Associated PressMarch 3, 2020
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Ron DeSantis said Vice President laid out reimbursement plan.
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Associated PressMarch 3, 2020
Jacob OglesNovember 6, 2019
3min515
Legislation could make animal crushing a federal offense.
Associated PressAugust 7, 2017
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President Donald Trump is insisting his support is stronger than ever, despite a report that some Republicans are weighing a 2020 presidential run without him. In a flurry of early morning tweets Monday, Trump says “the Trump base far bigger & stronger than ever before (despite some phony Fake News polling).” He specifically criticized the […]
Staff ReportsFebruary 16, 2017
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Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio announced Wednesday that he has been appointed chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. The commission was created in 2000 to monitor human rights and legal issues in China and submit an annual report to the president and Congress. Rubio previously served as chair of the 23-member body, which includes […]
Associated PressFebruary 9, 2017
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President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that comments by his Supreme Court nominee criticizing his own attacks on the judiciary were “misrepresented,” even as Republican and Democratic lawmakers vouched for the veracity of the remarks. Trump responded after private rebukes from Judge Neil Gorsuch, who said in meetings with lawmakers on Wednesday that the president’s comments […]
Mitch PerryJanuary 18, 2017
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Both of Florida’s U.S. Senators are teaming up on a bipartisan bill to push back on the growing boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The new legislation (s. 170) is an update of a bill proposed last year by West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin and former Illinois Republican Mark Kirk. It would increase […]
Mitch PerryJune 14, 2016
5min225
When it comes to foreign lands, Americans can sometimes be strangely provincial. Polls traditionally show Americans think we give too much foreign aid. The Kaiser Family Foundation found last year that the average respondent estimated 26 percent went toward assisting other countries, when in fact it’s just less than 1 percent. So when Donald Trump says in […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 23, 2016
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With less than 75 days until the Summer Olympics, Sen. Bill Nelson wants to make sure the United States Olympic Committee is prepared to protect its athletes from the spread of Zika. The Florida Democrat was one of 10 senators who signed a letter sent to the chairman of the United States Olympic Committee on […]
Mitch PerrySeptember 4, 2015
11min221
Marco Rubio opposes giving Puerto Rico the same type of bankruptcy protection available to U.S. towns and cities mired in fiscal crisis, he writes in an op-ed published in both Spanish and English today in El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico’s largest daily newspaper. “While some have suggested Washington can deliver a silver bullet solution to […]
Mitch PerryMay 21, 2015
5min214
It may not have actually been the definition of a filibuster, but Rand Paul worked his tail off Wednesday night on the Senate floor, calling attention to the dangers of the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs. He spoke for 10-and-a-half hours, beginning at 1:18 p.m. and lasting nearly until midnight, calling it a day at 11:49 […]