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Mark FerruloApril 5, 2015

Over a 30-year career, President Barack Obama’s U.S. attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch has assembled a lengthy record as a champion for justice, a dogged prosecutor of hate crimes and political corruption, and an officer of the court committed to protecting the Constitution and human rights. Ms. Lynch has distinguished herself as a tough, fair […]

Mitch PerryMarch 27, 2015

Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama‘s choice to replace Eric Holder as U.S. Attorney General, was in Tampa Thursday for the swearing-in ceremony of Lee Bentley, the new U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida. Lynch is the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, and would be come the first black female AG in U.S. history if […]

Associated PressMarch 4, 2015

Since Republicans took control of Congress two months ago, an elaborate tug of war has broken out between GOP lawmakers and President Barack Obama over who will call the shots on major issues for the next two years. On some fronts, Obama has held his ground, watching near-gleefully as Republicans bungled early attempts to legislate […]

Associated PressMarch 4, 2015

Since Republicans took control of Congress two months ago, an elaborate tug of war has broken out between GOP lawmakers and President Barack Obama over who will call the shots on major issues for the next two years. On some fronts, Obama has held his ground, watching near-gleefully as Republicans bungled early attempts to legislate […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 24, 2015

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor says there are still ways for House Republicans to pass a clean funding bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security, which could run out of money by Friday if a resolution isn’t passed in Congress. The Tampa Bay area Democrat held a press conference Tuesday in a parking lot […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 12, 2015

In Washington, members of Congress are in full attack mode about who is to blame for the fact that the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) could lose its funding in two weeks. Tampa Bay area Representative Kathy Castor today cosponsored H.R. 861, a bill that would prevent a Feb. 28 shutdown of the DHS, the agency charged […]

Ryan RayFebruary 11, 2015

The 2016 Republican presidential pre-primary hasn’t exactly been the most genteel affair, with Rand Paul and Marco Rubio trading barbs over Cuba and Mitt Romney experiencing a brief flash of rigor mortis before our eyes, but Jeb Bush has so far seen fit to show more velvet glove than iron fist, writes Michael C. Bender […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 20, 2015

It wasn’t that long ago — 2010 perhaps? — when I still eagerly anticipated watching the State of the Union address from Washington. But no mas. In January of 2010, my first year writing for Creative Loafing, the editors thought it would be cool for me to “live-blog” the event. And it was sort of […]

Mitch PerryNovember 24, 2014

President Obama’s announcement on Thursday night that he would sign an executive order shielding up to five million undocumented immigrants from deportation predictably has outraged Republicans, but the question about how they’ll fight his action is still being decided. On Friday afternoon, House Speaker John Boehner announced that he was following through on a threat […]

Mitch PerryNovember 18, 2014

In the wake of the Democratic Party of Florida’s shellacking at the polls two weeks ago, state Party Chair Allison Tant has convened a task force to find out where the party needs to go to be more competitive in the future. But the party’s Vice Chair, State and National Democratic Committeeman Alan Clendenin, says […]

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Mark Ferrulo: Marco Rubio must end blockade of Loretta Lynch

Mitch Perry Report for 3.27.15 — Could Bob Menendez fate affect Loretta Lynch as AG?

Tug of war: Obama, Congress at odds over who’s in control

Tug of war: Obama, Congress at odds over who's in control

Kathy Castor again blasts House GOP on failure to come up with bill to fund DHS

Kathy Castor urges GOP House not to shut down Dep’t of Homeland Security

Jeb Bush largely above GOP primary fray, but for how long?

Mitch Perry Report for 1.20.15 — And now for the most disappointing night in American politics

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