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Staff ReportsDecember 14, 2018

Scaling the wall between a spending deal, shutdown Earlier in the week, the trending word was “impeachment.” Would information provided by Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer for President Donald Trump, have some impeachable offenses sprinkled in? That issue is still roiling, but Tuesday’s Oval Office meeting between Trump, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and […]

Peter SchorschDecember 13, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Thursday evening. Sen. Bill Galvano is taking a pass on looking into the fate of the Broward Elections Supervisor, and a former House Speaker enters hospice. Sixty Days prays for him and his family. Here’s your nightly rundown. Senatorial stasis: […]

Peter SchorschDecember 12, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session: The Last 24 Good Wednesday evening. The Senate’s Appropriations chairman was both optimistic and guarded about next year’s state spending plan, and Democrats in the House want to tear up the state’s election laws and start over. Not that it will get far, but […]

Scott PowersDecember 12, 2018

Florida’s Democrat Bill Nelson bid adieu to his colleagues in the U.S. Senate Wednesday afternoon but vowed to not leave public life, a pledge warmly welcomed by other senators starting with Republican Marco Rubio who said he will be remembered as a giant. In a 30-minute speech from the floor of the U.S. Senate, Nelson recalled […]

Peter SchorschDecember 11, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session The Last 24 Good Tuesday evening. Lawmakers descended upon the Capitol for three days of training (including on ethics), orientation and how-do-you-do’s, while one of their own just got a big job promotion into the nascent administration of Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis. Ethics, shmethics: Sixty […]

Staff ReportsDecember 11, 2018

As new Congress looms, impeachment temperature rises The 115th Congress has only a few days remaining. President Donald Trump was meeting with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to discuss a long-term spending plan. A final deal must be reached by next week or the exercise known as a government […]

Peter SchorschDecember 10, 2018

Sixty Days — A prime-time look at the 2018 Legislative Session: The Last 24 Good Monday evening. It’s looking more and more like the state’s governor-in-waiting has given his imprimatur for a Sarasota Senator to next lead the state’s GOP, and Senate Democrats are clamming up about combating sexual harassment in the Capitol. Sixty Days […]

Staff ReportsDecember 7, 2018

After Bush farewell, Capitol Hill returns to reality The week was rightfully dominated by the emotional farewell to former President George H.W. Bush, featuring the moving eulogy by his son, former President George W. Bush. Bitterness took a brief sabbatical as Capitol Hill and the nation praised the 41st President. Retiring Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen […]

Peter SchorschDecember 6, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot Tesla, the “electric cars, solar panels and clean energy storage” company, is asking state utility regulators to, well, keep their hands off the equipment. The Palo Alto, California-based company wants the Public Service Commission (PSC) to opine that Tesla’s leasing […]

Peter SchorschDecember 5, 2018

Last Call — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. First Shot The Florida Commission on Ethics will hold public hearings to fill in an important blank in a new constitutional amendment on lobbying restrictions. Amendment 12 was approved by a whopping 79 percent of voters in November; it needed at least […]

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