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Ryan NicolSeptember 7, 2018

Democrat Lauren Baer is out with a new 30-second ad that knocks Republican Brian Mast‘s support for last year’s GOP tax cuts law. Baer, a former official in the Barack Obama administration, is trying to oust Mast from his seat in Florida’s 18th Congressional District. The ad, titled “Mel,” features commentary from Mel Liebman, owner of […]

Ryan NicolAugust 18, 2018

A third-party ad in support of Brian Mast‘s re-election in Florida’s 18th Congressional District features testimony from a “working mom” on the benefits of the GOP tax cuts passed late last year. Left unsaid in the ad? That working mom who’s supporting a U.S. House candidate from Florida is a candidate herself for the state […]

Guest AuthorAugust 17, 2018

Recent headlines demonstrate the strength of the U.S. economy. Recently, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced the unemployment rate fell to 3.9 percent. And the week before that, the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced second-quarter economic growth was 4.1 percent. The economy is on pace to grow at 3 percent this year for the first […]

Ryan NicolJuly 31, 2018

Floridians for a Fair Shake, a left-leaning advocacy group focused on the economy and health care issues, seems to be playing tricks with the numbers in a new ad hitting U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan over last year’s GOP tax cuts. The ad is titled “Same Day,” and highlights the fact that Buchanan bought a yacht […]

Ryan NicolMay 9, 2018

A new ad from Donald Trump‘s 2020 presidential campaign aims to sell voters on the benefits of last year’s tax cuts. That’s a message he hopes will resonate with voters in 2018 as well, as the GOP looks to do what it can to hold off what Democrats hope will be a blue wave in […]

Scott PowersNovember 2, 2017

Vice President Mike Pence and Gov. Rick Scott found widespread support among a dozen or so business owners gathered in an Orlando factory Thursday for the kinds of tax cuts President Donald Trump is pushing in Washington. Members of the business roundtable assembled to meet with Pence at the Correct Craft factory that makes Nautique […]

Scott PowersOctober 16, 2017

The conservative fiscal policy organization Americans for Prosperity-Florida Monday urged Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson to vote yes on the U.S. Senate’s Republican budget bill. AFP-FL stressed that the bill contains a set of parameters for a tax reform package that could pass the U.S. Senate by a simple majority vote. The budget blueprint […]

Scott PowersOctober 5, 2017

The American Action Network is launching a $2 million national television advertising campaign pushing Congressional action on tax reform. The campaign includes two swing districts in Florida, with U.S. Reps. Brian Mast and Carlos Curbelo among those being targeted. The 30-second spot, “Paycheck to Paycheck,” urges Congress to approve tax reform that gives a “simpler, fairer tax […]

Jim RosicaMarch 21, 2017

A tax cut that would have helped a broader swath of Floridians, including the middle class and working poor, was changed Tuesday to instead benefit the state’s business owners. With no debate, the Senate’s Finance and Tax Appropriations Subcommittee cleared the bill (SB 378) by a 4-0 vote. As initially proposed by Miami-Dade Republican Anitere Flores, it would […]

Jim RosicaMarch 19, 2017

A tax cut that’s a priority of Senate President Joe Negron is running into resistance from his fellow senators. Sen. Anitere Flores, a Miami-Dade Republican and Negron’s right hand in the chamber, is running the bill (SB 378) to pay for a cut in the state’s tax on mobile phone, satellite and cable TV service by […]

Tag: tax cuts

‘Time for a change’: Lauren Baer hits Brian Mast on GOP tax law

‘Working mom’ in pro-Brian Mast ad is a GOP candidate for state House…in Pennsylvania

Ron Kezeske: Big economic gains fueled by tax cuts

In new ad, Floridians for a Fair Shake doubles down on criticism of Vern Buchanan

Donald Trump campaign rolls out new ad pumping up tax cuts

Mike Pence, Rick Scott find support for tax cuts

Americans for Prosperity urges Bill Nelson to support Republican budget bill

National group pushes tax reform in TV ads supporting Brian Mast, Carlos Curbelo

Senate tax cut proposal OK’d — with one big switch

Senate tax cut proposal, as is, may be on the ropes