A.G. GancarskiJune 5, 2019
2min400
The proposal is a $4,500 salary hike.
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A.G. GancarskiJune 5, 2019
Jacob OglesSeptember 9, 2018
5min419
Republican Senate candidate Rick Scott today unveiled his 10-point “Make Washington Work” agenda as he kicked off a bus tour in Panama City. Included in Scott’s plan? Term limits on lawmakers, an end to pay raises and rules barring lawmakers from taking on jobs as lobbyists for decade after their time in office ends. As […]
Scott PowersJuly 23, 2018
4min280
Republican U.S. Senate candidate and Gov. Rick Scott unveiled the next plank in his “Make Washington Work” platform, a proposal to force U.S. senators to work five days a week and a lot more of the year if they want to draw their full federal salaries. The proposal takes issue with the standard procedures of […]
A.G. GancarskiJune 26, 2018
5min242
Gov. Rick Scott, the presumptive GOP U.S. Senate nominee, rolled out another plank of his “Make Washington Work” plan Tuesday. If Scott’s proposal were to become reality, Congress must pass an annual budget and meet appropriations bill deadlines, or not get paid. A media release from Scott for Florida (the Governor’s campaign arm) notes that for […]
Scott PowersMay 2, 2018
2min468
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gov. Rick Scott announced Wednesday he’ll be campaigning on a proposal to require Congress to recognize only super majority votes to pass tax or fee hikes. Scott, who pushed for such a measure with the Constitution Revision Commission, now contained in Amendment 5 going before voters this fall, touted the tax […]