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Associated PressMarch 23, 2017

The Latest on the upcoming health care vote in the House (all times local): 1:35 p.m. The chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus says there’s “no deal” on the GOP health care legislation after a meeting at the White House with President Donald Trump. The assertion from Congressman Mark Meadows of North Carolina throws […]

Associated PressMarch 16, 2017

The White House and Republican leaders are talking to rank-and-file lawmakers about revising the GOP health care overhaul, hoping to keep a rebellion by conservatives and moderates from snowballing and imperiling the party’s showpiece legislation. Four days after a congressional report projected the bill would pry coverage from millions of voters, signs of fraying GOP […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 27, 2017

An appeal to a federal judge’s ruling allowing the Seminole Tribe to keep offering blackjack at its Florida casinos now has been scheduled for an April 11 mediation, court dockets show. The state’s lawyers had asked the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for more time to file their initial brief in the appeal. […]

Larry GriffinFebruary 1, 2017

Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy‘s first act of legislation in Congress would protect the National Security Council from partisan politics, in the wake of President Donald Trump‘s appointment of his chief strategist Steve Bannon to the council over the weekend. In doing that, Trump also downgraded the Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint […]

Jim RosicaJanuary 24, 2017

FanDuel, the national fantasy sports website, has sent a “call to action” email to its Florida users, asking them to contact lawmakers in support of their hobby. “With the Big Game just around the corner, we have an important message to share with every Florida fantasy sports player,” the email says. “A new bill has […]

Phil AmmannJuly 5, 2016

Gun control, immigration and money to combat the Zika virus top the congressional agenda as lawmakers sprint toward the political conventions this month and a seven-week summer recess. Amid all that, Republicans plan to squeeze in a meeting with Donald Trump Thursday. The House and Senate have just eight legislative days before their break, and lawmakers […]

Guest AuthorMarch 16, 2015

Innovation is all around us. We see it in electronics, automobiles and many other sectors of our economy. American consumers regularly use products with new features they think will make their lives a little more interesting, more convenient, more efficient or otherwise better. While a thinner phone or a faster computer certainly might seem significant […]

Guest AuthorMarch 23, 2014

If you are a legislator in the South and want to prove your mettle during a legislative session, either address abortion or marriage. Both are great fodder for provoking headlines. Last week, Rep. Cynthia Stafford, D-Miami, got titillating headlines by proposing a law that would ban youths under age 16 from getting married. According to […]

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House Freedom Caucus chairman says there’s ‘no deal’ on the GOP health care legislation after White House meeting

House GOP health bill facing fresh House committee test

Blackjack appeal now headed to mediation

Stephanie Murphy bill would make sure National Security Council is protected from partisan politics

FanDuel calls on Florida fans to support fantasy sports

Guns, immigration and Zika top agenda as Congress returns

Gus Bilirakis: Reward companies that improve medicines

Steve Kurlander: There’s no need to ban marriage for youths under age 16