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Opportunist Narvaiz Takes On Doggett Again in Gerrymandered 35th

Congressional candidate Susan Narvaiz and friend. Image from Facebook. Unsolicited advice, Dept.: A Narvaiz strategy to defeat Doggett Narvaiz is a political chameleon who says what she needs to say and does what she needs to do to protect herself … Continue reading

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Austin : Thousands Rally for Healthcare; Teabaggers Call for Secession

Health care supporters, Teabaggers rally in Austin, August 29, 2009. Photos by James Retherford / The Rag Blog.Healthcare rally draws over 2,000;Handful of Teabaggers call for secession Rev. Jim Rigby, pastor of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, pondered how it can … Continue reading

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Health Care Disruptions an Orchestrated Campaign

UPDATE: ‘Anti-Reform Group Takes Credit For Helping Gin Up Town Hall Rallies.’ Read it here. Rick Scott of “Swift Boat” fame, heads “Conservatives for Patients’ Rights.”Inside the Tea Partiers’ anti-health care organizing campaign Though conservatives portray the tea bagger disruptions … Continue reading

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Austin’s Lloyd Doggett and the Sorta Clean Energy Act

After working hard to reform it, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D,TX) finally voted for the energy bill. Here he speaks at the Austin Global Warming Press conference in June, 2008.The special interests’ ‘Clean Energy’ bill passes the House Austin’s own … Continue reading

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Lloyd Doggett Quizzes Ben Bernanke About the Bailout Debacle

In Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D., Texas) we have one of the clearer, more conscientious voices in Washington representing some of us. This is a reminder to keep him informed of your best thinking on these and other subjects of federal … Continue reading

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Rep. Lloyd Doggett on Bush’s ‘Gilded Trillion-Dollar Bridge to Wall Street’

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, left, talks with Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, center, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 13, 2008. House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. John Spratt, D-S.C., is at right. Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / AP.What’s wrong with … Continue reading

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