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David Jolly ramps up his advocacy for Daniel Webster as next House Speaker

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Seemingly every House Republican wants Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan to succeed John Boehner as Speaker of the House. However, Ryan is playing coy, telling his colleagues on Friday that he wanted to consult with his family this weekend and watch his beloved Green Bay Packers before making any decision. If Ryan won’t pull the trigger, David Jolly really, really wants his colleagues to consider Daniel Webster, his colleague in the Florida House delegation, and a man already deemed the choice…

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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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David Jolly hits national media to explain support for Daniel Webster

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U.S. Rep. David Jolly took to national airwaves to explain his support for fellow Floridian Daniel Webster for the next Speaker of the House. “I believe Dan is the right candidate to get us back to governing, to achieving conservative results through governing,” Jolly told Neil Cavuto of Fox News. “We’ve gone from the ‘do-nothing’ Congress to the ‘try-nothing’ Congress. We need to let the House work its will on behalf of the American people who entrust us to serve.” A take…

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On Fox News, Speaker candidate Dan Webster says he thinks he can win some people over

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Florida U.S. Rep. Dan Webster has an even bigger eye on the speakership now that Kevin McCarthy has removed his name from the hat. During an interview on Fox News’ Shepard Smith Reporting, Webster said this may be an opportunity. “I believe I can win some people over,” he said. McCarthy, the former centrist pick to replace John Boehner, who abruptly announced he’d be leaving his post at the end of October, announced he was dropping out of the speakership…

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Daniel Webster says he’ll run for House Speaker

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Hours after telling supporters he had “not yet come to a decision” on whether he would run for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Florida U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster called an audible: He’s in it to win it. Webster made the announcement during the Sean Hannity radio program Friday afternoon. Hannity asked, “Will you run for speaker?” “Yes, I will,” Webster answered. In an earlier email on Friday, the Central Florida Republican played Hamlet, saying he wasn’t sure – while asking for campaign contributions. The…

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Personnel note: Chamber taps former Daniel Webster aide as new influencer

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U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster‘s former chief of staff has been named the Florida Chamber of Commerce’s vice president of government affairs, the Chamber announced in a Friday press release. Frank Walker III also worked for three other U.S. lawmakers: Former U.S. Sens. George LeMieux and Mel Martinez of Florida, and U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert of Washington state. “After more than a decade in Washington, I know the solutions to the challenges facing Florida and our nation come from the state…

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Mitch Perry Report 8.25.15 – Will Florida GOP Legislature pay any price in ’16?

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In a just, accountability-fueled society, Florida Republican lawmakers would pay a price next year for the shenanigans they’ve been up to this year. As reported by the AP’s Gary Fineout, the nine-day June special session that occurred after House Speaker Steve Crisafulli pulled his members off the floor 72 hours before the session was scheduled to end in the spring cost taxpayers $651,000, the costliest special session in the past 15 years. We won’t know for awhile what the costs will be…

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