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Scott PowersMay 12, 2016

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Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio jointly declared Thursday that they consider the latest U.S. Senate bipartisan $1.1 billion plan to combat the Zika virus to be inadequate, so they are putting forth their own bipartisan plan seeking $1.9 billion. Florida’s senators jointly announced that they are introducing an […]

Scott PowersFebruary 2, 2016

A bipartisan group led by Florida’s U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and U.S. Reps. Alcee Hastings and Mario Diaz-Balart introduced bills Tuesday intended to green-light Everglades restoration projects by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nelson’s office reported. Nelson and Hastings, a Democrat from Palm Beach County, and Diaz-Balart, a Republican from Miami, are pushing a plan […]

Scott PowersJanuary 11, 2016

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson introduced a bill Monday for a federal fair-districts amendment to the U.S. Constitution adopting many of the anti-gerrymandering provisions voters wrote into the Florida Constitution. Grayson’s bill calls for national restrictions on how states can draw congressional districts. Grayson, a Democrat from Orlando, is running for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat this year, […]

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Bill Nelson, Marco Rubio, offer $1.9 billion Zika-fight alternative to Senate’s $1.1billion compromise

Bill Nelson, Alcee Hastings, Mario Diaz-Balart introduce Everglades bills

Alan Grayson proposes federal fair districts amendment