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Mitch PerryJune 2, 2017

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While there are many things both Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill want to accomplish, Kathy Castor laments the business of Congress has slowed considerably by what she calls a “cloud” over the Trump administration’s possible collusion with Russia during last year’s election. “What an atmosphere it is,” the Tampa Democratic congresswoman said in opening […]

Bob SparksMay 31, 2017

The news began to break on Tuesday evening. Jeb Bush was reportedly no longer interested in purchasing the Miami Marlins, according to anonymous sources. Bush was yet another among the biggest names in Republican politics seeking to buy one of baseball’s worst performing teams. Others include President Trump’s family circle and a serious investor carrying […]

Mitch PerryMay 9, 2017

Jay Fant has only been in the Legislature for three years, but based on his experience as a Jacksonville attorney, he believes he’s as qualified as anyone to become Florida’s next Attorney General. On Tuesday, the Florida House Republican from Jacksonville visited Tampa as part of a four-day statewide blitz to begin his candidacy, starting the […]

Mitch PerryMay 9, 2017

Greg Williams says he’s been “progressively more frustrated for the last decade” on the goings on in Washington D.C. But after closely working with Democrat Jim Lange‘s unsuccessful congressional campaign against Dennis Ross in Florida’s 15th District last year, Williams believes the community needs a “real voice and a real change” from what’s been going in the district. CD 15 […]

Mitch PerryMay 3, 2017

When the U.S. House votes Thursday on the latest iteration of the American Health Care Act, Republican Daniel Webster of Florida’s 11th Congressional District will be among those supporting the bill. “I have been very concerned about Florida’s Medicaid-funded nursing home beds,” Webster said Wednesday night. “These are critical to the access some of our senior population […]

Mitch PerryApril 28, 2017

According to North Korea’s deputy U.N. ambassador, the standoff over his country’s nuclear program will end only when the U.S. withdraws its “hostile policy” toward the northeast Asian nation. In an interview with The Associated Press Friday, Kim In Ryong says his government will not attend “any type of talks which would discuss its nuclear abandonment.” That includes the […]

Bob SparksApril 23, 2017

According to Sen. Charles Grassley, the U.S. Supreme Court may need to fill another opening this summer. The Iowa Republican, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, did not name names, but rumors are swirling it could be the Court’s swing vote, 80-year-old Anthony Kennedy. If that occurs, President Trump will go back to his list of […]

Mitch PerryApril 11, 2017

White House press secretary Sean Spicer was under fire from Democrats on Tuesday after claiming that Adolf Hitler did not use chemical weapons, seemingly minimizing the atrocities of the Holocaust. Spicer’s comments lit up Twitter and there have been harsh reactions from Democrats and Jewish groups, expressing amazement that the spokesman would downplay Hitler’s actions by […]

Mitch PerryApril 10, 2017

Over five years, the University of South Florida received more than $260 million in federal funding from the National Institutes of Health; money which helped propel the Tampa campus as a leader in medical research. But officials with the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine and Congresswoman Kathy Castor say that the innovative breakthroughs throughout the […]

Mitch PerryApril 10, 2017

Reacting to the Donald Trump administration’s hardline policy on immigration — which has included threats to withhold federal grants from jurisdictions that act as “sanctuaries” — more than 100 mayors from around the country signed onto a letter to Congress calling on it to revisit and pass comprehensive reform legislation. Among those signing the letter are Tallahassee […]

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Kathy Castor: Investigations on Russia, Trump administration are ‘cloud’ over D.C.

Marlins sale still involves Who’s Who of Republican politics even without Jeb Bush

Say hello to Jay Fant, first major Attorney General candidate for 2018

Democrat Greg Williams says Dennis Ross ‘sold his soul’ representing CD 15

Daniel Webster now a ‘yes’ on GOP health care bill

Bill Nelson: If China can’t deter North Korea’s nuclear plans, it could mean war

If another SCOTUS opening occurs, will Charles Canady get a serious look?

Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Sean Spicer: Take some time off and visit the Holocaust Museum

Kathy Castor visits USF College of Medicine, pledges to fight Donald Trump’s NIH funding cuts

Bob Buckhorn, Andrew Gillum among the 100 mayors calling on Congress to fix immigration system