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WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday narrowly approved a bill to repeal and replace major parts of the Affordable Care Act, as Republicans recovered from their earlier failures and moved a step closer to delivering their promise to reshape American health care without mandated insurance coverage.
Climate change activists rallied at the Texas Capitol during President Donald Trump's 100th day in office to protest state and national policies that deny global warming.
Environmental groups held the event Saturday to spread awareness of several aspects of climate change, as well as encourage Texans to influence policymakers who ignore or deny the urgency of the issue. The rally was followed by a march to the University of Texas.
As tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in Washington, D.C., Seattle, Boston, San Francisco and other U.S. cities to demand action on climate change, a smaller but just as fervent group of protesters gathered at a sister rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and National Economic Director Gary Cohn announce President Donald Trump's tax proposals Wednesday.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's call for a dramatic overhaul of the tax code sets in motion his most ambitious legislative initiative to date, testing whether he can cut the deal of his life on an issue that has long bedeviled Washington.
On Wednesday, Trump issued a one-page outline for changes to the tax code, pinpointing numerous changes he would make that would affect almost every American.
Familiar battle lines were drawn over regulations aimed at stopping inversions after President Donald Trump ordered a broad review of tax regulations Friday.
Critics revived their complaints that the rules went too far, and Trump and his team may agree. But supporters of the regulations said any move to water down or revoke them would reopen the door to corporations gaming the tax system and violate Trump's campaign pledge to crack down on U.S. companies that move abroad.
Dem Leader and Lloyd Doggett lead roundtable on Obamacare
By: Michael King, 4/20/17
U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was in town this morning, joining Austin Rep. Lloyd Doggett at a roundtable sponsored by Seton/Ascension health care. Follogin a tour of the nearly complete new Dell Seton hospital, the two officials hosted a discussion focused on the role of the Affordable Care Act.
AUSTIN, Texas — Republican state lawmakers, closely tracking Obamacare repeal efforts in Washington, may look to reopen the state's shuttered high-risk pool to insure Texans who can't get coverage elsewhere.
Bills in the Texas House and Senate would allow the state insurance commissioner to set up a temporary high-risk pool if federal funds become available.
Over 50 members of Congress are calling on President Donald Trump to direct the National Institutes of Health to issue guidance on when it will exercise so called "march-in rights," effectively canceling exclusivity when patented drugs are not available on reasonable terms. The lawmakers and one consumer advocacy group held up the process as a solution to Trump's promise to bring down drug prices.
Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., have introduced legislation to discourage the use of corporate tax havens.
The Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, backed by more than 50 other lawmakers, along with the Corporate EXIT Fairness Act, would curb some tax strategies such as deferral and "check the box" that encourage companies to shift jobs and profits to foreign countries. The legislation also aims to curtail corporate tax inversions.
GOP struggles to move past issue
As folks line up to pose questions, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, speaks during a town hall meeting about health care at La Trinidad United Methodist Church.
As Republicans in Washington tried their best to maneuver past the failure to get enough votes in the House to pass their health care bill, constituents of Lloyd Doggett's congressional district, which runs along Interstate 35 to Austin, met in South San Antonio on Saturday.
The congressman made it clear that the canceled vote was a victory for Democrats.