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Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, asks questions about open carry legislation during the final days of the 84th Texas legislature regular session on Friday, May 29, 2015 at the Texas state capitol in Austin, Texas. Open carry in Texas is just a signature away from becoming law, as the House and Senate voted in rapid succession Friday to send the contentious bill to Gov. Greg Abbott. The measure, opposed by most Democrats, would allow licensed Texans to openly carry handguns in belt or shoulder holsters. Abbott, a Republican, said emphatically on Friday that he would sign open carry into law. (Ashley Landis/The Dallas Morning News)

Texas poised to allow open carry of handguns

By Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks to members of the media during his meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Tuesday, May 26, 2015, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Obama began with commenting on flooding in Texas and calling on Senate to act on USA Freedom Act. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama promises federal aid to flood-ravaged Texas

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 13, 2015 file photo, Texas Rep. Cecil Bell Jr., R-Magnolia, talks on the phone in the House Chamber, in Austin, Texas. Bell has proposed a bill that would penalize county and local officials for issuing gay marriage licenses. Hundreds of much-watched proposals, including a key conservative push to defy the U.S. Supreme Court if gay marriage is legalized, hang in the balance as work in the Texas House has slowed to a crawl — even as the chamber's last chance to pass its bills looms. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, file)

Texas anti-gay marriage bill dies fizzles amid stall tactics

By WILL WEISSERT and EVA RUTH MORAVEC - Associated Press

Texas set to approve open carry of handguns: ‘We are seeing historic progress’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Republican governors unwittingly recruited by biofuels lobby

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2005 file photo, U.S. Southern District Judge Andrew S. Hanen, left, joins with Filemon B. Vela, Jr. and Blanca Vela for the Pledge of Allegiance during the United States Courthouse naming ceremony in Brownsville, Texas. Hanen's move to block President Barack Obama’s orders on immigration lays bare a pervasive but not widely known practice in federal district courts: venue shopping. Immigration advocates say that lawyers for the state of Texas were seeking a court with sympathetic judges when they filed their case in Brownsville. (AP Photo/The Brownsville Herald, Brad Doherty, File)

Immigration ruling shows lawyers playing venue shopping odds

By SETH ROBBINS - Associated Press

Governor-elect Greg Abbott addresses influential conservatives at the Texas Public Policy Foundation's legislative orientation at the Sheraton Austin Hotel in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Abbott was far less confrontational while listing his legislative priorities, sticking to campaign vows such as building roads and reducing business regulations. It was in stark contrast to incoming Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who vowed Thursday to make good on even his most fiercely conservative promises. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Laura Skelding)

Them’s fighting words: Abbott says Texas becoming too much like California

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The states challenging President Obama's deportation amnesty have already won the first round in court after the case landed in the lap of Judge Andrew S. Hanen, a Bush appointee who issued a scorching rebuke to the Department of Homeland Security last year, accusing it of refusing to follow border security laws. (Associated Press)

Obama amnesty in jeopardy with Bush judicial appointee hearing states’ challenge

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a news conference in Austin, Texas, in this Oct. 17, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Perry: Immigration order means more border chaos

By Will Weissert - Associated Press

Texas Attorney General and Gov.-elect Greg Abbott speaks against President Barack Obama's executive order on immigration at the Price Daniel Building in Austin, Texas, on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Abbott is again vowing to sue the Obama administration for lifting the threat of deportation from millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner)

Greg Abbott: Lawsuit over Obama immigration action will be filed ‘any day now’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Texas Attorney General and Gov.-elect Greg Abbott speaks against President Barack Obama's executive order on immigration at the Price Daniel Building in Austin, Texas, on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Abbott is again vowing to sue the Obama administration for lifting the threat of deportation from millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner)

Abbott: No decision yet on Obama immigration suit

By Paul J. Weber - Associated Press

Texas Attorney General and Republican candidate for governor Greg Abbott speaks during a campaign stop in this Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, file photo, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) ** FILE **

Greg Abbott, Texas governor-elect, on immigration: I’m suing

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Democratic candidate for Texas Governor Sen. Wendy Davis poses with members of Planned Parenthood as she rallies campaign workers and supporters at the party's west side office in San Antonio, Texas, Monday, Nov. 3, 2014. Davis is running against Republican candidate Greg Abbott. (AP Photo/San Antonio Express-News, Jerry Lara)

EDITORIAL: With her epic fail, Wendy Davis painted Texas redder

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Texas Attorney General and Republican candidate for governor Greg Abbott speaks during a campaign stop in this Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, file photo, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) ** FILE **

Greg Abbott defeats Democrat Wendy Davis for Texas governor

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Courtesy of True the Vote

GOP gubernatiorial hopeful left off ballot in at least one Texas county

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Students cheer as Sen. Wendy Davis, Democratic candidate for governor, gets ready to speak to students at a plaza at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi during a campaign stop in Corpus Christi, Texas on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Michael Zamora)

Wendy Davis’ campaign coffers running dry as Election Day nears in Texas

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott, middle, introduces actor Chuck Norris to his mother-in-law, Mary Lucy Phalen, during a campaign event at the Casa Rio restaurant in San Antonio, Texas, on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/San Antonio Express-News, Billy Calzada)

Chuck Norris endorses Greg Abbott for governor in Texas

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Texas State Senator Wendy Davis, right, Democratic Gubernatorial candidate, and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, left, Republican Gubernatorial candidate, shake hands before the final gubernatorial debate in a KERA-TV studio in Dallas on Tuesday Sept. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Andy Jacobsohn, Pool)

Greg Abbott: Attacking my wheelchair is Wendy Davis’ ‘prerogative’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Democratic Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis is defending her controversial "wheelchair ad," even after conservatives and liberals have deemed it insensitive. (Politico)

Wendy Davis defends Greg Abbott ‘wheelchair ad’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times