Topic: Lloyd Doggett
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Ron Paul's last hurrah: a big, bipartisan vote to 'Audit the Fed'
Today's vote marks a high point for Paul, who is retires at the end of the year. His signature bill requires a full audit of the Federal Reserve – a move that critics, including Fed chair Ben Bernanke, dub 'nightmarish.'
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Price of debt-ceiling deal: GOP plan goes 'for the jugular,' Dems say
No one in Congress likes the 'sequester' – the more than $900 billion in automatic cuts written into last year's debt deal – but Democrats say that's better than the new GOP plan to avoid it.
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Former terrorist: Austin attack reflects growing US turmoil
Joe Stack's apparent suicide flight in Austin, Texas, Thursday, which killed at least one person and caused two others to be hospitalized, is indicative of what some are concerned is building antigovernment sentiment, says a former domestic terrorist.
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Baucus healthcare plan takes flak from both sides of the aisle
Republicans say it's too costly. Liberal Democrats complain that it doesn't do enough for the uninsured. But unlike House plans, it wouldn't add to the deficit.
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Hecklers turn Democrats' healthcare forums into 'town hells'
House members stumping for President Obama's reform plans return home to 'recess roasts.'
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