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Mitch PerryJanuary 31, 2017

After years of watching other red states leap ahead of them on criminal justice reform, Pinellas County Republican Senator Jeff Brandes is filing a bill that would create a criminal justice task force in the state of Florida in 2017. It calls for a large committee consisting of 27 members (16 will be appointed) representing the Florida House, […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 30, 2017

It took awhile, but Charlie Crist is finally weighing in on Donald Trump’s controversial executive order temporarily placing a ban on refugees entering the U.S. While nearly every member of the Florida congressional delegation, and certainly every Democrat was eager over the weekend or on Monday to express their opinion, the St. Petersburg Democrat was quiet. Until now. Although […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 30, 2017

Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran is applauding President Donald Trump‘s executive order temporarily banning refugees from entering the United States. The Land O’Lakes Republican also wants to work with the administration to improve the transparency of the process, particularly on resettling refugees in Florida. In a letter sent Monday, Corcoran praised the president’s “bold action” on the issue, while complaining that the current relationship between […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 30, 2017

Sunday marked the eighth anniversary of the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which gives people who experience pay discrimination more time to file a complaint. Although the bill (the first signed into law by Barack Obama) was designed to close the wage gap between males and females in the U.S., Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says that President […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 30, 2017

Sarasota Republican Vern Buchanan announced on Monday that he will co-chair the bipartisan Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, a group dedicated to the preservation of wildlife and humane treatment of animals. The co-chair will be Oregon Democrat Earl Blumenauer. “Stopping animal cruelty and protecting endangered wildlife should be a bipartisan issue important to all of us,” Buchanan said. “I’m looking forward to working […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 30, 2017

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio is weighing in on President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order temporarily banning refugees from mostly Muslim nations from entering the U.S., saying in a joint statement with South Carolina Republican Tim Scott that while generally supporting additional vetting, they are “uneasy about the potential impact of these measures on our military and our diplomatic personnel abroad, as well as those who put […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 29, 2017

Donald Trump’s executive order suspending the entry of all refugees into the United States for 120 days inspired a crowd of several hundred (maybe a thousand?) to gather in Centennial Park in Tampa’s Ybor City on Sunday afternoon. The people were united in sharing their extreme disapproval of Trump’s decision, creating the second day of national protests against […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 29, 2017

Democrats across Florida are blasting President Donald Trump‘s executive order, which suspends for 120 days the entry of all refugees from certain Muslim countries to the United States. The order, signed Friday, bands Syrian refugees indefinitely, and for 90 days, it blocks entry into the U.S. for citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Among […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 27, 2017

Tampa Democrat Sean Shaw has submitted his first appropriations request for the 2017 Legislative Session. The freshman lawmaker is requesting $1 million for rehabbing the historic Cuban Club in Ybor City. According to the budget request, the facility has damaged structural support columns, beams and floor slabs on all four floors that would be removed and replaced in order to achieve the structural stability of […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 27, 2017

Although Florida Democrats failed to improve their numbers in the state Senate in 2016, Jeff Clemens is very optimistic that in two years their power will increase. “It just so happens that the way it plays out, the Democrats that are up for election in 2018 are in safe Democratic seats, so with the Republicans having to go defend […]

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Jeff Brandes legislation would create task force focusing on criminal justice

Charlie Crist says Trump administration needs to rethink its executive order on refugees

Richard Corcoran wants to meet with Trump administration on refugee resettlement in Florida

Debbie Wasserman Schultz says pay wage gap in U.S. getting worse

Vern Buchanan to co-chair Congressional Animal Protection Caucus

Marco Rubio says he’s ‘uneasy’ about potential impact of Trump’s executive order on refugees

Citizens come together in Ybor City to protest Donald Trump’s executive order on refugees

Kathy Castor calls Donald Trump order on refugees ‘illegal, immoral and un-American’

Sean Shaw files legislation to get funds for Cuban Club and Florida Community Catalyst Project

Jeff Clemens bullish on Senate Democrats chances in 2018