Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

Mitch PerryMarch 2, 2017

St. Petersburg Democratic Representative Charlie Crist is calling for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign, a day after published reports surfaced that Sessions met twice with the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. during the president campaign last year, and yet said last month that he had not done so. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that one of […]

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 […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 28, 2017

In the new year, it’s been the go-to spot for those who are part of “The Resistance” – activists against Donald Trump and GOP establishment now in control of all branches of the federal government. We’re talking about Florida Senator Marco Rubio’s Tampa District office in the Westshore area, where protestors have gathered on a weekly basis since early January. But […]

Scott PowersFebruary 28, 2017

As is traditional, Florida’s congressional delegation is using its invite tickets to President Donald Trump‘s first address to a joint session of Congress mostly to make points, although U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is maybe making his points with his wife. Each member of Congress gets one SOTU invitation to pass out. Democrat Nelson’s goes to his […]

Scott PowersFebruary 27, 2017

Florida’s Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has joined with Democrat Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin on a bill that would force the return of, or restitution for, art and other belongings stolen by Nazis from Jews in the Holocaust. The bill, entitled ‘‘Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act of 2017’’ would seek to use the […]

Joe HendersonFebruary 27, 2017

As we saw during the last campaign, Marco Rubio can be awfully good at not showing up. His latest no-show has nothing to do with his attendance in the U.S. Senate, though. Now, he doesn’t want to show up at town hall meetings because people might be rude. “They’re not town halls anymore, and I […]

Associated PressFebruary 27, 2017

Sen. Marco Rubio said he has not held an open forum with constituents because the room would be packed by “liberal activists” and wouldn’t be productive. Rubio told CBS4-Miami interviewer Jim DeFede on Sunday that liberal groups would organize hundreds of protestors, show up early and take all the seats. They would then ask all […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 24, 2017

We admit it; we love a good newsletter. So with 10 new members in the congressional delegation, a part-time #FloridaMan in the White House, and plenty of Sunshine State connections to the Beltway, we thought it was about time to launch our own newsletter diving into D.C. Welcome to “The Delegation,” Florida Politics’ weekly roundup […]

Drew WilsonFebruary 22, 2017

Florida’s top lawmakers and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam are struggling with low name identification among likely Republican voters, but that isn’t the case for Attorney General Pam Bondi according to a new poll from statewide business advocate Associated Industries of Florida. The AIF poll of likely Republican voters obtained by FloridaPolitics.com found that 54 percent […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 22, 2017

Republicans are getting a good report card from Florida voters according to a new poll conducted by Associated Industries of Florida and obtained by FloridaPolitics.com. AIF found that 71 percent of likely Republican voters think the state is headed in the right direction, and an astounding 81 percent approve of the job President Donald Trump is doing through his first month in […]

Tag: Marco Rubio

Charlie Crist calls for Jeff Sessions to resign after reports of meeting with Russian ambassador surface

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

Marco Rubio kicked out of Tampa office because of protesters

Joe Negron, Pulse mother and doctor, a DREAMer, among Trump address to Congress guests

Marco Rubio joins Tammy Baldwin in bill requiring Nazi art theft restitution

Marco Rubio wimps out on town halls. Are we surprised?

Marco Rubio says holding a town hall wouldn’t be productive

Introducing FloridaPolitics.com’s latest newsletter: ‘The Delegation’

Pam Bondi still a rock star with Florida’s GOP voters, new AIF poll shows

GOP leaders get high marks from their Republican base, new Associated Industries of Florida poll shows