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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 […]

Scott PowersJanuary 5, 2018

As President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced plans to allow off-shore oil drilling practically everywhere, Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson appears to have dug in for his best Clint Eastwood “Make my day” impersonation. “The administration is planning to drill off the coast of Florida,” Nelson told reporters in Orlando Friday. “I can […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 4, 2018

So much for the “partner in the White House.” Gov. Rick Scott enjoyed lunch with President Donald Trump on New Year’s Eve, but Scott is finding President Trump’s position on offshore oil drilling hard to digest. “Based on media reports, it is likely that the Department of the Interior will consider Florida as a potential state for offshore […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 3, 2018

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Bill Nelson is prepared to invoke a procedural rule in an attempt to block the Donald Trump administration’s latest efforts to rollback several safety standards put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster. The Florida Democrat’s announcement on the Senate floor Wednesday was made just days after the U.S. Department of Interior released for public […]

Mitch PerryDecember 29, 2017

Senator Bill Nelson met with local representatives from the Tampa Bay Puerto Rican community on Friday, blasting recent actions (and non-actions) by congressional Republicans in the wake of Hurricane Maria’s devastating impact on the island exactly 100 days ago. “A knife was put to the neck of Puerto Rico.” That’s the phrase the Florida Democrat […]

Scott PowersDecember 28, 2017

A new poll from Gravis Marketing finds that if Orlando lawyer John Morgan gets into the Florida Governor’s race as an independent candidate, he could spoil the chances of Democrats, and might present the strongest independent challenge in memory. The poll finds that, in head-to-head matchups, leading Republican candidate Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam runs […]

Scott PowersDecember 27, 2017

U.S. Rep. Darren Soto announced Wednesday he is forming a Central Florida task force to advise on matters involving the the tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans who have fled the island for Central Florida to escape the island’s plight following Hurricane Maria. The regional Task Force on Puerto Rico Arrivals to Central Florida was […]

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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

Bill Nelson on off-shore oil drilling: ‘Not while I’m in office’

Florida pols oppose proposed offshore oil drilling; Donald Trump isn’t worried

Bill Nelson threatens to block rollback of offshore drilling regulations

Bill Nelson slams GOP response to Puerto Rico

Poll finds an independent John Morgan as spoiler, even contender, in Governor’s race

Returning from Puerto Rico, Darren Soto organizing advisory task force