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Mitch PerryMay 19, 2015

A Pew Research poll published Tuesday shows that Republican primary voters are more excited to vote for a president than in the past two election cycles. It also shows that while Hillary Clinton remains extremely popular among Democratic voters, her support is the lowest in a Pew Poll since the spring of 2008, when she was last competing to […]

Mitch PerryMay 19, 2015

Republican U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and David Vitter of Louisiana contend there remains $7 billion to $8 billion in unsettled debt from property that Fidel and Raul Castro in Cuba confiscated from American citizens and businesses. They introduced legislation Tuesday that would require the communist government to address those claims before re-establishing full diplomatic relations […]

Mitch PerryMay 19, 2015

Last Wednesday, House Republicans voted to cut part of Amtrak’s budget, less than a day after a train crash outside of Philadelphia resulted in eight deaths and more than 200 injuries. Democrats criticized Republicans, pointing to the train tragedy as a prime example of the dangers of shortchanging the nation’s transportation needs. However, the cut would apply only to Amtrak’s […]

Mitch PerryMay 19, 2015

Hillary Rodham Clinton is coming to the Sunshine State for four fundraisers next week. As reported by Politico‘s Mark Caputo, the former Secretary of State will attend two fundraising events in Miami on May 28, and two more the following day May 29. One event will be in the Fort Lauderdale area, and the other […]

Mitch PerryMay 19, 2015

Tampa icon Helen Gordon Davis passed away yesterday after being in poor health for awhile. She was 88. Reading about her life and political history again last night, I realized how much this woman kicked some ass working for positive change in Florida. “She was a phenomenal spokesperson for women and human rights,” former USF President and […]

Mitch PerryMay 18, 2015

Helen Gordon Davis, the first woman from Hillsborough County elected to serve in the Florida Legislature, died from congestive heart failure on Monday. She was 88. “She was one of the most effective, powerful women leaders in the Florida Legislature,” said Hillsborough County Commissioner Chair Sandy Murman said last fall at an event at the Women’s Centre in Hyde […]

Mitch PerryMay 18, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott‘s call for Florida hospitals to share their profits if the federal government refuses to authorize $2.2 billion in health-care spending has been greeted as a form of socialism by critics, including some from his own party. “That’s government price controls,” Niceville-based GOP state Sen. Don Gaetz said in a recent radio interview. “That really brought […]

Mitch PerryMay 18, 2015

Last week, a delegation of Tampa area officials visited Cuba in a trip organized by the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce. It was the third excursion to the communist island led by the Chamber in the past few years. It was “certainly the most productive and most historic,” Ronald Christaldi, a partner with the Tampa law firm of Shumaker, Loop […]

Mitch PerryMay 18, 2015

In a letter published on Sunday in The Tampa Tribune’s editorial section, Tampa House District 63 Republican Shawn Harrison writes that he is “open to a plan for private health coverage that draws down federal dollars with reasonable review, opt-out and sunset provisions included. Perhaps that can be some trial version of the Senate plan. “ […]

Mitch PerryMay 18, 2015

Jeb Bush isn’t the only leading Republican presidential contender from Florida struggling to get his story straight on whether invading Iraq was the right thing to do. On Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace refused to let Marco Rubio off the hook regarding where he stands on the issue, since he had what appear to be two completely […]

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New Pew poll shows Marco Rubio viewed positively by 75 percent of GOP voters 65 and older

Marco Rubio co-sponsors legislation requiring Cuba to settle legal claims with U.S.

On C-SPAN, David Jolly calls Democrats criticism on Amtrak funding irresponsible and offensive

Hillary Clinton to fundraise in Florida next week

Mitch Perry Report 5.19.15 – RIP, Helen Gordon Davis

Pioneer Helen Gordon Davis passes away at the age of 88

Rick Scott defends call for Florida hospitals to share wealth

Tampa Chamber of Commerce positioning area to prosper with post-sanctions Cuba

Shawn Harrison a rare GOP House member “open” to Medicaid expansion plan

Mitch Perry Report for 5.18.15 — Jeb Bush talks tough on gay marriage