Associated PressSeptember 29, 2023
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The California Democrat was 90.
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Barrett insists she has no judicial positions on guns, abortion, elections.
Mitch PerryDecember 8, 2017
6min266
Last month, the Trump administration decided to sunset a humanitarian program in 18 months that allowed some 59,000 Haitians to live and work in the United States after a 2010 earthquake ravaged their country. In response, several members of South Florida’s congressional delegation (from both sides of the aisle) sponsored legislation to address the issue. […]
Mitch PerryOctober 5, 2017
2min575
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 […]
Scott PowersOctober 4, 2017
4min1209
Saying, “they are for killing,” Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson sponsored a bill Wednesday to ban so-called “bump stocks” like the ones Las Vegas police say Stephen Paddock used in his deadly slaughter Sunday night in Las Vegas. “I’m a hunter and have owned guns my whole life,” Nelson stated in a news release. “But […]
Mitch PerryApril 11, 2017
5min437
In declaring his candidacy early for the Tampa-based House District 62 seat, Carlos Frontela already demonstrates he’s learned from rookie mistakes made last year in his bid for the Hillsborough County School Board. “I jumped in really late, two months before the primary,” he says, reminiscing about his ill-fated run for the District 7 seat ultimately […]
Mitch PerryJanuary 4, 2017
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Of the many Cabinet choices made by President-elect Donald Trump, some of the strongest opposition centers around the nomination of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions as Attorney General. Wednesday morning in Tampa, a group of activists spoke with officials in Sen. Bill Nelson‘s district office, calling on him at the very least to call for a delay a vote […]
Mitch PerryJune 13, 2016
4min419
A number of Democratic senators — including Florida’s Bill Nelson — say they believe that the gun shooting massacre in Orlando will bring forward new momentum for a bill sponsored by California’s Dianne Feinstein that will prevent those on a terrorist list from being able to purchase firearms. It’s the same legislation that failed to get 60 votes in […]
Mitch PerryFebruary 25, 2016
3min374
The FBI’s director Thursday dismissed concern that forcing Apple to hack an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino terrorists could allow access to other owners’ cellphones. “The code the judge has directed Apple to write works only on this one phone, and so the idea of it getting out in the wild and […]
Mitch PerryNovember 23, 2015
5min300
A CBS News poll released on Monday shows that 66 percent of Americans don’t think President Barack Obama has a clear strategy to defeat the Islamic State. U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor says she understands where the public is coming from. “I think President Obama can do much better in communicating that strategy,” the Democrat representing […]