Lloyd Doggett
Democrat · TX-37 · U.S. House
Bio
Lloyd Alton Doggett II is an American lawyer and politician serving in the United States House of Representatives from Texas since 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, Doggett was a member of the Texas Senate from 1973 to 1985 and a justice of the Texas Supreme Court from 1989 to 1994. Doggett represents the same district President Lyndon B. Johnson once represented from 1937 until 1949.
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Medicare Update: List of Lawmakers Pushing for Major Changes via New BillA group of House Democrats has introduced legislation that would make some of the most significant changes to Medicare Advantage in years. The Save MEDICARE Act of 2026 (H.R. 9544), introduced by Texas Representative Lloyd Doggett, is looking to tighten overs…
Biztoc.com · July 7, 2026
Why Biden Debate Disaster Still Matters for the FutureThe saying “that’s history” is usually meant to be dismissive, but in politics the past casts a long shadow over the future. Now, two years after President Biden’s disastrous debate with Donald Trump, the patterns that dominate the Democratic Party are damagi…
Common Dreams · June 25, 2026
Is Trump Selling Himself Back His D.C. Hotel?You know already that President Donald Trump is on a rampage to build hideous oversized structures in Washington, D.C. (the Epstein Ballroom, the Arc de Trump) and to deface existing structures using exorbitant no-bid contracts. We got some good news this pas…
The New Republic · June 15, 2026
The Fight to Save D.C.’s New Deal Sistine Chapel From TrumpThe spendthrift ways of President Donald Trump are not confined to asking Congress for more than $200 billion to keep fighting a war in Iran that he can’t figure out how to end, or to pondering Ted Cruz’s plan to reduce capital gains taxation by somewhere bet…
The New Republic · March 27, 2026
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