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Mitch PerryMarch 3, 2016

(Updated) A day after President Barack Obama announced his support for Patrick Murphy in the race for the U.S. Senate in Florida, a die-hard Obama supporter is asking him to reconsider the endorsement, saying he made it with poor information. Susan Smith, president of the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida, issued a statement Thursday, saying […]

Mitch PerryNovember 17, 2015

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Florida GOP lawmakers in Tallahassee on Tuesday announced a number of bills that would crack down on illegal immigration. Among those bills include HB 675, sponsored by Yalaha House Republican Larry Metz, which would punish so-called “sanctuary” cities that don’t cooperate with federal officials attempting to deport undocumented immigration. It would call for the Attorney General to file […]

Mitch PerryJuly 7, 2015

By any objective standard, it hasn’t been a great week for Alan Grayson. And it’s only Tuesday. The firebrand liberal Orlando Congressman learned on Monday that a nonprofit watchdog group (the Foundation for Accountability & Civic Trust) had filed a complaint against him with the Office of Congressional Ethics regarding hedge funds he formed that bear […]

Mitch PerryApril 6, 2015

South Florida Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy has started off quickly in his quest to become the Democratic Party nominee for U.S. Senate in 2016, but the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida (DPCF) has a message to the rest of the party — not so fast. “When it comes to the race shaping up to […]

Tag: Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida

Florida’s progressive Democrats rake president’s Patrick Murphy endorsement

Florida immigrant coalition blasts GOP proposal to crack down on “sanctuary cities”

Alan Grayson supporters stand strongly behind their man

Florida progressives blast Patrick Murphy as a “Wall Street Democrat”