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Infograph shows Obamacare enrollment, tax credits in 17 Republican congressional districts

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More than 1.46 million Floridians in Republican congressional districts will lose a total of $6.8 billion in tax credits for health care if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in King v Burwell that the federal government overstepped its authority by granting tax credits to people purchasing Obamcare plans through a federal health exchange. The information was compiled by the Committee on Energy and Commerce minority staff. It shows that the district that could suffer the most is U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz Balart’s, where 187,000 people have enrolled in Obamacare…

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Congressional Republicans send letter to feds: Don’t hold LIP hostage

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Six Republicans in Florida’s congressional delegation sent a letter to the acing director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services April 14, saying that supplemental Medicaid funding should not be held “hostage” for a statewide expansion of Medicaid. The letter — signed by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and U.S. Reps. Gus Bilirakis,  Curt Clawson,  Richard Nugent,  Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and  Ted Yoho — asks that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services come to an agreement “in principle” by mid-April to keep Low Income Pool funding, which helps pay for…

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Kathy Castor praises & Marco Rubio condemns Obama’s removal of Cuba from terrorist list

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The White House announced on Tuesday that President Obama intends to remove Cuba from the American government’s list of nations that sponsor terrorism, eliminating a major obstacle to the restoration of diplomatic relations after decades of hostilities. The move had been a top priority with the Raul Castro-led Cuban government since diplomatic relations between the two countries were renewed back in December. Although critics like South Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen note incidents like the 1996 shootdown of the Brothers to…

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Marco Rubio lands big-name supporters for Senate campaign

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The fundraiser set to be hosted Wednesday by elected officials and business leaders at the posh Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables sounds like countless other receptions benefiting Florida’s political establishment. But the invitation topped with bold-faced names is for Marco Rubio, the upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate daring to challenge the popular Gov. Charlie Crist for the GOP nomination. Rubio has been mostly raising money over the Internet. Crist has been attending swanky events almost nightly this month. Their…

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