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Phil AmmannJanuary 18, 2015

Daniel Webster became an unlikely celebrity in a failed attempt to overturn House Speaker John Boehner by two dozen conservatives rebels earlier this month. Webster, who represents Florida’s 10th Congressional District, is now awaiting to see how far the extent of his political banishment will be, whether Boehner might yield on his promise to seek revenge by kicking […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 18, 2015

Daniel Webster became an unlikely celebrity in a failed attempt to overturn House Speaker John Boehner by two dozen conservatives rebels earlier this month. Webster, who represents Florida’s 10th Congressional District, is now awaiting to see how far the extent of his political banishment will be, whether Boehner might yield on his promise to seek revenge by kicking […]

Ryan RayJanuary 15, 2015

Sharply rebuking what she called “political games” on the part of the U.S. House’s Republican leadership, U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham today explained her No vote on today’s Department of Homeland Security funding bill, which contained an amendment reversing course on President Obama’s recent actions on immigration. “The people of North Florida are tired of political games in […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 7, 2015

On the first day of the new session in Congress yesterday, Alabama GOP Rep. Martha Roby introduced legislation to stop President Obama’s unilateral executive action on immigration. Called the “Prevention of Executive Amnesty Act of 2015,” the measure is intended to apply to the coming appropriation for the Department of Homeland Security, which Congress funded only until […]

Mitch PerryNovember 24, 2014

President Obama’s announcement on Thursday night that he would sign an executive order shielding up to five million undocumented immigrants from deportation predictably has outraged Republicans, but the question about how they’ll fight his action is still being decided. On Friday afternoon, House Speaker John Boehner announced that he was following through on a threat […]

Bob SparksNovember 23, 2014

After every election, three things are certain. First, the winning party claims a mandate followed by the losing party lamenting the failure of their voters to turn out. The final story of the post-election trilogy features the losing side commissioning a self-analysis to find out what went wrong. Following their wipeout at the hands of […]

Mitch PerryNovember 21, 2014

Oh yes he did. To the surprise of absolutely no one, President Obama last night announced his plan to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation and grant them work permits in a 15-prime time speech. Now what happens? That’s something that Congressional Republicans will have to decide in the coming weeks, and we’ve heard […]

Martin DyckmanJuly 17, 2014

Dick Cheney slithered out from under a rock the other day to boast of the Iraq war he did so much to cause. “I believed in it then. I look back on it now — It was absolutely the right thing to do,” he said in an appearance at Washington. He said this despite the […]

Daniel TilsonApril 1, 2014

Overcoming epic rollout woes, constant conservative attacks, repeated Republican repeal attempts and nonstop negative media coverage, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has met and exceeded its benchmark goal of gaining 7 million enrollees by March 31. The ironic icing on the cake for Florida progressives is that infamous “Obamacare” opponent Gov. Rick Scott must endure […]

Darryl PaulsonFebruary 5, 2014

During last week’s State of the Union address, President Obama proposed a dozen executive orders or executive actions. An executive order allows the president to put a policy into effect with the stroke of the pen. Such orders last as long as the president’s term, when they must be extended by the next president or […]

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Daniel Webster, an “unlikely celebrity” in the House Speaker battle

Daniel Webster, an "unlikely celebrity" in the House Speaker battle

Gwen Graham calls for a clean Homeland Security approps bill

David Jolly firmly behind GOP plan to defund Obama immigration action

Mitch Perry Report – 11.24.14

Bob Sparks: Elections show that National Democratic leadership needed to change

Mitch Perry Report 11.21.14

Martin Dyckman: Still no accounting for Dick Cheney’s war

Daniel Tilson: Florida leads way on Obamacare, for better and worse

Darryl Paulson: Government by pen and phone