the explosive Paradise Papers, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) called on Republicans to take up legislation to crack down on the use of offshore tax havens by corporations and the ultra-wealthy. The Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, introduced in April by Whitehouse and Doggett, would limit the ways corporations can game the U.S. tax system by moving jobs and assets abroad.

Issues:Growing Our Economy