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Abby Livingston

An award-winning reporter and expert on political campaigns and Congress. Abby previously worked at The Texas Tribune, Roll Call, National Journal, CNN, and NBC.

THE LATEST ARTICLES
NEWSLETTERS
Tom Emmer’s speakership bid collapsed on Tuesday afternoon.
Abby Livingston • October 24, 2023
Darkness on the Edge of Town
News and notes on an unprecedented era in congressional history.
Perhaps the most notable holdout was the House Appropriations chair Kay Granger.
Abby Livingston • October 17, 2023
The Jordan Skeptics Strike Back
It seems the G.O.P. institutionalists, after years of getting steamrolled by Trump, finally found a hill they might be willing to die on.
Jim Jordan, a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, was long considered a bomb-thrower rather than a dealmaker by his colleagues.
Abby Livingston • October 16, 2023
Jim Jordan’s Hostile Takeover
The hardliner Boehner once called a “legislative terrorist” is mounting an unprecedented campaign to whip Republican votes. But does he have the numbers? And could taking the speakership cost him the House?
kevin mccarthy
Abby Livingston • October 4, 2023
McCarthy Aftershocks & The Texas Plot
For all Kevin McCarthy’s flaws, he was also one of the most active political animals in the House G.O.P. conference. Herewith, three observations on the fallout absent his leadership.
Kevin McCarthy was ousted as House speaker on Tuesday.
Abby Livingston • October 3, 2023
Kevin in Heaven
McCarthy’s ouster was essentially preordained from the moment that he agreed to wear Matt Gaetz’s motion-to-vacate suicide vest. The only question now is whether he’s raptured right back.
Newsom is expected to name Feinstein’s replacement in the coming days, but her passing has already set into motion a chain reaction in the Senate.
Abby Livingston • September 29, 2023
Feinstein Power Mourners & Newsom’s Pick
Notes on the Feinstein succession and Senate race after the passing of a political giant.
Abby Livingston • September 28, 2023
Why I Joined Puck
So much of the legacy media, like politics, is essentially a gerontocracy, stuck in old ways of thinking and chasing outdated business models. Puck, which puts journalists and readers at the center of the equation, is trying something different.
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez has been charged with accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribery payments.
Abby Livingston • September 26, 2023
The Menendez Dominos & Lake’s Announcement
News and notes on the Senate Dems’ gamesmanship surrounding the Menendez indictment, schadenfreude emanating from Kari Lake’s Arizona Senate bid, and more.
Everyone who has a basic knowledge of the House is adjusting their behavior in preparation for a shutdown.
Abby Livingston • September 20, 2023
​​Shutdown Doomsday Prepping: Anxieties, Tough Calls & Polling Questions
The political class has accepted that only a miracle will prevent a shutdown, though there are some scattered Republicans and Democrats who believe that Kevin McCarthy could pull off a Hail Mary.
Democrats are eager to incorporate M.T.G. into their ads strategy.
Abby Livingston • September 18, 2023
McCarthy Schadenfreude & Dems’ M.T.G. Strategy
An inside look at the Democrats’ new M.T.G.-focused ads strategy, the Chip Roy paradox, and the drama surrounding the Senate’s new dress code.
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