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Peter SchorschJanuary 17, 2018

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson on Wednesday made moves to block three Department of the Interior Nominees until Secretary Ryan Zinke publishes a new offshore drilling plan that officially takes Florida “off the table.” Zinke announced last week that the department would not explore offshore drilling in Florida, so far the only coastal state that […]

Drew WilsonJanuary 17, 2018

Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz on Wednesday dismissed a recent controversial remark by President Donald Trump and said his conservative colleagues in the House should stand strong on policies such as ending the visa lottery and building a wall on the southern border. “President Trump is right that America deserves an ‘America First’ immigration policy. […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 16, 2018

A Senate committee approved a resolution calling Congress to keep in place a moratorium against oil drilling in the eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico. The military uses the area in question for air and sea training. Tuesday’s vote by the Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation comes a week after the Donald Trump administration […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 15, 2018

Bill Nelson‘s campaign says the senator will report raising just over $2.4 million in the final three months of 2017. That brings him to more than $8 million cash-on-hand heading into this election year. Nelson has represented Florida in the Senate since 2000. It’s widely expected that he’ll be challenged in his reelection bid this fall by […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 15, 2018

U.S. Senator Bill Nelson believes President Donald Trump’s comments about “sh*thole” countries were “deplorable” and only serve to divide Americans. “The president’s comments are awful. They’re deplorable,” Nelson told two reporters Monday in St. Petersburg. “What a president ought to be is a uniter, not a divider. And that’s what’s so troubling about so many of […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 15, 2018

Although the Donald Trump administration removed Florida from its controversial proposal to permit drilling in most U.S. continental shelf waters, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan said Monday that “Florida is not out of the woods yet” when it comes to protecting the state from another catastrophic oil spill — and wants legislation extending a drilling ban. “Although I’m […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 11, 2018

At Thursday’s White House briefing, spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders asserted that abandoned plans for drilling for oil off Florida’s coast were not a political favor to Gov. Rick Scott. “I am not aware of any political favor that would have been part of,” Huckabee Sanders said. Huckabee Sanders said that the “public comment” process was one in […]

Drew WilsonJanuary 10, 2018

A political committee controlled by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put out a digital ad this week slamming Senate Democrats for voting against the Republican tax plan that made it through Congress in December. The Senate Leadership Fund ad touts the bill as the “biggest tax overhaul in generations” that will produce “bigger paychecks for […]

Scott PowersJanuary 10, 2018

There’s that Sept. 30, 2009, check to the U.S. Senate campaign of former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio: It’s the $2,400 contribution to a Republican who then was seen as the darling of Florida’s Tea Party movement, an upstart whose explosive popularity on the right chased Charlie Crist from the Grand Old Party and made Democratic […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 10, 2018

The narrative looked great for Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday. The Donald Trump White House backed away from a proposal to permit offshore drilling off the coast of Florida, after a meeting with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Zinke extolled the virtues of the Governor in the press release — lauding his “leadership,” calling him “straightforward.” “I support […]

Tag: Bill Nelson

Bill Nelson blocks three Interior nominees over offshore drilling plan

Matt Gaetz focused on policy, not Donald Trump’s immigration remarks

Senate committee advances moratorium on oil drilling in part of eastern Gulf

Bill Nelson has $8M cash-on-hand for re-election campaign

At event honoring MLK, Bill Nelson calls Donald Trump comments ‘deplorable’

Vern Buchanan: Florida ‘not out of the woods yet’ for offshore drilling

White House: Flip-flop on Florida offshore drilling not a ‘political favor’

Senate Leadership Fund goes after Bill Nelson tax vote in new ad

Philip Levine: Check to Marco Rubio ‘tiny’ compared with long, deep Democratic support

Rick Scott says he’s been ‘clear forever’ in opposition to offshore oil drilling