48 Facts About Lloyd Doggett

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Lloyd Alton Doggett II was born on October 6,1946 and is an American attorney and politician who is a US representative from Texas.

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Lloyd Doggett graduated Omicron Delta Kappa and received both a bachelor's degree in business administration and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where he served as student body president his senior year.

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Lloyd Doggett served as a member of the Texas Senate from 1973 to 1985.

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Lloyd Doggett was the Democratic nominee for the 1984 United States Senate election in Texas, losing to the Republican candidate, US Senator Phil Gramm, by a wide margin.

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Lloyd Doggett authored the bill creating the Texas Commission on Human Rights, as well as a law outlawing cop killer bullets and a sunset law requiring periodic review of government agencies.

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Lloyd Doggett gained attention in 1979 as a member of the "Killer Bees", a group of 12 Democratic state senators who opposed a plan to move the state's presidential primary to March 11.

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In 1989, Lloyd Doggett became both an Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court and an adjunct professor at the University of Texas School of Law.

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Lloyd Doggett was elected to the House of Representatives in 1994 in what was then the 10th district after 32-year incumbent Jake Pickle retired.

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Lloyd Doggett was one of the few Democrats to win an open seat in that year's massive Republican landslide.

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Lloyd Doggett's home was placed in a new, heavily Republican 25th district stretching from east Austin all the way to the fringes of Fort Worth.

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Lloyd Doggett's home was approximately five blocks east of the 35th.

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Lloyd Doggett was set to face State Representative Joaquin Castro in the 35th district primary election.

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Lloyd Doggett accused Castro of working alongside Republicans throughout the redistricting process.

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Lloyd Doggett eventually decided to run in the 35th district, facing Bexar County assessor Sylvia Romo.

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Political commentators suggested that Romo had the district numbers in her favor, but was attempting the difficult leap from local office to Congress, while Lloyd Doggett had a huge amount of funding.

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Lloyd Doggett stressed his long tenure as a progressive Democrat, saying he wanted to "stoutly defend Social Security, Medicare, and national health care", and touted his strong support for higher education programs and public education.

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Lloyd Doggett performed strongly in San Antonio, an area he had never before represented.

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Lloyd Doggett easily defeated Republican nominee Susan Narvaiz in the general election to become the first Anglo Democrat to represent a significant portion of San Antonio since Chick Kazen left office in 1985.

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In October 2021, Lloyd Doggett announced he would run for reelection in the state's new 37th district rather than the 35th.

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Since Green's and O'Rourke's retirements after the 2018 election, Lloyd Doggett is the only white male Democrat representing Texas in Congress.

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Lloyd Doggett is one of the most liberal white Democrats from a Southern district, and one of the most liberal people ever to represent Texas in Congress.

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Lloyd Doggett has long supported more open government, and is a leading advocate for campaign finance reform.

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Lloyd Doggett has authored legislation to create tax incentives for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and to create a nationwide Silver Alert system.

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Lloyd Doggett voted in favor of a bill to provide federal funding for embryonic stem cell research in 2007.

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Lloyd Doggett is one of the leading opponents in the House of drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve in Alaska.

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In June 2009, Lloyd Doggett voted for the American Clean Energy and Security Act, a bill that would have established an emissions trading system for American producers of carbon dioxide.

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Lloyd Doggett said, "It has been a difficult and significant decision".

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Lloyd Doggett voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment in the 109th Congress.

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Lloyd Doggett voted against HR 4380 and HR 2587, bills that would have banned adoption by same-sex couples.

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In 1996, Lloyd Doggett voted for the Defense of Marriage Act, but in 2011 he co-sponsored the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal DOMA.

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Lloyd Doggett introduced legislation focused on restricting American companies from using overseas strategies to reduce their corporate tax rates.

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In 2010, Lloyd Doggett was responsible for an amendment to an education jobs bill that would mandate that Texas keep the same amount of education funding for three years in order to receive $832 million in federal money.

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Lloyd Doggett has backed bills to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and supports cap-and-trade as well as clean technologies.

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In 2015, Lloyd Doggett's continued interest in international affairs was reflected in his support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the Iran nuclear deal.

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In March 2010, Lloyd Doggett voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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In 2015, Congress passed Lloyd Doggett's NOTICE Act, which ensures that hospitalized seniors are notified whether they are in outpatient observation or inpatient care, saving them the sticker shock from realizing Medicare may not cover their skilled nursing facility care as expected.

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Lloyd Doggett sponsored the Medicare Identity Theft Prevention Act, which was enacted in 2015 and protects seniors from identity theft by removing Social Security numbers from Medicare cards.

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Lloyd Doggett has said Republicans in Congress and "ideological groups that have never accepted the idea of social insurance" pose a greater threat to Social Security than the country's aging population.

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Lloyd Doggett founded the House Prescription Drug Task Force to tackle the cost of prescription drugs.

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Lloyd Doggett reportedly tried to answer questions, but felt the demonstrators opposed all government programs, including Social Security and Medicare, in addition to the health care plan.

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Lloyd Doggett was one of the leading opponents of the authorization of the Iraq War in 2003 and called for a timetable for US troops pulling out of Iraq.

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In 2009, as part of the Obama administration's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Lloyd Doggett authored the American Opportunity Tax Credit, which provides a refundable credit for some tuition and related expenses.

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In January 2013, Lloyd Doggett passed a bill into law setting up a national commission to examine ways to reduce the number of children who die of abuse and neglect.

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Lloyd Doggett worked with Representative Sam Johnson to pass a bill through the House in December 2012 to authorize the phased removal of Social Security numbers from Medicare cards to crack down on identity theft.

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Lloyd Doggett has played a leading role in seeking disclosure of Trump's tax returns and in opposing the repeal of the Affordable Health Care Act.

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46.

Lloyd Doggett sponsored a resolution to formally censure Trump for his failure regarding violence at Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Lloyd Doggett is married to Libby Lloyd Doggett, with whom he has two children.

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In 2008, the Sunlight Foundation reported that of the 435 House members, Lloyd Doggett has the 11th-highest amount of investment in oil stocks.