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Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, issued the following statement after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its cost estimate "score" of the Senate Republicans' misnamed "Better Care Reconciliation Act." Rep. Doggett said:
WASHINGTON - Texas Democrats in Congress remain confident about the 2018 elections despite a stinging loss in a Georgia congressional race last week that highlighted a string of deflating defeats.
A remark by U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Brownsville, that only an "idiot" would believe Democrats can recapture the House under Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was an isolated eruption in a delegation resolute about maintaining united opposition against Trump administration policies.
By Robert Pear and Thomas Kaplan, New York Times
June 22, 2017 Updated: June 22, 2017 8:22pm
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans, who've promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act for seven years, took a major step toward that goal, unveiling a bill Thursday to make deep cuts in Medicaid and end the mandate that most Americans have health insurance.
For the 10th time in the last several months, Republicans on Wednesday blocked a Democratic resolution offered on the House floor requesting President Trump's tax returns.
The measure was defeated on a procedural vote of 227-188 that fell largely along party lines.
The resolution was offered by Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee's tax policy subcommittee.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), Ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, reacts to Speaker Ryan's address on Republican tax plans:
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