While Republicans attack nonprofit hospitals, I offered an amendment in Ways & Means to address one of the most pressing issues in health care: the infiltration of private equity firms. My remarks before Republicans defeated my amendment on a party-line vote:
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Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|Texas District 37
Lloyd Doggett
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Voting Record — 594
Yes41%
No56%
Present1%
Not Voting3%
Party align98%
Cross-party0%
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Lloyd Doggett
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratTexas District 37
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20 recent posts · 25 sponsored · 202 cosponsored
Recent ATmosphere posts, sponsorships, and cosponsorships.
Wasteful overpayments to Medicare Advantage insurers should be criminal. I filed the Saving MEDICARE Act to stop waste, fraud, and abuse that is costing taxpayers tens of billions each year. Returning resources to provide better Medicare to more Americans.
[2/2] As Justice Kagan dissented: “the result will be…a legal machine, increasingly unable to stop political corruption, and thus to preserve our institutions’ Democratic legitimacy.”
[1/2] As if Citizens United had not already done enough damage, the Supreme Court approved a GOP challenge to one of the few remaining restraints on campaign spending.
[2/2] Now Netanyahu says the war "never ends,” opting for endless war over ending the suffering of both Israelis and Palestinians.
[1/2] Former IDF hostage chief reveals Israeli ministers blocked hostage deals that could have brought roughly 40 hostages home alive. Nitzan Alon says the war could've ended a year earlier, but Smotrich pushed "total victory" over ceasefires.
For Austinites, that could mean poor oversight of your child's Individualized Education Program or anti-discrimination rights. This risks more chaos and places special education in a position to be labeled as “welfare” to be cut by Republicans.
Trump's plan to dismantle the Education Department shifts special education and civil rights protections to agencies whose work have little to do with learning.
Even detaining a nun on her way to church.
nytimes.com/2026/07/01/us/politics/ice-immigrant-arrests-surge.html
More than 10,000 arrests in five days. To meet the outrageous quotas Trump & Stephen Miller demand, ICE is grabbing hard-working residents who contribute to our communities and tearing families apart.
nytimes.com/2026/07/01/us/politics/ice-immigrant-arrests-surge.html
Medicare cuts are just 6 years away unless Congress acts to protect this lifeline. One of the most effective ways is to pass my Saving MEDICARE Act to end outrageous overpayments to Medicare Advantage private insurers and deliver $2.5 trillion back to Medicare.
A little fraud, a little pollution, a little corruption— all forgiven by Trump, who’s not concerned about any of this. Our democracy is choking under Trump’s smog-filled, corrupt regime.
Trump’s forever war in the Middle East continues as another fragile ceasefire fails. The consequence: more bloodshed, more taxpayer dollars wasted, further endangerment of Americans.
[2/2] I urged creating a task force to actually review Trump’s returns and support a real audit.
[1/2] A measure adopted after Watergate to require an annual audit of the president’s tax return appears to have been ignored for Trump. Before first taking office, Trump had only one auditor assigned to untangle 400+ Trump Organization entities.
[2/2] Its mission has always been to preserve, study, and share American history through scholarship, not to serve one man’s political vanity or eagerness to erase any part of our history that doesn’t conform with his current rhetoric.
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/a...
[1/2] Trump’s baseless claims are now threatening one of our national treasures. Over 180 years the Smithsonian has become one of the world’s premier museums and research institutions.
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/a...
Netanyahu's extremist government continues emboldening more extremism. As Palestinians endure settler violence and dire humanitarian conditions, now harassment against Christians is on track to set a new record high. Far too many remain complicit in their silence.
Turning away families fleeing violence as they seek asylum betrays our American values and only encourages more illegal immigration as people desperate for safety will attempt dangerous border crossings. This Supreme Court decision and Trump's hate-fueled policies will only cause more harm.
[2/2] That’s the real impact of Trump/DOGE gutting the IRS. After enabling the firing tens of thousands of skilled IRS workers, House Republicans just offered a fig leaf to provide some cover for the damage they helped cause.
IRS staffing cuts:
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Voting History
594 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-20 | H.R. 2616 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-05-20 | H.R. 1993 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-20 | S. 1003 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-20 | S. 2393 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-20 | H.R. 5317 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-20 | H.R. 4544 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-20 | H.R. 3234 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-20 | H. Res. 1299 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-15 | H.R. 8469 (119th) | Final passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-15 | H.R. 8469 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-05-14 | H.R. 8365 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-14 | H.R. 8365 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-05-14 | H.R. 5625 (119th) | Final passage | YES | NO | ✕↔ | Passed |
| 2026-05-14 | H. Con. Res. 75 (119th) | Approve resolution | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-05-14 | H.R. 6260 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-14 | H.R. 6260 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1259 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1251 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Con. Res. 96 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H.R. 1346 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H.R. 1346 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | NO | ✕ | Failed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1252 (119th) | Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1274 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1274 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1275 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-13 | H. Res. 1275 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-12 | H.R. 2853 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-05-12 | H.R. 2071 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-30 | S. 4465 (119th) | Fast-track passage | NOT_VOTING | YES | — | Passed |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | NO | ✕↔ | Failed |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | YES | ✕ | Agreed to |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Agreed to |
| 2026-04-30 | H.R. 7567 (119th) | Approve amendment | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-30 | S. Con. Res. 33 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-29 | S. 1318 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-29 | H. Res. 1224 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-29 | H. Res. 1224 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-27 | H.R. 227 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-27 | H.R. 7959 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-23 | H.R. 5587 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-22 | H.R. 6387 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2026-04-22 | H.R. 6387 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2026-04-22 | H.R. 4690 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.