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Peter SchorschSeptember 4, 2017
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President Donald Trump plans to announce Tuesday that he will end an Obama-era program protecting young immigrants brought into the country as children, which quickly drew the ire of Florida Democrats. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program, allows nearly 800,000 young immigrants, known colloquially as “Dreamers,” a reprieve from deportation as well […]

Mitch PerryAugust 9, 2017
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California Gov. Jerry Brown believes the deciding factor for Democratic candidates should be intelligence, suggesting that as a litmus test, abortion would not be helpful nationwide. “The litmus test should be intelligence, caring about, as Harry Truman or Roosevelt used to call it, the common man,” Brown NBC’s Chuck Todd on Meet The Press over the weekend. “We’re […]

Mitch PerryMay 5, 2017
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Pam Keith has formed an exploratory committee to consider facing Brian Mast in Florida’s 18th Congressional District next year. Keith, who received over 15 percent of the vote in last summer’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, made the announcement at the Palm Beach County Democratic Executive Committee meeting Thursday night, just hours after Mast voted with the majority of […]

Mitch PerryMarch 27, 2017
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Since the American Health Care Act was pulled last Friday, most members of Congress did not have to vote on the controversial bill. Nevertheless, the legislation did quickly pass through three separate committees on its way to a potential floor vote. And that hasn’t stopped the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) from criticizing Republicans for […]

Mitch PerryNovember 3, 2016
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6min317
Aiming at driving black voters to the polls to vote on down-ballot races,  the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is now airing radio ads featuring Barack Obama and Michelle Obama in Florida’s congressional Districts 7 and 13, two districts with a significant African-American population. This DCCC radio advertising campaign begins Thursday and runs until next Monday, Nov. 7 in the Orlando and Tampa […]

Scott PowersAugust 11, 2016
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Former Orlando Police Chief Val Demings‘ support from Washington D.C.’s Democratic leaders continues to draw angry backlashes and clashes with her three Democratic rivals in Florida’s Congressional District 10 race. According to The Orlando Political Observer, a private meeting Demings held Wednesday with black clergy, featuring U.S. Congress Democratic Black Caucus PAC Chair U.S. Gregory […]

Scott PowersFebruary 1, 2016
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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan met with Orlando Hispanic leaders on behalf of Congressional District 10 candidate Val Demings Monday morning, angering her Democratic rivals, who said the party was out of bounds picking in a contested primary. Lujan and Demings met with 18 Orlando-area Hispanic leaders Monday morning to seek support […]

Peter SchorschMay 28, 2015
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U.S. Rep. David Jolly caught fire from progressives Thursday over a vote this month on HR 2353, the short-term Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015. The Indian Rocks Republican was one of the 387 members of Congress to support a two-month extension of the highway trust fund. But singling out Jolly – who represents the […]


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