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Mitch PerrySeptember 30, 2015

Marco Rubio talks policy and his own personality in a quick Q&A with the Skimm, the daily email newsletter designed for millennial women. The Florida Senator, who has had a topsy-turvy relationship with primary voters in the GOP presidential polls since declaring his candidacy back in April, has now become the favorite of the media […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 29, 2015

The House of Representatives is poised to vote sometime in the next 36 hours on a bill to continue the funding the government – all the way into the second week of December, when apparently we’ll go through another round of high stakes concerns that there might be a government shutdown. CNN reports that there […]

Associated PressSeptember 26, 2015

The Republican Party’s conservative wing, pumped up by House Speaker John Boehner‘s stepping down, is warning the 2016 presidential candidates that defying its wishes will come at their peril. Religious activists forcefully conveyed this message Saturday: embrace our uncompromising stance against abortion rights and gay marriage, among other priorities, even if doing so risks a […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 24, 2015

A Republican lawmaker has filed a bill to regulate abortion clinics like ambulatory surgical centers, but one civil-liberties expert described it as another veiled effort to make it more difficult to get abortions in Florida. State Rep. Carlos Trujillo of Miami, who chairs the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee, filed the bill (HB 233) on Thursday. The legislation adds […]

Associated PressSeptember 24, 2015

Standing before a rapt Congress, Pope Francis issued a ringing call to action on behalf of immigrants Thursday, urging lawmakers to embrace “the stranger in our midst” as he became the first pontiff in history to address a joint meeting of the legislators. Referencing the migration crisis in Europe as well as the United States’ […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 23, 2015

In Washington on Tuesday, Senate Republicans introduced a short-term spending bill that would essential fund the government through Dec. 11 and avert a shutdown. The measure would defund Planned Parenthood and increase defense spending by about $13 billion. It’s expected to fall short when it comes up for a vote Thursday. The next likely scenario is that Senate Majority […]

Ryan RaySeptember 18, 2015

U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham on Friday renewed her call for an up-or-down vote on a House budget to avoid a shutdown of the federal government. On Thursday, Graham called upon the House’s Republican leadership to pass a “clean” budget extension – that is, one without a provision to defund Planned Parenthood as many right-leaning House GOP-ers are […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 17, 2015

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown condemned House Republicans on Thursday for “threatening to shut down the government in an attempt to protest Planned Parenthood,” a gambit she described as “appalling.” She says in a prepared statement: “Planned Parenthood clinics, which receive approximately $500 million in government funding, are often one of the few affordable health care […]

Diane RobertsSeptember 17, 2015

Near the end of the latest televised dork parade billed as a “Republican Debate,” CNN’s Jake Tapper asked each candidate what her or his Secret Service code name should be. “Secretariat,” whinnied Carly Fiorina. “Humble,” hollered Donald Trump. “Gator!” said Marco Rubio. Sigh. Marcocito received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida after a […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 17, 2015

There are few issues that divide the country like abortion rights, as the recent GOP offensive nationwide to defund Planned Parenthood demonstrates. At Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate(s) in Southern California, every one of the 15 candidates running for president attacked the family planning organization, in the wake of the release of a series of edited undercover […]

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Donald Trump talks to press outside his New York trial. Image via AP.

Marco Rubio says he’d order up Tex-Mex in his first meal in the White House

Mitch Perry Report for 9.29.15 – Planned Parenthood answers back

Conservatives to 2016 GOP field: Defy us at your own peril

Bill would subject abortion clinics to higher regulation

Pope Francis addresses religion, Islamic extremists, immigration in historic speech

Kathy Castor warns GOP about government shutdown threats

Gwen Graham calls for extended House session to avoid shutdown

Corrine Brown stands by Planned Parenthood against “extreme conservative” Republicans

Diane Roberts: Marcocito, Secret Service code names and the Gators

Patrick Murphy blasts GOP legislation that would defund Planned Parenthood