Scott PowersJanuary 16, 2019
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The minimum wage bill is going nowhere, but Stephany Murphy joined an A-team of Democrats.
Tag: Nancy Pelosi
Scott PowersJanuary 16, 2019
Ryan NicolJanuary 9, 2019
4min485
U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch has been tapped to chair the House Ethics Committee after a vote by the House Democratic Caucus. As it stands, that would make Deutch the only member of the Florida delegation to head a major committee in the 116th Congress. “I am honored to be selected by my colleagues to lead […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 29, 2018
4min611
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor will lead Congress’ Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi announced Friday. Pelosi is reviving the committee after it was defunct for about eight years. In her role, Castor will oversee research into mitigation strategies to combat climate change. Conservatives in Congress killed the committee after regaining control of the House in […]
Scott PowersDecember 20, 2018
4min546
Winter Park’s Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy is flexing her muscle in front of House Speaker-Designate Nancy Pelosi again, this time to seek her backing of automatic voter registration. Murphy, the new chair of the Future Forum, a caucus of young Democrats in the House, sent a letter Thursday to Pelosi of California and Democratic Leader-Designate […]
Scott PowersDecember 19, 2018
9min529
Lest anyone think that U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy‘s ascendency this fall into leadership of the Democrats’ centrist “Blue Dog Coalition” is about the Winter Park congresswoman rebranding herself with that group’s history of conservative politics, a Washington Post story Tuesday suggests she is, rather, helping rebrand the Blue Dogs. For Murphy it’s not a matter of […]
Scott PowersNovember 28, 2018
7min298
Insurgent centrist Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives including U.S. Reps. Stephanie Murphy and Darren Soto from Central Florida have reached a deal with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Wednesday for rules reforms that would lead the party rebels to support her for House Speaker. The deal is lesser in sweep and commitment than the […]
Scott PowersNovember 26, 2018
5min410
The nine insurgent Democrats of the congressional Problem Solvers Caucus including U.S. Reps. Stephanie Murphy and Darren Soto are down to pushing Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for three key concessions before agreeing to support her for House Speaker. The three concessions call for two changes that would require debates and votes on bills that get […]
Scott PowersNovember 23, 20184min238
Centrist Demorats including Florida’s U.S. Reps. Stephanie Murphy and Darren Soto seeking broad rules reform in the U.S. House of Representatives responded Friday to Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi‘s appeasement effort by saying it is not good enough and they cannot support her for House Speaker. “We will only vote for a Speaker candidate who supports […]
Jacob OglesNovember 18, 2018
4min506
U.S. Rep.-elect Donna Shalala made clear on ABC News’ This Week she would support Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi as the next Speaker of the House. “This is not forever,” Shalala said. “But right now, at this time in this transition, for the next two years, I’m with her.” Shalala spoke as part of a panel of […]
Scott PowersNovember 14, 20184min293
Democratic U.S. Reps. Stephanie Murphy and Darren Soto didn’t waste any time flexing muscles of their centrist sides, signing a letter Tuesday to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi outlining a number of demands for House rules changes if Pelosi wants their votes for House Speaker. The two Central Florida lawmakers, members of the bipartisan “Problem Solvers” caucus, […]