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		<title>Trump campaign Florida chief Karen Giorno seeks national Republican post</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Powers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2017 22:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida campaign state director]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Giorno]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Karen Giorno, a former Donald Trump campaign senior adviser and Florida campaign director, announced Friday she is a candidate to be the state&#8217;s National Republican committeewoman for the Republican National Committee. Giorno&#8217;s candidacy comes after the Republican Party of Florida&#8217;s previous national committeewoman, Sharon Day, stepped down in August to serve as U. S. ambassador to Costa Rica. “I congratulate my friend Sharon Day as she begins her new role as United States Ambassador to Costa Rica and thank her for her leadership&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Congressional Leadership Fund to stump for Brian Mast, Carlos Curbelo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Powers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2017 16:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[2017]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[“Super Saturday” grassroots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Mast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Curbelo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corry Bliss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debbie Mucarsel-Powell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida’s 18th Congressional District]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida’s 26th Congressional District]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lauren Baer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pam Keith]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[More national help is on the way to promote Republican U.S. Reps. Brian Mast of the Treasure Coast and Carlos Curbelo of Miami, with the launch this weekend of &#8220;Super Saturday&#8221; grassroots efforts organized by The Congressional Leadership Fund. That organization has opened up field offices in Mast&#8217;s 18th Congressional District and in Curbelo&#8217;s 26th Congressional District. And from there, CLF intends to use paid staff and volunteers Saturday to run phone banks and door-to-door canvassing to help the pair&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bill Nelson sponsors bill to ban bump stocks for assault weapons</title>
		<link>https://saintpetersblog.com/bill-nelson-sponsors-bill-ban-bump-stocks-assault-weapons/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Powers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2017 22:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Statewide]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Nelson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bump stocks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diane Feinstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal bill]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lois Frankel]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Saying, &#8220;they are for killing,&#8221; Florida&#8217;s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson sponsored a bill Wednesday to ban so-called &#8220;bump stocks&#8221; like the ones Las Vegas police say Stephen Paddock used in his deadly slaughter Sunday night in Las Vegas. “I’m a hunter and have owned guns my whole life,” Nelson stated in a news release. “But these automatic weapons are not for hunting, they are for killing. And this common-sense bill would, at the very least, make it harder for someone&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee plans hurricane talk</title>
		<link>https://saintpetersblog.com/senate-commerce-tourism-committee-plans-hurricane-talk/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Powers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2017 19:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Statewide]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Montford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida Chamber of Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida Department of Economic Opportunity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Irma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Florida Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee will take up hurricane effects and recovery efforts across the business community in Florida at its first meeting of the 2018 session, Chairman Bill Montford announced Wednesday. That is assuming the committee&#8217;s hearing is not postponed because of a hurricane. Very early projections of Tropical Depression 16 forming off the coast of Central America on Wednesday afternoon have it becoming Hurricane Nate and hitting Florida — right near Tallahassee — Sunday. Montford, a Tallahassee Democrat, set&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>After Las Vegas, Chris King condemns inaction on gun laws, calls for action</title>
		<link>https://saintpetersblog.com/las-vegas-chris-king-condemns-inaction-gun-laws-calls-action/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Powers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[2018 election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[background checks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris King]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democrat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firearm magazine limits]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gun laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Las Vegas massacre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pulse nightclub massacre]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King responded to the Las Vegas massacre by lashing out at &#8220;Florida&#8217;s one-party government&#8221; for not pursuing gun law changes after the Pulse nightclub massacre, saying it is time for action. &#8220;We can pray for the victims and their families, but that alone won&#8217;t stop it from happening again,&#8221; King stated in a news release and on social media. &#8220;There are many people who are angry, myself included, with the nonstop incidences of gun violence in&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Rick Scott declares emergency in Florida for Puerto Rico, opens relief centers</title>
		<link>https://saintpetersblog.com/rick-scott-declares-emergency-florida-puerto-rico-opens-relief-centers/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Powers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2017 15:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gov. Rick Scott declared an emergency in Florida Monday covering all 67 counties to provide assistance to Puerto Rico, and he announced the creation of Puerto Rican disaster relief centers in Orlando and Miami for people fleeing the devastation left behind by Hurricane Maria nearly two weeks ago. “Today, to ensure Florida has every available resource ready to assist families displaced by Hurricane Maria, I signed Executive Order 17-259, declaring a state of emergency in all 67 Florida counties,” Scott&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Joining relief effort, Gwen Graham blasts Donald Trump’s Puerto Rico response as &#8220;appalling”</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Powers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2017 20:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[While joining a relief effort in Orlando that included U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy and several Florida lawmakers and local leaders, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham blasted President Donald Trump&#8216;s response to Puerto Rico as &#8220;appalling&#8221; Saturday. Graham said that the world was witnessing &#8220;a failure of planning&#8221; for a deadly hurricane that was seen coming at Puerto Rico almost a week out. &#8220;Puerto Ricans are Americans and they deserve the same attention and response that the people of Texas has&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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