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Mitch PerryJune 15, 2016

Rep. David Jolly said Wednesday he will announce Friday whether he will stay in the Republican U.S. Senate race, or opt to run for re-election for his seat in Florida’s 13th Congressional District. He made that comment on “Fox and Friends” on the Fox News Channel Wednesday. An official in Jolly’s office confirmed that information later in […]

Mary Jo MeloneJune 9, 2016

In a time long, long ago — in the late 70s and early 80s — and in a land far, far away — Philadelphia — I was a radio journalist. This was so strange a time that AM radio counted. Stranger still, if you spun the dial (this was still possible), you didn’t hear much […]

Mark FerruloJune 8, 2016

Before the ink on newspaper headlines had even dried about the Feb. 13 passing of Justice Antonin Scalia, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said that the Senate should not consider any U.S. Supreme Court nominee until 2017, after a new President is sworn in. Since then, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has joined McConnell in […]

Mitch PerryJune 2, 2016

When people say Bernie Sanders has pushed Hillary Clinton to the left, there is no greater issue to prove that point than her opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The TPP is a huge deal between the U.S., Canada and 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific region that’s been under negotiation for over a decade. Its aim is […]

Mitch PerryMay 30, 2016

Monday may be a national holiday, but Bernie Sanders wasn’t taking the day off from critiquing his Democratic presidential opponent, slamming Hillary Clinton for her position on how to to deal with the huge financial crisis enveloping Puerto Rico. “As has happened many times before, Secretary Clinton has changed her mind and is inching closer […]

Mitch PerryMay 24, 2016

When it comes to pushing for Congress to allocate the $1.9 billion request to handle the Zika crisis, Barack Obama has no greater advocate in Congress than Sarasota Representative Vern Buchanan. The GOP lawmaker penned a letter to congressional leaders on Tuesday, urging them to listen to the medical experts and appoint a conference committee […]

Mitch PerryMay 11, 2016

Citing polls conducted by Quinnipiac University which show Hillary Clinton in trouble in the swing states of Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio against Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders’ campaign came out swinging on Wednesday, declaring in a fundraising email that the Vermont senator is the best bet to ensure a Trump loss in the fall. “We cannot have […]

Mitch PerryMay 11, 2016

Marco Rubio appears to be in free fall in Florida when it comes to how the voters feel about him, according to a Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday. Less than two months after registered Republicans repudiated his presidential candidacy in the state’s presidential primary, 49 percent of all Floridians disapprove of his performance in the Senate, […]

Mitch PerryApril 8, 2016

Florida’s Congressional District 13 seat based in Pinellas County has received a lot of attention in recent years. The special election to replace the late C.W. “Bill” Young in 2014 was one of the most expensive congressional elections in U.S. history. After the Florida Supreme Court ordered the state Legislature to redraw the district last year which […]

Associated PressApril 3, 2016

Congress increasingly is being defined by what it’s not doing this election year. The Senate returns this week with a strong majority of Republicans saying no to any consideration of President Barack Obama‘s nominee to the Supreme Court. No hearings, no vote and, for some lawmakers, not even a meeting with federal appeals court Judge […]

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Golf ball and golf club in bag on green grass

David Jolly to make decision Friday on political future

Mary Jo Melone: A deep, deep discount, but no bargain

Mark Ferrulo: Crippling the Supreme Court

Mitch Perry Report for 6.2.16 — What’s happening with the TPP?

Bernie Sanders calls Hillary Clinton’s plans for Puerto Rico, “Too little, too late”

Vern Buchanan wants Congress to quickly fund President Obama $1.9 billion request for Zika

Debbie Wasserman Schultz ‘not at all concerned’ about potential divisiveness at Philly DNC

49% of Floridians disapprove of Marco Rubio’s Senate performance

Mark Bircher: I wouldn’t run if I couldn’t win CD 13

GOP Congress’ incomplete: Stalled bills, no court nominee