U.S. Rep. Al Green, a Houston Democrat, introduced formal articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on the House floor Wednesday but there was little enthusiasm for the move even among Green’s Democratic colleagues.
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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After hurricanes, Congress ponders future of flood insurance program
Congress is beginning to consider how to overhaul the flood insurance plan that many Texans are relying on to rebuild after Hurricane Harvey.
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Congress
We asked every Texan in Congress about banning “bump stocks” used by Vegas shooter
The Texas Tribune asked all 38 members of the state’s congressional delegation whether they would consider a ban on “bump stocks,” the type of gun attachment used by the Las Vegas mass shooter.
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In Harvey's Wake
Abbott and Texans in Congress request $18.7 billion more in Harvey aid
Gov. Greg Abbott and most Texans in Congress signed a letter sent Thursday asking for billions more to support the state’s recovery from Hurricane Harvey.
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Politics
Trump to fundraise in Dallas in late October
President Donald Trump is scheduled to fundraise in Dallas on Oct. 25 to benefit his re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee.
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Health care
More than 400,000 Texans’ insurance at risk after Congress fails to renew CHIP
Insurance coverage for more than 400,000 Texas children and pregnant women is in jeopardy after Congress failed to renew authorization for the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
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Economy
3 Texans in Congress met with Trump ahead of tax overhaul rollout
As the latest efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act appeared dead Tuesday, Republicans appeared poised to pivot to overhauling the tax code.
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In Harvey's Wake
U.S. House passes tax breaks for victims of Harvey, Irma and Maria
After back-and-forth sniping and a divided vote on a bill to help hurricane victims, the Texas delegation came together in a press conference and declared they’re unified on the issue.
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Democrat Steny Hoyer: “We’re a broad-tent party”
U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer, the U.S. House minority whip, talked at The Texas Tribune Festival about Democratic candidate recruitment and Democratic chances in the 2018 midterms.
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Health care
GOP health overhaul in jeopardy, but Sen. Al Franken “not assuming a damn thing”
During the opening keynote session of the Texas Tribune Festival, U.S. Sen. Al Franken talked about the latest GOP proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act and whether there’s room for bipartisanship in Washington.
