Associated PressOctober 31, 2019
9min267
Republicans call rules a politically closed system
Tag: House resolution
Associated PressOctober 31, 2019
Ryan NicolJuly 17, 2019
6min436
"We should avoid politically-motivated personal attacks."
Scott PowersMarch 28, 2019
5min531
'Puerto Rico's colonial status is not working.'
Scott PowersJune 12, 2017
2min208
Democratic U.S. Reps. Darren Soto and Val Demings of Orlando and Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park intend to cosponsor a resolution in Congress Monday night and spend about an hour on the House of Representatives floor paying tribute to the 49 people murdered at Pulse last year. The trio attended the Pulse one-year memorial events in Orlando […]
Scott PowersMay 25, 2017
2min265
Florida lawmakers led by U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and U.S. Reps. Alcee Hastings and Mario Diaz-Balart are trying again to give the Army Corps of Engineers the authority to go forward with Everglades restoration projects without having to have Congress sign off on each one. The ‘‘Everglades for the Next Generation Act,’’ was filed as […]
Scott PowersDecember 6, 2016
3min195
Talk about stopping the export of jobs: U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson has added an amendment to a likely to pass bill that seeks to get the United Nations to hire more Americans. Citing U.N. data, Grayson’s office argued that the United States pays 22 percent of the international organization’s budget; yet only 6 percent of […]