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With Spotlight on Cruz, Doggett Touts Health Care Law

As U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz brought his effort to defund the Affordable Care Act to Texas this week, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, tried to drump up support for the law during a visit to East Austin.

by Veronica Zaragovia, KUT News

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, urges Texas leaders to accept Medicaid expansion as U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, and then-San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro listen on April 1, 2013.
Credit: Bob Daemmrich

As U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz brought his effort to defund the Affordable Care Act to Texas this week, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, tried to drump up support for the law during a visit to East Austin.

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Veronica Zaragovia

KUT NEWS

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