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Mitch PerryNovember 23, 2015

A CBS News poll released on Monday shows that 66 percent of Americans don’t think President Barack Obama has a clear strategy to defeat the Islamic State. U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor says she understands where the public is coming from. “I think President Obama can do much better in communicating that strategy,” the Democrat representing […]

Mitch PerryJuly 21, 2015

Monday’s official resumption of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba was met with full-throated denunciations from Republican elected officials up and down the Sunshine State, and David Jolly, the latest entrant into the GOP 2016 Senate race, was no exception. “Look, I oppose the president’s decision,” Jolly told Florida Politics Monday regarding President Barack Obama‘s […]

Mitch PerryJuly 14, 2015

Although President Barack Obama‘s diplomatic breakthrough with Cuba hasn’t received much support on Capitol Hill, there are Americans — and Cuban-Americans — enthusiastic about normalizing relations with the Castro-led government. The New Cuba PAC has released its first fundraising report with the Federal Election Commission, and it reports raising $178,140.77 between its launch in Miami on […]

Mitch PerryMay 20, 2015

It’s not often Marco Rubio gets chastised by Barbara Boxer about being anti-business, but when it comes to the volatile issue of Cuba, traditional ideologies seem to collapse. The exchange between the Florida Republican and California Democrat took place Wednesday morning during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Cuba, where U.S. diplomats are to […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 19, 2015

Among the many links on this morning’s Drudge Report is a story by the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Marco Rubio essentially saying that Congress should pass a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security without conditions. There are just eight days remaining before funding for DHS will run out, with the House and Senate at […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 17, 2015

Well, I hope everyone enjoyed Presidents Day. What? You didn’t get the day off? Well, hey, it is a federal holiday, but other than students and government workers (and a few folks we know in the private sector), it was pretty much a working Monday for the rest of us. Not for Congress, though. As […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 3, 2015

Although nobody has been more critical about the recent diplomatic breakthrough between the White House and Cuba than Marco Rubio, the Florida Senator admitted at the end of today’s 3 1/2 hour hearing on Cuban- American policy that the new changes do have a silver lining – for now, he says, when there are human rights […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 29, 2015

Trying to seize the momentum to normalize relations with Cuba, a bipartisan group of lawmakers in Washington intend to introduce legislation next week to remove the travel ban on Cuba that has been in place for more than 50 years. On Monday, Congressman Mark Sanford (R- South Carolina) and Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) will introduce […]

Guest AuthorMay 5, 2014

Ronald Reagan often pointed out that the best politics are good policy. With congressional elections less than seven months away, and a presidential vote looming just behind, it’s time for Republicans to settle on just what good policy is. So here’s a thought experiment: If you could wave a magic wand and produce policy changes […]

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Kathy Castor says president can do “much better” at telling ISIS strategy

David Jolly supports expanded American travel to Cuba

Pro Cuba normalization PAC raises more than $178,000

Barbara Boxer takes Marco Rubio to task about where Americans stay in Cuba

Mitch Perry Report for 2.19.15 — Rubio, immigration and the political right

Mitch Perry Report for 2.17.15 — Will the GOP fold on DHS funding?

Senate subcommittee chaired by Marco Rubio discusses Cuba-U.S. policy for 3.5 hours

Bipartisan bill to end ban on U.S. travel to Cuba introduced in Congress

James Glassman: Republicans must say ‘grow’ instead of ‘no’ to win midterms