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David Jolly not flinching at pushback to his fundraising ban idea

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David Jolly wants members of Congress, including himself, to stop begging for money and get back to work. During a press conference Tuesday morning, the Pinellas County member of Congress announced a bill he’s proposing next week in the House that would forbid federally elected officials from directly soliciting campaign contributions. That includes not only members of Congress, but also U.S. Senators, the President and Vice President. It would apply to any campaign contributions whether it was for in individual…

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David Jolly aims to curb federal elected officials from raising money while in office

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The corrupting effect of money on politics is a battle cry often heard from the left or more often from third-party or independent voters. Republican U.S. Rep. David Jolly, however, is throwing his weight behind a measure that could limit how federal candidates raise money. Jolly has proposed bill that would prevent federally elected officials while in office – including the president, vice president and members of Congress – from devoting time directly soliciting contributions for re-election or election to…

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Alan Grayson aims to flood TPP deal with public comments

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U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson announced he would deliver nearly 6,000 public comments Wednesday on the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, more than tripling the number of public comments the Office of the United States Trade Representative has received. The office will review the comments on the proposed trade deal’s potential effect on U.S. employment, including labor markets. Today is the deadline for such comments to be filed. Grayson, an Orlando Democrat, is running for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat and his Senate campaign released news…

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Today on Context Florida: Fuzzy budget math, accounting tricks, Ben Carson and ending meetings on time

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Today on Context Florida: Once again, the media is abuzz and many in the Florida Legislature are absolutely giddy at the prospect of what they call a budget surplus this year. State fiscal analysts are predicting a surplus of about $635 million and the Governor’s Office, using what Rich Templin calls a bit of fuzzy math that no one outside of his administration can understand to project excess revenues of $1.3 billion. Frank Clemente says, surprisingly, Congress’s $680 billion holiday-season tax…

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No Marty McFly: Carlos Curbelo hurts himself in hoverboard accident

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U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo received an unexpected Christmas gift this year, thanks to one of his daughter’s Christmas presents. Curbelo fell off a hoverboard purchased for his daughter. And, according to his Twitter page, the fall landed him in the hospital and his arm in a sling. “Confirmed – #hoverboard is for kids. My daughter got it. I ended up in #BaptistHealthSF #ER. #hoverboardChristmas,” Burbelo tweeted with a waterfront photo of his slinged arm. Curbelo joins a growing list of new hoverboard owners…

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No consensus about legality of Donald Trump’s idea of Muslim ban

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There’s no legal or historical precedent for closing U.S. borders to the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims, but neither is there any Supreme Court case that clearly prevents a president or Congress from doing so. Legal experts are divided over how the high court would react to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump‘s call for a temporary halt to Muslims entering the United States. “The court has never been faced with a challenge against a whole religion. I think that would raise…

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Corrine Brown’s federal lawsuit “has very little chance of succeeding”

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U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown is pursuing a federal lawsuit, Brown v. Detzner, in the wake of the Florida Supreme Court’s approval of a redrawn congressional map for the state. Brown, along with the Congressional Black Caucus, argue that the change means “substantial retrogression” for African-American communities, along with significant dilution of the black vote in her district. The ruling changes Brown’s district considerably, reshaping it from one that snakes southward from Jacksonville down to Orlando, to an east-west configuration, going from…

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