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Staff ReportsAugust 23, 2018

David Shapiro, a Democratic candidate for Florida’s 16th Congressional District, called for all hands on deck Thursday. Namely, he led a protest against Vern Buchanan‘s receipt of a foreign loan to help him buy a yacht. However, Shapiro also faced some criticism of his own from counter-protesters raising questions about Shapiro’s stock portfolio. A story […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 20, 2017

Sen. Marco Rubio had to be sold on the tax reform package that was pushed through the Senate early Wednesday morning and is now waiting for President Donald Trump‘s signature. His issue: an insufficient child tax credit. With that issue resolved via boosting the tax credit to $1,400 per child, Rubio became a booster. “More than 8.6 million […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 19, 2017

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz appeared on MSNBC Tuesday, just minutes before the U.S. House voted to approve the tax reform bill. Gaetz noted that the deficit wouldn’t “balloon” as a result of the tax cuts, if there were “bipartisan” cooperation on spending cuts, such as a Republican proposal to force “able-bodied, childless adults to actually go to […]

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David Shapiro anchors outside Vern Buchanan’s office, leads protest against yacht purchase

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