U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar of Laredo, Filemon Vela of Brownsville and Vicente Gonzalez of McAllen are withholding their support for a bipartisan “discharge petition” that would bypass the committee process and force Congress to address the legal status of “Dreamers.”
Abby Livingston
Abby Livingston joined The Texas Tribune in 2014 as the publication's first Washington bureau chief, and departed August 2022. In this role, she covered members in the Texas congressional delegation and campaigns back in the home state. A seventh-generation Texan, Abby grew up in Fort Worth and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to the Tribune, Abby worked for NBC, CNN, National Journal and Roll Call. At the Tribune, she won the 2017 National Press Club Award for Washington regional reporting and the Society of Professional Journalists' 2018 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Washington correspondence. Abby is a contributing writer to the Almanac of American Politics and frequently appears on MSNBC, CNN and Sirius XM radio. She also had a role on an episode of "The Bold and The Beautiful." In keeping with the Trib’s great history of hiring softball stars, Abby is a three-time MVP (the most in game history) for The Bad News Babes, the women’s press softball team that takes on female members of Congress in the annual Congressional Women’s Softball breast cancer charity game.
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Texas Elections 2018
Dan Crenshaw, Chip Roy, Michael Cloud among Republican congressional runoff winners
In Tuesday’s primary runoff election, Texas voters cast ballots in six Republican congressional races across the state.
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Texas Elections 2018
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher defeats Laura Moser in Texas Democratic primary runoff; Gina Ortiz Jones seals nomination
Attorney Lizzie Pannill Fletcher defeated activist Laura Moser in a Democratic congressional primary that drew national attention. Meanwhile, former Air Force Intelligence Officer Gina Ortiz Jones easily won her runoff for the 23rd Congressional District.
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Texas Elections 2018
Texas runoff between Laura Moser and Lizzie Pannill Fletcher a pivotal moment for national Democrats
How West Houston’s Democratic voters decide in the 7th Congressional District runoff on Tuesday will have outsized implications for national Democrats’ optimism and tactics in the fall.
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Texas Elections 2018
Republican runoff to replace U.S. Rep. Ted Poe turns tense amid mudslinging allegations
While little separates veteran Dan Crenshaw and state Rep. Kevin Roberts on policy, their Republican runoff has grown nasty as they argue over past Facebook posts and accusations of mudslinging. The winner is likely to end up in Congress.
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Texas Elections 2018
Democrats have their eye on Pete Sessions’ seat. Who will they pick to challenge him?
Seven Democrats filed to run against U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, a Dallas Republican. The race is now down to Colin Allred and Lillian Salerno – two former Obama administration officials who argue Sessions is vulnerable.
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Texas Elections 2018
How Joe Barton’s downfall led to two competitive Texas races
U.S. Rep. Joe Barton’s startling retirement amid unsavory headlines — coupled with a turbulent national political environment — makes the open-seat race to replace him uncharted territory for candidates from both parties.
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Congress
Mac Thornberry, House Armed Services chairman, questions Trump’s decision to pull out of Iran deal
U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry, the highest-ranking House Republican – and Texan – on national defense issues, said President Donald Trump should have given “our European allies a few more months to strengthen the deal.”
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Politics
Ronny Jackson, a Texan, withdraws from consideration to head Veterans Affairs
Jackson’s nomination went into free fall as reports emerged that alleged Jackson led a hostile work environment, over-prescribed drugs and possibly drank on the job.
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Texas Elections 2018
Beto O’Rourke to major Democratic super PAC donor: “Thanks, but no thanks”
Tom Steyer, one of the biggest Democratic donors in the country, openly mulled spending on O’Rourke’s behalf via his environmental super PAC, NextGen America.
