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Mitch PerryNovember 20, 2017

Democratic U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined his Florida colleague Bill Nelson at a business roundtable discussion in Tampa Monday. At the event, the two lawmakers blasted the GOP tax reform bill that passed the House last week and could come up in the Senate as early as next […]

Scott PowersNovember 17, 2017

School districts and colleges in Florida and other states may be in line for some of $1.24 billion in federal support for taking in Puerto Rican children displaced by Hurricane Maria, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy announced Friday. Murphy, a Democrat from Winter Park, has been leading the charge, which has included several other Florida Congress […]

Scott PowersNovember 17, 2017

The U.S. Senate’s $692.2 billion defense budget includes includes provisions that would allow far more frequent private rocket launches from Cape Canaveral and other provisions that should help Florida, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson declared. The bill, approved by the U.S. Senate late Thursday and by the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, includes provisions to […]

Peter SchorschNovember 16, 2017

How do you solve a problem like Al Franken? Tell him to stay away. Far, far away. The boob-groping (not “allegedly,” by the way, because there’s – yipes – a photo) Democratic senator from Minnesota was set to headline a fundraiser this Saturday for Florida’s Bill Nelson at the Thonotosassa home of former state CFO Alex Sink. But […]

Drew WilsonNovember 13, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott’s political committee, Let’s Get to Work, spent over $1.2 million last month on advertising, a blitz that foreshadows his likely 2018 bid for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Bill Nelson. Of the committee’s $1,281,290 in expenditures last month, $1,229,813 went towards ads. The main beneficiary was Maryland-based OnMessage, which has […]

Mitch PerryNovember 9, 2017

If Rick Scott runs for the U.S. Senate next year (as nearly everyone in Florida politics expects), he will have to deal with Donald Trump and his sagging poll numbers. But less than 48 hours after Democrats posted big wins across the country Tuesday, the Republican governor shows no appetite to analyze the results of […]

Scott PowersNovember 8, 2017

The Florida Hospital Association is expressing strong support and “deep appreciation” for a bill by U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy that would make Puerto Rican evacuees almost immediately eligible for full Medicaid coverage by the federal government if they have to evacuate to Florida. The hospital association praised Murphy’s “Disaster Displacement Act of 2017,” House Resolution […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 3, 2017

The hottest U.S. Senate race in the country will be in the Sunshine State over the next twelve months, pitting two politicians who don’t lose against each other. One will go to Washington for the next six years. The other, very likely, will have lost his last campaign. The two combatants: Sen. Bill Nelson in […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 3, 2017

This week, Sen. Bill Nelson filed legislation that would modernize and upgrade the nation’s aging 911 systems, which technology and operability have left behind. Hurricane Irma illustrated the system’s flaws in Florida. A press release from Nelson’s office noted that 29 of Florida’s emergency 911 call centers had “impaired service” after the storm, with 14 offline altogether. Nelson’s bill […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 3, 2017

On Friday in Jacksonville, Sen. Bill Nelson distilled his case against the latest Republican tax bill, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) While “it’s a start,” Nelson doesn’t see it as a finished product, and promises to file amendments in the Senate Finance Committee. “It’s way out of kilter right now. It’s too much increase […]

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Ron Wyden visits Bill Nelson in Tampa to call for bipartisanship in tax reform

Stephanie Murphy leads effort to get $1.2B to help schools accept Puerto Rican migrants

Defense budget bill includes much for Florida, Cape Canaveral, Bill Nelson says

Al Franken ‘no longer available’ for Bill Nelson fundraiser

Rick Scott spent more than $1.2M on advertising last month

Rick Scott refuses to play pundit over GOP’s bad night

Florida Hospital Association lauds Stephanie Murphy’s ‘Disaster Displacement Act’

Bill Nelson: ‘Rick Scott is raising unlimited corporate money’

Bill Nelson seeks to modernize 911 systems

Bill Nelson wants ‘tremendous revisions’ of GOP tax reform bill