Jacob OglesFebruary 11, 2019
8min295
A transparency resolution did not pass at the state meeting.
Tag: Bill Nelson
Jacob OglesFebruary 11, 2019
Scott PowersFebruary 4, 2019
2min732
The Republican's campaign spent $85.2 million, including his own $64 million.
Jacob OglesFebruary 4, 2019
3min346
This marks Scott's ninth visit to the island since Hurricane Maria struck.
Staff ReportsJanuary 21, 2019
2min338
Litigation still lingers months after the election.
Jacob OglesJanuary 13, 2019
5min416
Pollsters for Sen. Rick Scott’s campaign say the former governor’s success with Hispanic voters made his November victory possible. OnMessage Inc. released post-election survey numbers to the Washington Examiner showing the Republican won 48 percent of the Hispanic vote. In comparison, recent numbers from Pew Research show just 29 percent of Hispanic voters nationwide voted […]
Drew WilsonJanuary 8, 2019
3min609
Just hours after the inauguration Tuesday of Gov. Ron DeSantis, his predecessor, Rick Scott, was sworn into the U.S. Senate. Scott appeared at DeSantis’ inauguration ceremony in Tallahassee and then went to Washington, where Vice President Mike Pence administered the oath of office Scott was joined by fellow Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, and former […]
Ryan NicolJanuary 8, 2019
4min1098
Bipartisan legislation from U.S. Rep. Brian Mast and former U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson that secures federal funding to combat harmful algal blooms has been signed into law by President Donald Trump. The new law reauthorizes the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2013. The newest version was included as part of […]
Jacob OglesDecember 28, 2018
4min464
CNN singled out Republican Rick Scott’s U.S. Senate election effort this year as the “Best Campaign of 2018” nationwide during the just-wrapped election cycle. The Point Awards spotlighted the best and worst campaigns this year. It saw the term-limited Republican governor’s defeat of Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson — despite a national environment favoring the blue […]
Scott PowersDecember 21, 2018
3min540
Florida’s incoming U.S. Sen. Rick Scott has grabbed a seat on the powerful Senate Committee on the Budget for the 116th Congress. Scott, a Republican, also will be serving on three committees that currently are home to outgoing Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, the Armed Services Committee, the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and the Special […]
Scott PowersDecember 20, 2018
4min662
The Space Frontier Act of 2018, which has Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson as a key backer, was approved Thursday by the U.S. Senate, with provisions again extending the intended life of the International Space Station and elevating the commercial space office in the federal bureacracy. Senate Bill 3277, which was introduced in July […]