Staff ReportsMarch 6, 2020
3min409
Three fundraisers in two days.
Tag: Susan Collins
Staff ReportsMarch 6, 2020
Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 13, 2020
15min359
People are getting fired, and appears just the beginning.
Associated PressJanuary 31, 2020
16min283
Potential swing voter Lamar Alexander says no to witnesses.
Jacob OglesOctober 2, 2019
7min370
Passed in House, legislation now moving in Senate.
Ryan NicolApril 10, 2019
4min390
A companion bill has been filed in the U.S. Senate.
Guest AuthorMarch 6, 2018
6min257
Air travelers who made resolutions to travel more in 2018 may not be in for a happy new year. That’s because Congress is considering an 89 percent increase to the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC), one of the many taxes and fees airline passengers pay every time they fly. If approved, travelers flying out of Florida […]
Mitch PerryDecember 13, 2017
3min525
GOP House and Senate leaders announced Wednesday afternoon they had reached a tentative agreement on a tax reform bill for a vote next week. Shortly before the announcement, Republican Congressman Gus Bilirakis of Pasco County called on conferees to include the Senate version of the bill on a provision regarding a deduction for teachers and principals who […]
Mitch PerryDecember 11, 2017
7min518
With just four days left before the 2018 Affordable Care Act sign-up deadline, the Tampa Bay area’s two Democrats — Charlie Crist and Kathy Castor — met Monday at St. Joseph’s Hospital in West Tampa to get the word out before they head back to Washington. “Time is short,” said Castor, repeating her frustration that […]
Associated PressAugust 27, 2017
10min228
Mark Cuban isn’t ready to launch a formal campaign to challenge President Donald Trump. Yet Cuban, an outspoken Texas billionaire who describes himself as “fiercely independent” politically, sees an opportunity for someone to take down the Republican president, who is increasingly viewed as divisive and incompetent even within his own party. “His base won’t turn […]
Mitch PerryAugust 11, 2017
3min432
Congress is just into the second week of a five-week summer August break, but that doesn’t mean lawmakers are staying idle when it comes to working on gaining support for legislation they’re sponsoring. Take Sarasota’s Vern Buchanan, whose office announced Thursday that his bill that would ban the killing of horses for human consumption picked […]