Abby Livingston, Author at The Texas Tribune

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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.

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

Politics

Texans in Congress Help Override Obama’s Veto of 9/11 Victims Bill

By Abby LivingstonSept. 28, 2016

Members of Congress — including many Texans — delivered Wednesday what might be the largest legislative blow that President Obama’s administration has received.

Politics

Congress Aims to Avoid Shutdown, Override Obama Veto

By Abby LivingstonSept. 28, 2016

Congress had only one major piece of legislation to pass when members returned for the fall: a bill keeping the government doors open. But with a deadline looming late Friday, members are down to the wire to avoid a shutdown.

Former Gov. Rick Perry with Emma Slater, his Dancing with The Stars partner.

State Government

Rick Perry Falls Short in His Dance Dance Revolution

By Abby LivingstonSept. 27, 2016

Rick Perry was the second contestant eliminated from this season of “Dancing with the Stars.”

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at an Aug. 23, 2016, rally in Austin.

Politics

Donald Trump to Return to Texas

By Abby LivingstonSept. 23, 2016

The GOP nominee will return to Texas on Oct. 11 for at least one fundraiser, in Dallas, according to two sources close to the Trump campaign.

State Government

Dan Patrick is Still Bullish on Cruz’s Re-Election Chances

By Patrick Svitek, Abby Livingston and John ReynoldsSept. 22, 2016

Also, a top Ted Cruz adviser suggests the Texas senator is moving closer to supporting GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.

U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, in his office in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., September 21, 2016.

State Government

Kevin Brady: Trade Deal Ball is in Obama’s Court

By Abby LivingstonSept. 22, 2016

The largest trade deal in the nation’s history is not quite dead, says the Texan positioned to usher the most sweeping piece of economic legislation of the Obama era through the U.S. House.

Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 14, 2016.

State Government

Ted Poe on Fight Against Leukemia: Attitude as Important as Treatment

By Abby LivingstonSept. 16, 2016

“I feel real good,” says U.S. Rep. Ted Poe, R-Humble, who was diagnosed with leukemia this summer. He talked with the Tribune about his battle and the support system he has enjoyed over the last couple of months.

State Government

Gallego Fires Back on “Lazy” Comments in CD-23 Race

By Abby Livingston and Patrick SvitekSept. 15, 2016

Also, Gov. Greg Abbott is hitting the campaign trail for CD-23 incumbent Will Hurd, R-San Antonio.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., to consider five nominees to fill vacancies on federal courts in Texas. The hearing was Sept. 7, 2016.

Politics

Ted Cruz Takes Dead Aim at Obama Administration in Internet Dispute

By Abby LivingstonSept. 14, 2016

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz might be laying low politically, but this fall he’s taking the lead on an obscure issue that could affect ongoing federal budget negotiations: Who should control how the Internet is organized?