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Mitch PerryNovember 14, 2016

Sarasota Republican Congressman Vern Buchanan is hoping when the GOP-led Congress returns for a new session in January with President Donald Trump ensconced in the White House, congressional leaders will push hard to reform the tax code. “Tax reform will help Americans get a job, make more money and spend less time doing their taxes,” Buchanan […]

Associated PressNovember 10, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump took a triumphant tour of the nation’s capital Thursday, holding a cordial White House meeting with President Barack Obama, sketching out priorities with Republican congressional leaders and taking in the majestic view from where he’ll be sworn into office. Trump’s meeting with Obama spanned 90 minutes, longer than originally scheduled. Obama said […]

Mitch PerryNovember 9, 2016

Where do you begin? One of the biggest political upsets in U.S. history, to start with, in Donald J. Trump beating Hillary Clinton to become the 45th President of the United States of America. Lots of analysis there, including about the Democratic nominee, who for the second time in eight years, thought she had the […]

Martin DyckmanOctober 24, 2016

It’s in our genes here in America that the losers of an election congratulate the winners and we all move on. That’s more than good manners. It’s the survival instinct of any democracy. Donald Trump‘s contempt for that disgusts Republicans as well as Democrats and independents. But look closer. There are 54 members of his […]

Mitch PerryOctober 5, 2016

Richard Trumka was in Tampa Tuesday. The AFL-CIO president made an appearance in front of Sen. Marco Rubio’s Tampa district office, criticizing his stance on Social Security and other issues. Florida is one of seven states the 12-million-plus member labor organization is targeting in this fall’s election, in both the presidential race, and the U.S. Senate race between […]

Associated PressSeptember 28, 2016

Averting an election-year crisis, the Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to keep the government operating through Dec. 9 and provide $1.1 billion in long-delayed funding to battle the Zika virus. The House was poised to act on the measure before day’s end. The sweeping 72-26 vote came after top congressional leaders broke through a […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 22, 2016

In a Thursday morning op-ed in USA Today, Florida Governor Rick Scott blasted the federal government for its “incompetence” in the fight against Zika. Scott, who has made many fruitless appeals to the federal government to be a “good partner” in the battle against the mosquito-borne virus in recent months, reprised critiques familiar to Florida media and audiences […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 14, 2016

Patrick Murphy has a message for Marco Rubio: “Florida’s just not that into you.” To prove his point, Murphy, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, sent supporters an email citing a new survey where, out of 100 senators, Rubio ranks as fifth-least-popular in the nation. The poll, released Wednesday by digital media research firm Morning […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 13, 2016

Florida Gov. Rick Scott spent much of the last week clearing debris created by a storm that hit the Tallahassee area. This week, he turns his attention, again, to a storm not of his making. Scott finds himself flying up to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday to address a familiar topic: the lack of federal help for the […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 9, 2016

In an abrupt move, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee delayed its first week of television ads in Florida’s Senate race, originally scheduled for later this month. Ads supporting Democrat Patrick Murphy were initially supposed to run Sept. 20-26. According to a top Republican super-PAC, we now know why. Citing a report from the Columbus Dispatch, […]

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Vern Buchanan calls on GOP congressional leaders to push for tax reform

Donald Trump takes triumphant tour of Washington, has cordial meeting with Barack Obama

Mitch Perry Report for 11.9.16 — GOP dominance

Martin Dyckman: Supreme Court vacancy makes GOP Senate just as bad as Donald Trump

Take 5 with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

Senate passes stopgap spending bill with $1.1 billion to fight Zika

Rick Scott blasts feds for ‘incompetence’ in Zika fight

Patrick Murphy to Marco Rubio: ‘Florida’s just not that into you’

Rick Scott is headed to DC again for Zika help

DSCC scales back advertising in Florida, GOP claims ‘weakened’ support for Patrick Murphy