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Scott PowersMarch 22, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy has found a maneuver that may get Congress to enact her repeal of the federal ban on funding gun violence research, with amendment language inserted into the latest budget bill coming together. For a year now the freshman from Winter Park has been pushing a bipartisan bill, The Gun Violence […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 12, 2018

U.S. Rep. John Rutherford, a Jacksonville Republican, is an enthusiastic defender of the agenda of President Donald Trump. That held true during a press gaggle Monday in Jacksonville, in which Rutherford defended the continuing resolution to keep the government open, the tax reform bill that critics argue will disproportionately benefit corporations over the middle class, and suggested […]

Scott PowersSeptember 13, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott is in Washington Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday meeting with House Speaker Paul Ryan, Florida’s U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, and and several Florida members of Congress to talk about the latest effort to fund the fight on the Zika virus. Scott’s meeting with Rubio was followed with a visit to Ryan’s office, and then Yoho, as Congress […]

Jim RosicaOctober 2, 2015

Democratic Congresswoman Gwen Graham Friday said she’ll propose legislation to head off any further shutdowns of the federal government. Graham, speaking to reporters outside her district office in Tallahassee City Hall, said she’s filing the “Shutdown Prevention Act,” which would force Congress to pass a federal budget each year. “It’s a shame we have to […]

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Stephanie Murphy gets gun violence research language into budget bill

John Rutherford predicates success of Trumponomics on entitlement cuts

Rick Scott meets with Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, other congressmen on Zika

Gwen Graham calls for ‘Shutdown Prevention Act’