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Mitch PerryJanuary 28, 2015

Indiana has become the latest state to expand its Medicaid program through the Affordable Care Act, as yet another Republican governor agreed to accept federal dollars to extend government health coverage to low-income state residents. If you’re scoring at home, the Hoosier State is now the 13th to expand Medicaid under a GOP governor. Altogether, […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 16, 2015

There’s an anniversary today regarding U.S. foreign policy that I’m sure nobody will bring up, and why would they? We like our anniversaries in round numbers, so maybe you’ll hear something next year on the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the 1991 Gulf War, when the United States and a coalition of allies attacked Iraq, with U.N. […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 15, 2015

Eliminate the corporate income tax and end all tax subsidies and exemptions. Do not expand Medicaid. And continue to offer up school choice. Oh, and examine and eliminate “burdensome regulations and licensing laws.” If that’s a modest prescription for what the Florida Legislature should do when it convenes in March, then so be it. The fact […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 12, 2015

Going into the 2015 Legislative session, advocates for Florida hosting more film and television productions are hoping that this is finally the year that a tax incentive package to lure Hollywood productions to the Sunshine State can become a reality. Florida’s Legislature allocated $296 million in film incentives in 2010 that was supposed to last […]

Ryan RayJanuary 12, 2015

Americans for Prosperity released a poll on Monday that shows substantial majorities of Floridians in favor of priorities backed by the Koch Brothers-funded political group. Among the top-line findings from the poll, available here: 73 percent of Floridians in support of school choice broadly construed, including 58 percent supportive of a voucher system in particular; […]

Mitch PerryNovember 24, 2014

On page three of your Tampa Bay Times this morning is a quarter-page ad paid for by Americans for Prosperity calling on Republican Congressmen Gus Bilirakis and Vern Buchanan to oppose wind subsidies. The ad says that “Extending the wind energy handout will cost $13 billion over the next decade,” with one photo of a […]

Bob SparksOctober 6, 2014

Few races for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives fall into the competitive category, but Florida has one of the top 10 most watched campaigns in the country. Democrat Gwen Graham’s challenge to Republican Rep. Steve Southerland for the Congressional District 2 seat is a political scientist’s dream. The numbers for District 2 paint […]

Guest AuthorApril 27, 2014

I’m privileged to live in the congressional district served by Mr. Anti-Poverty himself, U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland. The second-term congressman and former funeral home director, you should know by now, has made fighting poverty his No. 1 priority. In doing so, Southerland has embarked on a crusade to overhaul (some would say gut) the food […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 1.28.15 – Indiana’s Mike Pence becomes the latest GOP gov to expand Medicaid

Mitch Perry Report for 1.16.15 — Foreign policy priorities

Americans for Prosperity unveils its modest agenda for 2015 legislative session

New poll shows Floridians NOT supportive of tax incentives for film/TV productions

AFP Poll: Floridians want more economic, educational opportunity

Koch Brothers group calls on Gus Bilirakis and Vern Buchanan to oppose wind subsidies

Bob Sparks: Gwen Graham must overcome Steve Southerland and Barack Obama

Andrew Skerritt: Southerland’s stance on Obamacare inconsistent with his poverty campaign