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April 23, 2018
In The News
Highlights
• More than 2,000 Central Texas students meet at Austin’s Wooldridge Square to rally for gun control laws.
• The nationwide school walkout came on the anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre in 1999.
• Kelsey Tasch knows she’s far more likely to die in a car accident than a school shooting.
April 18, 2018
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WASHINGTON - Two San Antonio congressmen on Tuesday demanded that Attorney General Jeff Sessions answer allegations that the Justice Department is improperly rejecting candidates for immigration judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals based on politics.
April 16, 2018
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Highlights: GOP Rep. Michael McCaul and Sen. John Cornyn praise the president’s actions. Rep. Lloyd Doggett and some other Democrats say Trump should have sought congressional approval.
April 12, 2018
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WASHINGTON — With tax rates falling, spending rising and deficits soaring, House Republicans dusted off a long-debated proposal on Thursday to amend the Constitution to require a balanced budget — only to watch it fail.
April 12, 2018
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April 11--U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, will end his 20-year political career on Capitol Hill, he announced Wednesday. Ryan said he would complete the rest of his term, which ends in January.
April 9, 2018
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Before U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett and state Rep. Eddie Rodriguez sounded off against opponents of gun safety legislation during a town hall Sunday to discuss school shootings, students who shared the panel with them took a moment to describe the daily tensions they experience on campus.
April 4, 2018
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he’s preparing to send the military to guard parts of the border with Mexico, escalating his campaign against illegal immigration and his fight with Congress over funding the border wall.
Issues:
March 30, 2018
In The News
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-San Antonio, holds a town hall at La Trinidad United Methodist Church last year. He is among a few.
March 26, 2018
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These continuing massacres at schools, churches, entertainment venues and elsewhere must end — all students should be able to pursue an education without fearing that they could become additional victims.