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Scott PowersOctober 18, 2017

Americans for Prosperity is upping attention on Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson for the congressional budget fight Wednesday by launching an internet commercial declaring that he is standing in the way of a “simple, fair tax system.” The conservative organization is including Nelson, through its Americans for Prosperity-Florida affiliate, as a target in a […]

Scott PowersOctober 16, 2017

The conservative fiscal policy organization Americans for Prosperity-Florida Monday urged Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson to vote yes on the U.S. Senate’s Republican budget bill. AFP-FL stressed that the bill contains a set of parameters for a tax reform package that could pass the U.S. Senate by a simple majority vote. The budget blueprint […]

Peter SchorschOctober 16, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott’s Let’s Get to Work committee added $75,000 in contributions last month after showing just $1,000 raised in August. The committee supported Scott’s successful re-election campaign for governor and could be back in action soon as a pot of money backing his probable campaign to challenge incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson next year. […]

Scott PowersOctober 13, 2017

Florida’s Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio on Friday sent a letter similar to one sent by his Democratic colleague urging more federal help for Puerto Rico, still darkened by the ravishes of Hurricane Maria more than three weeks ago. Rubio asked U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Acting Secretary Eric Hargan to “provide a […]

Scott PowersOctober 13, 2017

Bill Nelson is imploring the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to step up their efforts in Puerto Rico, “before more people die and this becomes a full-blown crisis.” In a letter to acting HHS Secretary Eric Hargan, Florida’s senior U.S. Senator responds to news reports in The New York Times and warns that the continued […]

Peter SchorschOctober 12, 2017

Bill Nelson just cannot help himself. After Republicans blasted a “tone deaf” email last month that sought to raise funds off Hurricane Irma, Florida’s senior U.S. Senator is at it again. Nelson writes: “There’s been a lot going on in Washington recently, from finding ways to fund these massive hurricane recovery efforts to prevent the […]

Peter SchorschOctober 10, 2017

Mail ballots have started to hit the streets in St. Pete cend incumbent Mayor Rick Kriseman has started to pound the pavement again ahead of the second round of his re-election battle against former two-term Mayor Rick Baker. Kriseman and his wife, Kerry, joined their corps of volunteers and staffers kicking off their get-out-the-vote efforts […]

Danny McAuliffeOctober 6, 2017

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In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson, along with 26 U.S. representatives from Florida, submitted Friday a line-item list of budget requests totaling $26.945 billion worth of federal hurricane recovery funding. In a letter penned to members of the House Committee on Appropriations, nearly the entire Florida […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2017

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Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson have already lobbed objections to Jim Bridenstine, President Donald Trump‘s pick to head NASA. Now, more than 30 Florida scientists signed a letter to the state’s U.S. senators, urging them to outright reject Bridenstine when he comes up for confirmation. Among the criticisms that scientists around the nation have voiced about Bridenstine […]

Mitch PerryOctober 5, 2017

In the wake of Sunday night’s massacre in Las Vegas where nearly 60 people died, Florida Republicans are indicating they will support a gun-control measure. South Florida Rep. Carlos Curbelo said he will introduce a measure to prohibit bump stocks, a device that modifies rifles to allow them to fire faster. Several of the 23 guns used […]

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Golf ball and golf club in bag on green grass

AFP ad: Bill Nelson is standing in the way of a simple, fair tax system

Americans for Prosperity urges Bill Nelson to support Republican budget bill

Rick Scott’s political committee added $75K in September

Marco Rubio joins Bill Nelson’s call for urgent attention for public health crisis in Puerto Rico

Bill Nelson urges feds to do more for Puerto Rico ‘before more people die’

Bill Nelson fundraises off Irma again, Republicans say it’s ‘disgusting’

Rick Kriseman pounds the pavement as ballots hit the streets

Florida calls for $27 billion in hurricane recovery funding

Florida scientists urge Senate to oppose Donald Trump’s NASA pick

Vern Buchanan indicates preliminary support for restricting ‘bump stocks’