For weeks, the Texan has tried to balance three objectives: lowering the corporate tax rates, finding ways to offset that lost revenue with other changes to the tax code, and holding together his caucus along the way.
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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U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling, a Dallas Republican, says he won’t run for re-election
U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling, a powerful Dallas Republican who has served in Congress since 2003, announced Tuesday he won’t seek re-election to a ninth term.
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Congress
Texas delegation treads cautiously in reactions to former Trump campaign officials’ indictments
Members of Texas’ delegation reacted cautiously as they processed Monday’s developments in the investigation into whether Trump campaign officials colluded with Russian intelligence.
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Texas Elections 2018
In money race, Cruz and O’Rourke taking different paths
As the high-profile race between U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke gains steam, the way the two Texans have approached funding their campaigns could set their race apart nationally.
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Congress
Cornyn: Trump assured me more Harvey aid for Texas coming in November
Many Texas officials were disappointed with the details of a disaster aid bill currently moving through Congress. Rather than changing the bill in the Senate, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said a follow-up bill in November will do more for the state.
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Politics
U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson walks back comments on sexual assault
The Dallas congresswoman sought to tamp down a controversy after she said women can invite sexual assault.
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Texas Elections 2018
El Paso Democrat draws influential endorsement in bid to replace U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke
A major women’s group with a vast fundraising network endorsed former El Paso County Judge Veronica Escobar Thursday in her bid to replace U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso.
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Texas Elections 2018
Some Texas Republicans in Congress again outraised by challengers
The latest round of campaign fundraising reports show continued signs of of Democratic enthusiasm, though some Republican incumbents, including U.S. Reps. Pete Sessions and Will Hurd, posted strong third quarters.
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Federal judge: Abbott was wrong to remove mock Nativity scene
A federal judge ruled Gov. Greg Abbott violated a group’s freedom of speech by removing a mock Nativity scene from the Texas Capitol two years ago.
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In Harvey's Wake
U.S. House passes hurricane relief bill after tense day for Texas delegation, Abbott
Ahead of Thursday’s vote in the U.S. House was more than a day of frustration and second-guessing as some in the Texas delegation questioned whether their state’s continued needs were being neglected.
