Speaker Paul Ryan Comes Calling for Cash in Texas
Also, Tom Harrison wants to resign his spot on the Ethics Commission but he can't leave just yet and the race for Rodney Ellis' SD-13 seat starts to come into focus. Full Story
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.
Also, Tom Harrison wants to resign his spot on the Ethics Commission but he can't leave just yet and the race for Rodney Ellis' SD-13 seat starts to come into focus. Full Story
Recent polls show Hillary Clinton within single digits of Donald Trump in Texas. And Clinton herself said last month that she believed the state was flippable. Yet all signs point to Clinton ceding the state to Trump. Full Story
Reprising a familiar theme from his abandoned presidential campaign, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz convened a hearing Tuesday and repeatedly charged that the Obama administration is "willfully blind" to the root of terrorism in the United States. Full Story
Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay says if he were still in charge, he would've had no mercy for the Democrats participating in this week's sit-in. The Sugar Land Republican also said he's still on the fence on Donald Trump. Full Story
Julián Castro's experience — first as San Antonio mayor, then as U.S. housing secretary — is getting a closer look than ever as Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, zeroes in on a choice for running mate. Full Story
Also, a new poll finds Julián Castro as veep doesn't sway voters one way or the other in supporting the ticket. Full Story
Also, Fort Worth U.S. Rep. Kay Granger pulls the plug on a candidacy to lead the powerful House Appropriations panel, and Texas Democrats mull how to use Donald Trump's rhetoric to their advantage. Full Story
Four Texas Republicans, including the manager, play on the GOP Congressional baseball team, which has lost to the Democrats in seven straight contests. On Thursday they meet again. Full Story
Nearly every Texas Democrat in the U.S. House contributed in their own way Wednesday to an effort that ground the chamber to a halt with the aim of forcing a vote on gun control legislation. Full Story
Getting Texas Republicans in Congress to say whether they're backing Donald Trump is a bit like pulling teeth. Luckily, The Texas Tribune's got the skills of a dentist. Full Story