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November 27, 2017
Humanities Texas is pleased to announce thatVictoria Longoria of Del Valle High School is one of 13 recipients of the 2017 Humanities Texas Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award. U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett presented Longoria with her $5,000 award during a ceremony at Del Valle High School on Monday, November 27.
November 26, 2017
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.
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November 22, 2017
The Texas Public Interest Group released its annual report of the list of dangerous and toxic toys being sold on store shelves. Today, the consumer group held a press conference along with U.S. representative Lloyd Doggett and doctors from the Children's Hospital of San Antonio to discuss the dangers.
November 20, 2017
One patient got a $3,606 bill for a four-mile ride. Another was charged $8,460 for a trip from a hospital that could not handle his case to another that could. Still another found herself marooned at an out-of-network hospital, where she’d been taken by ambulance without her consent.
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November 17, 2017
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.
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November 16, 2017
WASHINGTON — Republicans on Thursday pushed through the House a massive $1.5 trillion overhaul of the nation's tax code, clearing a critical hurdle in the party's warp-speed sprint to achieve a major legislative victory by the end of the year.
November 16, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, delivered remarks on the House Floor in opposition to Republican tax bill H.R. 1, ahead of its scheduled vote today.
November 16, 2017
Donald Trump is back from Asia. What do you think he’ll be doing next?
A) Pardoning the Thanksgiving turkey.
B) Urging Congress to pass a clean, simple, middle-class-friendly tax bill.
C) Pardoning Sean Hannity.
November 15, 2017
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.
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November 15, 2017
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).
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