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Corrine Brown won’t be ordered to pay redistricting plaintiffs

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A federal judge has shut down a request from the winners of the congressional redistricting case for U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown to pay their attorney and expert witness bills of nearly $250,000. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker also denied a request to levy sanctions against Brown, saying her case “was meritless” but not “frivolous.” His order was entered late last month. Brown, a 23-year Democratic congresswoman from north Florida, lost her primary against challenger Al Lawson in the wake of her indictment on charges that she and her chief…

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Judge rules in congressional redistricting challenge

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A Florida judge on Friday endorsed a map drawn by the League of Women Voters of Florida and Common Cause as the new boundary lines for the state’s 27 congressional districts. What it portends is a topsy-turvy time for Florida’s politics, with some members of Congress virtually ensured an exit from office next election. By late afternoon, the Twitterati was predicting a net gain of two congressional seats for Democrats. The changes also have national implications: Republican U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster is…

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Gwen Graham posts another $500K+ fundraising quarter

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Three times in a row, Democratic Congresswoman Gwen Graham has raked in more than a half-million dollars from contributors, her campaign announced Monday morning. Her team patted her on the back, calling her $1.2 million cash-on-hand number “an impressive war chest for a race more than a year away.” The release refers to her first re-election, but which race she eventually runs remains to be seen. Graham’s 2nd Congressional District, covering north Florida from Bonifay to Perry, could be redrawn by…

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Gwen Graham will soon reveal her 2016 intentions

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Down deep, U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham may already know whether she will run for re-election next year. With the Florida House and Senate in agreement on the new look of her District 2 and Corrine Brown’s District 5, the writing (or map) appears to be on the wall. Graham is doing the right thing by waiting until the court makes it official. Barring something totally unforeseen, a good chunk of her Democratic support in Tallahassee, Leon County and all of…

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Diane Roberts skewers ruling class during Tallahassee talk

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Writer, international scholar, FSU English professor, opinion columnist and environmentalist Diane Roberts entertained a crowd of North Florida Democrats Tuesday evening with her incisive wit and pointed observations about the state of Florida and its leaders. Referring to herself as “that professor conservatives warn you about,” Roberts let fly a quiverful of bon mots as she skewered the Legislature, “they argue like kindergartners”; Rick Scott, “Could you screw up any worse? Oh yeah, the governor”; and global warming deniers, “If…

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U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite cites display of support from constituents for opposition to health care reform — only problem is they’re from Pennsylvania

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Received this e-mail from Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite: It appears today is D-day for health care in Washington. Speaker Pelosi and her Democrat Leadership team continue to send mixed signals on their vote count, so it is not yet clear what the final tally will be. One group who has made their vote very clear is the American people. Thousands of Americans have descended upon our Nation’s Capitol to voice their firm opposition to ObamaCare. While some Members have their doors…

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U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite cites display of support from constituents for opposition to health care reform — only problem is they’re from Pennsylvania

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Received this e-mail from Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite: It appears today is D-day for health care in Washington. Speaker Pelosi and her Democrat Leadership team continue to send mixed signals on their vote count, so it is not yet clear what the final tally will be. One group who has made their vote very clear is the American people. Thousands of Americans have descended upon our Nation’s Capitol to voice their firm opposition to ObamaCare. While some Members have their doors…

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