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Phil AmmannMarch 23, 2015

Both the Florida House and Senate released spending plans for the upcoming fiscal year, providing funding for everything from education and transportation to the newly passed Amendment 1 land-conservation measure. Beyond that, however, the two budgets could not be further apart; almost $5 billion, to be exact. Bill Day’s latest takes aim at this fiscal […]

Christine Jordan SextonNovember 18, 2014

Barring a major shift among Republicans it remains unlikely that Florida will move ahead with an expansion of Medicaid, a key component of Obamacare. Florida Gov. Rick Scott two years ago did a turnabout and came out in support of a limited Medicaid expansion for the working poor so long as the federal government paid […]

Marc YachtMay 20, 2014

After 753 failed votes to defund Obamacare, weary Republicans have rolled out their long-awaited health plan. Entitled “Perfect Health for All Americans Act,” the House Speaker raised the one-page document above his head to cheering supporters. The logo on the plan showed an eagle perched on a red cross between two American flags. “In God […]

Guest AuthorOctober 15, 2013

As a dog owner I was alarmed to discover that first-term Republican Congressman Ted Yoho, who hails from Gainesville, is a veterinarian. I had always assumed that veterinarians, with all those years of schooling, were pretty sharp folks. Yoho, though, was just honored by the Business Insider for uttering “The #1 Stupidest Comment on the […]

Daniel TilsonOctober 10, 2013

Now that President Obama has rightfully rejected the “deal” offered by House Tea Partiers — a six-week debt ceiling extension in exchange for presidential “negotiation” (give-ins) to get them to reopen the government — the two-ton elephant in the national living room remains their unwillingness to admit the shutdown hand they’ve played has failed, and […]

Tag: House Republicans

Bill Day's latest: The widening budget gap over Medicaid expansion

Medicaid expansion not likely, legislative leaders say

Marc Yacht: Republican one-page plan solves the health-care conundrum!!

Steve Robinson: Congressman Yoho and House extremists

Daniel Tilson: Time to give Tea Party shutdown showboats a time-out