Congressman Lloyd Doggett

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A court on Tuesday refused to approve a plan by Texas to redraw its maps for congressional districts under a 1965 civil rights era law that is meant to protect minorities' voting rights.Texas received four new congressional seats after the 2010 U.S. census largely because of the rapidly growing Hispanic population there. State officials sued to get approval for its new map which created only one new heavily Hispanic district.The Justice Department, which is required to...Read Full Story

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A court on Tuesday refused to approve a plan by the state of Texas to redraw its maps for congressional districts under a 1965 civil rights era law that is meant to protect minorities' voting rights.Texas received four new congressional seats after the 2010 census largely because of the rapidly growing Hispanic population there. State officials sued to get approval for its new map which only created one new heavily Hispanic district.The Justice Department, which is...Read Full Story

“Like a Texas Steer, the President would ‘fix’ Medicare for All Time Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, spoke out in favor of H. Res. 1368, a rule suspending the arbitrary Medicare “trigger” for the 110th Congress. In a speech on the House floor, Rep. Doggett said: “Taking a bigger cut from our seniors and disabled for drug benefit premiums is hardly a fix. In Texas, we have steers that get cut, get ‘fixed...Read Full Story

Representative Lloyd Doggett was one of the blue dog Democrats on teetering on cap and trade legislation. It looks like he will sell Texas energy and jobs out for Pelosi’s and the Democrats scheme based on unproven science—a science many scientists now doubt considering the factual evidence. In order to get his vote, he was promised a seat on the energy committee so he can help make it better down the like. What a jack ass! If it’s not good right now, then make it better before it becomes law...Read Full Story

Calls his own constituents a "Mob"A large protest of over 150 people was held at a town hall meeting to discuss health care on Sunday, in south Austin. Congressman Lloyd Doggett, a member of the House and Ways Committee, hosted the town hall. The meeting erupted into roars of disapproval. At one point Doggett answered that he would certainly vote against his constituents' wishes on the legislation even if a majority opposed him. Today, Doggett issued this statement to Politico.com, and CBS...Read Full Story