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March 5, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talked about how this act is important to the constitution. Congressman Lloyd Dogget, as well as other Texas voting rights advocates, were in attendance.
Issues:Voting Rights
March 5, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a visit to East Austin on Tuesday to promote sweeping voting legislation currently before Congress.
Issues:Voting Rights
March 5, 2019
Congressional Democrats are likely to request 10 years of President Trump’s tax returns in coming weeks, tailoring their inquiry in a way they hope will survive a court battle, according to lawmakers and others involved in the discussions.
March 5, 2019
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Many look at Central Texas as the best example of drawing Congressional lines to keep one party out of power. Austin is a Democratic powerhouse but is represented by five Republicans and one Democrat.
March 4, 2019
Austin, TX — On Tuesday in Austin, Congressman Lloyd Doggett will host a press conference with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and leading Texas voting rights advocates Mimi Marziani, President of Texas Civil Rights Project, and Julieta Garibay, Texas Director and Co-Founder of United We Dream. Julieta is also the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit accusing Texas state officials of illegally targeting her and others because they are foreign-born.
Issues:Voting Rights
February 28, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC – House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Lloyd Doggett announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing, entitled “Promoting Competition to Lower Medicare Drug Prices” on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. in room 1100 Longworth House Office Building.
Issues:Healthcare
February 27, 2019
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Wednesday batted down the prospect of submitting a final trade deal with China to Congress for approval.
"We have no intentions of submitting it to Congress," Lighthizer said during a House Ways and Means hearing, adding that the deal is "an executive agreement, we're not required to send it to Congress."
February 26, 2019
Washington, DC — Today, Congressman Doggett urged passage of the resolution, of which he is a sponsor, to block President Trump’s emergency powers declaration. He took to the floor as President Trump attempts to use to divert money from security needs and into construction of his wall.
Issues:Immigration
February 26, 2019
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI) introduced legislation to ensure that the Attorney General cannot impede public release of a Special Counsel’s report. This Special Counsel Transparency Act is a companion to a bill introduced by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT).
February 25, 2019
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s decision to back off his threat to raise tariffs on Chinese goods carries substantial political risk as the president faces increased pressure from Republicans, Democrats and some of his own advisers to win the kind of tough concessions that Beijing has long resisted.