Gregory Wayne Abbott (born November 13, 1957) is an American attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Texas since January 20, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Abbott previously served as the 50th attorney general of Texas from 2002 to 2015. He is the third governor of any U.S. state to permanently use a wheelchair. He is also the first disabled governor in Texas history.
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two consecutive sessions of Congress, as that chamber has a Democratic majority. However, it has not come to a vote in the Senate.
That chamber has a 50-50 split between Democrats (including two independents allied with them) and Republicans, but it would take 60 votes to overcome a filibuster — that is, end debate on the bill and move to an actual vote.
This barrier to the Equality Act and other progressive legislation, including voting rights, has led to calls to scrap or reform the filibuster.The onslaught on trans youth and their families has been driven home recently by Texas Gov.
Greg Abbott’s order that state authorities investigate parents who enable their children to receive gender-affirming medical care, as Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton consider that “child abuse.” Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union sued Tuesday to block this directive, on behalf of a family that has already been subjected to an investigation.
