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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.
WASHINGTON — On the 64th day of Donald Trump's presidency, the art of the deal didn't work.
Facing a revolt by rank-and-file lawmakers from their party's right and center, Republican leaders Friday were forced to cancel a vote on long-promised legislation repealing the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, leaving uncertain, at least for now, the GOP's future plans for health care.
WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders, facing a revolt among conservatives and moderates in their ranks, pulled legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act from consideration on the House floor Friday in a major defeat for President Trump on the first legislative showdown of his presidency.
"We're going to be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future," the House speaker, Paul D. Ryan, conceded.
Washington, D.C. – Today, after House Republicans pulled down a vote on their "Pay More for Less" bill, Congressman Lloyd Doggett, Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, made the following statement:
Washington, D.C. -- Today, on the House floor, Congressman Lloyd (D-TX), the Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, spoke against Republicans' "Pay More for Less" healthcare bill that has been rejected by physicians, nurses, hospitals, the AARP, the American Cancer Action Network, Consumers Union, and more. Rep. Doggett said:
AUSTIN (NEXSTAR) — On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to cast a highly anticipated vote on the Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare.
The new bill has drawn criticism from both parties and has some Republicans concerned that it won't receive the 216 votes it needs to pass.
"I hope our Texas congressional delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives will listen carefully to their constituents," State Rep. Chris Turner, D-Arlington, said, "and think very carefully before they vote on this bill tomorrow in the U.S. Congress."
Washington, D.C. – Today, on the House floor, Congressman Lloyd (D-TX), the Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, spoke against Republicans' efforts to jam through the so-called "Affordable Health Care Act":
Washington, D.C. – Following his recent efforts to restore full access to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, is introducing the Equitable Student Aid Access Act, which would simplify the not-so-simple FAFSA. College Forward, a Texas-based nonprofit that coaches underserved students to collegiate success, recommended some elements of the legislation. Rep. Doggett said:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Senior Member of the Ways and Means Committee and Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee, spoke out against House Republicans' efforts to take away healthcare from 24 million Americans ahead of Thursday's vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
A key tool used by college students to apply for financial aid was pulled down by the Internal Revenue Service this month as a result of "criminal activity," said U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, (D- Texas).
The link appears on the U.S. Education Department's Free Application for Federal Student Aid (Fafsa) and allows students to automatically download information from their or their parents tax returns.