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Mitch PerryMay 3, 2017

When the U.S. House votes Thursday on the latest iteration of the American Health Care Act, Republican Daniel Webster of Florida’s 11th Congressional District will be among those supporting the bill. “I have been very concerned about Florida’s Medicaid-funded nursing home beds,” Webster said Wednesday night. “These are critical to the access some of our senior population […]

Mitch PerryMarch 14, 2017

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The American Action Network has begun a new $1.5 million issue advocacy campaign to persuade a group of GOP lawmakers to fight for passage of the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The ad highlights key elements of the plan and encourages lawmakers to deliver on their health care promise. Over the next two weeks, the ads […]

Mitch PerryMarch 2, 2017

Marco Rubio wants to know more about why Attorney General Jeff Sessions failed to disclose that he met twice with the Russia’s U.S. Ambassador during the presidential campaign. Despite that, the Florida senator isn’t willing to say that he should recuse himself from investigating ties between Donald Trump‘s surrogates and intermediaries for the Russian government. Not yet anyway, despite the fact […]

Associated PressMarch 2, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions talked twice with Russia’s ambassador to the United States during the presidential campaign, the Justice Department confirmed, communications that spurred calls in Congress for him to recuse himself from an investigation into Russian interference in the U.S. election. Sessions, an early supporter of President Donald Trump‘s candidacy and a policy adviser […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 9, 2017

Water remains one of Rep. Francis Rooney’s top priority, the freshman congressman told Southwest Floridians this week. The Naples Republican told member of Businesspeople United for Political Action Committee (BUPAC) that he wants to focus Everglades restoration and improving water quality during his time in office. His visit to Fort Myers kicked off a day-long […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 14, 2017

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The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote Friday on scrapping the Affordable Care Act, two days after the Republican-led Senate voted to do so after hearing from President-elect Donald Trump that they should act quickly to repeal the law. The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said earlier this month that repealing President Barack Obama’s signature health insurance […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 11, 2017

U.S. Representative Kathy Castor says that a letter that Governor Rick Scott recently sent to House of Representatives Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy regarding the Affordable Care Act contains “misleading and inaccurate information.” The two Florida politicians have always been on opposing sides regarding President Obama’s signature domestic achievement. As a former health care executive, Scott was criticizing what is often called “ObamaCare” before he ever ran for […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 9, 2017

When Christine Roeper was about to turn 26 last year and thus no longer be eligible to stay on her parents health care insurance plan under the Affordable Care Act, she says she contacted the navigators based at USF to help her find a plan. “I definitely do need health insurance,” Roeper said on Monday at a news […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 21, 2016

In yet another sign CD 4 Republican John Rutherford will be taken very seriously if elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy will appear at a ‘special reception’ with the former Jacksonville sheriff Sunday afternoon in Jacksonville. The ticketed event will take place at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Doubletree Hotel at 1201 Riverplace Blvd. McCarthy, a Republican […]

Mitch PerryAugust 12, 2016

“All rise!” Those were the first words Alan Grayson uttered in jest while entering a conference room at the Seminole Heights Library in Tampa on Thursday night. The Orlando area U.S. representative and U.S. Senate candidate then gave a sarcastic shoutout to the “trackers” who follow his every move in public, before setting in for the next […]

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Daniel Webster now a ‘yes’ on GOP health care bill

American Action Network targets Carlos Curbelo in new ad

Marco Rubio not ready to say Jeff Sessions should recuse himself regarding Russian meetings

Jeff Sessions spoke with Russian envoy in 2016, Justice Dept says

Francis Rooney talks water during Fort Myers stop

Florida Dem. congressional members to hold rallies for ACA this Sunday

Kathy Castor says Rick Scott is spreading misleading and inaccurate information about the ACA

Kathy Castor calls on GOP not to repeal ACA without a viable replacement

House Majority Leader holds ‘special reception’ with John Rutherford Sunday

In Tampa, Alan Grayson says a Senate victory for him is the chance “to take our govt. back”