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January 9, 2018
The Border Patrol has told agents to quickly process emergency vehicles through immigration checkpoints and reminded them they have discretion at “sensitive locations,” such as hospitals.
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January 8, 2018
A group of House Democrats want the Senate Finance Committee to question President Trump’s nominee for Health and Human Services secretary about high drug prices at his former employer, Eli Lilly. In a letter to Finance Committee leaders, led by Texas Reps. Beto O'Rourke and Lloyd Doggett, the Democrats said Alex Azar should also be pressed on his commitment to uphold the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as ObamaCare.
January 8, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (TX-35) and Congressman Beto O’Rourke (TX-16) led a letter urging the Senate Finance Committee to scrutinize Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary nominee Alex Azar’s record of overseeing prescription drug price increases at Eli Lilly and his former statements on the Affordable Care Act.
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January 3, 2018
WASHINGTON — A nationwide organization with Texas roots that formed to fight the Trump administration plans celebrations, of sorts, now that the new Republican-drawn tax bill is law — “retirement parties” for members of Congress who supported it.
December 22, 2017
Congress gave final approval on Thursday to legislation to keep the government funded into January, averting a government shutdown this weekend but kicking fights over issues like immigration, surveillance and health care into the new year. The stopgap spending bill extends government funding until Jan. 19 while also providing a short-term funding fix for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, whose financing lapsed at the end of September.
December 22, 2017
The House passed an $81 billion disaster aid package Thursday, the largest single infusion of federal relief dollars yet for areas ravaged by hurricanes and wildfires this year. The measure was approved 251-169, drawing opposition from some conservative Republicans and Democrats alike. The vote came moments after the chamber acted to avert a government shutdown, approving by 231-188 a stripped-down measure to fund the government through Jan. 19.
December 20, 2017
The House, forced to vote a second time on the $1.5 trillion tax bill, moved swiftly to pass the final version on Wednesday, clearing the way for President Trump to sign into law the most sweeping tax overhaul in decades.
December 20, 2017
Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee and a conferee to the House and Senate Conference Committee, spoke shortly before the vote on the House Floor on the Republican Tax Bill.
December 20, 2017
Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee and a conferee to the House and Senate Conference Committee, spoke on the House Floor after mistakes were identified in the original bill that required a second House vote.
December 19, 2017
Former state Rep. Ruth McClendon, D-San Antonio, died Tuesday after an extended battle with cancer. She was 74.