Ryan NicolJanuary 17, 2019
6min453
The Miami-Dade Democrat said National Assembly leader should be rightful President
Tag: Congress
Ryan NicolJanuary 17, 2019
Staff ReportsJanuary 15, 2019
43min217
Shutdown rhetoric rises, gets louder between Democrats and Republicans.
Scott PowersJanuary 15, 2019
1min263
Lois Frankel joins Charlie Crist on the House budgeting committee, now controlled by Democrats.
Staff ReportsJanuary 11, 2019
37min257
Some Republicans skeptical of national emergency Is there a national emergency at the southern border? It depends on who is talking. President Donald Trump and most Republicans show pictures of the chaos in Tijuana and tout statistics of apprehensions and crimes. Speaker Nancy Pelosi disagrees and calls the thought of a border wall “immoral” while […]
Peter SchorschJanuary 11, 2019
5min577
Everyone loves a good party. Just ask Cinderella. In the end, it worked out fairly good for her. And for those in The Process, victory parties can be some of the best — both in Capitol Hill and Tallahassee. With Republicans, apparently, not all celebrations are equal. Case in point is the contrast between two newly […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 8, 2019
4min402
Congress members Charlie Crist, Kathy Castor, Francis Rooney and Vern Buchanan reintroduced Tuesday the Florida Coastal Protection Act seeking to ban offshore drilling around the state. The bill would make the current federal moratorium permanent. The current ban is set to expire in June of 2022. The reintroduced act would also extend the ban into […]
Staff ReportsJanuary 8, 2019
37min546
Shutdown showdown The government shutdown is now in its third week with no backing down from either side. Democrats feel confident President Donald Trump and Republicans will give in to pressure from stories of government workers feeling the pinch of not receiving a paycheck. There is a track record bolstering Democrats expectation of GOP tolerance […]
Jacob OglesJanuary 5, 2019
4min204
U.S. Rep. Ross Spano won’t be collecting his first paycheck, he says, as long as a partial shutdown of the federal government continues. After being sworn in to his first term of office, the Dover Republican issued a statement stating he would forgo being paid for now. “This Congress is being seated at a time […]
Staff ReportsJanuary 4, 201936min359
For Pelosi 2.0, much has changed since 2007 After a 12-year absence, Nancy Pelosi is again Speaker of the House. She regained the speaker’s gavel, after turning it over to John Boehner in 2007, by a 220-192 vote with 15 Democrats either voting for someone else or voting “present.” None of the dissenters were from […]
Scott PowersJanuary 3, 2019
2min485
Implying irony of a federal budget battle over border security leaving some critical Homeland Security workers without pay, Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz started refusing congressional pay Thursday as soon as he was sworn into office. Waltz, whose freshmen class took office Thursday, wrote to the chief administrative officer of Congress Thursday declaring that he did […]