Scott PowersOctober 30, 2019
7min303
Republicans say the process is cooked up and unfair.
Tag: Steve ScaliseTALLAHASSEE, FLA. 4/18/25-Candles and remembrances are left near the Unconquered statue a few hours after the Florida State University Gathering of Unity Vigil held Friday to honor victims of the recent mass shooting.
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Scott PowersOctober 30, 2019
Associated PressOctober 16, 2019
11min386
The swift-moving impeachment probe pushed onward Wednesday as a former top State Department aide testified that the Donald Trump administration’s politicization of foreign policy contributed to his resignation, while the Senate GOP leader briefed colleagues on a possible Christmas impeachment trial. The day’s events, interrupted by an explosive meeting at the White House, churned as […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 21, 2018
3min478
Pinellas County Congressman Charlie Crist was recognized Thursday night on the House floor for his efforts to bring more civility to the U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Claudia Tenney, a Republican from New York, thanked Crist during a speech before the freshman class of Congress for bracelets he gifted members. “It says, ‘practice the Golden […]
Scott PowersOctober 19, 2018
7min289
It’s all about the booming economy, low unemployment, and cutting taxes, and keeping it rolling, Louisiana’s Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise told a rally Friday campaigning for Republican state Rep. Mike Miller‘s attempt to oust Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. Well, maybe a little about baseball too. Scalise, a candidate […]
Jacob OglesSeptember 9, 2018
5min362
U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis picked a high-stakes fight with a high-ranking member of House leadership—on whether the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat the New Orleans Saints this Sunday. The Tarpon Springs Republican on Friday afternoon challenged Majority Whip Steve Scalise to a duel, a prelude to the NFL season opening game between his home team and […]
Mitch PerryJune 28, 2017
7min270
A top editor at the Tampa Bay Times fired back Wednesday after Pinellas legislators slammed the paper for calling them “Disciples of Darkness” because of transparency-related and public records measures passed this year. “I understand why they are not happy,” Tim Nickens, the Times editor of editorials, wrote in an email. “They have no respect for open government, and […]
Mitch PerryJune 16, 2017
6min451
The attempted assassination Wednesday morning of Louisiana Republican Congressman Steve Scalise in suburban Washington D.C. has shaken the nation. Certainly, lawmakers now realize how vulnerable they are to mentally unstable people with access to firearms who disagree with them politically. At Friday’s Tampa Tiger Bay Club, five members of the Hillsborough County Legislative Delegation were asked their […]
Peter SchorschJune 16, 2017
43min231
Despite ideological differences, the people in a given legislative process tend to bond — and a vivid example was rendered this week when a gunman took shots at a Congressional baseball practice. One Northeast Florida Republican, as you’ll see below, was close to being part of the wave of shots that led to the injury […]
Scott PowersJune 15, 2017
4min191
Florida’s U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, a third-baseman on the Republican’s baseball team who encountered James Hodgkinson moments before the Illinois Democratic activist shot up the practice field, said Thursday he was skeptical that any changed rhetoric would have stopped the shooter. Appearing on the Morning Joe TV show on MSNBC, DeSantis recounted again, as he did […]
Associated PressJune 14, 2017
2min150
Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders says the man authorities identified as opening fire on the Republican congressional baseball practice had apparently volunteered on his presidential campaign. Sanders, of Vermont, says in a statement: “I am sickened by this despicable act.” He says that “violence of any kind is unacceptable in our society and I condemn this […]