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November 7, 2017
WASHINGTON — The House forged ahead with its tax code rewrite on Tuesday as Republican leaders fended off attacks from Democrats, who assailed the tax plan as a gift to the rich, and from business groups that said the legislation would disadvantage multinational companies.
November 7, 2017
Top Democrats said Monday that the so-called “Paradise Papers,” a leaked cache of millions of documents exposing major world figures’ use of offshore tax havens, are damning enough to derail the GOP’s push for an overhaul of the U.S. tax code.
Several top Trump administration figures, including Commerce Secretary Wilbur J. Ross Jr., Chief Economic Adviser Gary Cohn and Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, appear in the data.
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November 6, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This evening, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, spoke out against a surprise move by Ways and Means Republicans, who dropped a far-reaching 33-page amendment to a 400-plus page bill that itself only was made public on Thursday.
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November 6, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, called the Republican tax bill (H.R. 1) a “job killer” and urged Americans to learn more and speak out against it.
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November 6, 2017
Will this be Lloyd Doggett’s moment?
After years of relative obscurity, the Democratic congressman from Austin is about to have the spotlight shining on him — and the issues he cares about. With the signature tax reform bill of President Donald Trump and the GOP ready for a marathon session starting Monday in the House Ways and Means Committee, Doggett, a senior member of the panel, is ready for action.
November 6, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, introduced a Motion to Postpone debate of the House Republicans’ tax bill (H.R. 1) for several reasons, including the release yesterday of the “Paradise Papers.”
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November 5, 2017
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Ways & Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, reacted to the important disclosures by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in releasing the “Paradise Papers” and announcing a global investigation of offshore tax avoidance activities by politicians, world leaders, and multinational corporations.
November 3, 2017
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Ways & Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, spoke on the House Floor in support of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which Republicans let expire at the end of September.
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November 3, 2017
WASHINGTON — Republican Kevin Brady of The Woodlands, the point man for a sweeping GOP overhaul of the U.S. tax code, unveiled long-awaited tax cut legislation Thursday aimed at spurring jobs, the economy and his party’s prospects in the 2018 elections.
November 2, 2017
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Ways & Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, made this statement following the belated release of the Republican tax scheme.