Tag: President Obama

Mitch PerryNovember 13, 2015
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Marco Rubio says he and Ted Cruz have similar stances on immigration, which is why the Texas senator’s shots at his record on that volatile subject the past few days have surprised him. “I’m puzzled and quite frankly surprised by Ted’s attacks, since Ted’s position on immigration is not that much different than mine,” Rubio told […]

Mitch PerryNovember 9, 2015
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St. Joseph’s Hospitals, part of the BayCare Health System and a Pediatric and Level II Trauma hospital, is the only hospital campus in the Tampa Bay area with a co-generator plant. That plant consists of a natural gas-fired combustion engine that powers a 1.7 megawatt generator to produce electricity throughout the hospital campus. And for […]

Mitch PerryNovember 6, 2015
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U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is applauding President Barack Obama‘s rejection of the request from a Canadian company to build the Keystone XL pipeline. “It was all politics,” the Florida Democrat said at a press conference in his Tampa district office on Friday regarding the years-long battle between environmentalists and those who thought the pipeline would be a […]

Mitch PerryOctober 20, 2015
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In recent weeks, Democrats (and even some opposing Republican presidential candidates) have relished attacking Marco Rubio‘s for missing votes in the Senate as he campaigns for president. But on Tuesday, three members of the Democratic Progressive Caucus were attacking the Florida Senator for a bill that he actually voted on (his first since Sept. 24) – […]

Associated PressOctober 20, 2015
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Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio pitched himself as a fresh face in his party’s crowded primary contest during a Monday night campaign stop in Utah. The 44-year-old Rubio spoke about outdated government policies that haven’t kept up with disruptive technologies such as ride-hailing company Uber. He called the 2016 election “a generational choice” – a […]

Mitch PerryOctober 15, 2015
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It doesn’t happen very often, but nobody can accuse of Marco Rubio opposing everything that Barack Obama does on the foreign policy front. The Florida Republican Senator and presidential candidate said today that he welcomes Obama’s announcement that the U.S. will maintain much of its current level of 9,800 troops in Afghanistan through the end of […]

Mitch PerryOctober 7, 2015
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Draft Biden, the super PAC formed to encourage Joe Biden to run for President, released its first national television ad Wednesday morning. Titled “My Redemption,” it features Biden speaking during  a commencement address at Yale University, while displaying still photos of him and his family as he discusses learning about the car accident that killed […]


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