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Mitch Perry Report for 9.29.15 — Planned Parenthood answers back

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The House of Representatives is poised to vote sometime in the next 36 hours on a bill to continue the funding the government — all the way into the second week of December, when apparently we’ll go through another round of high-stakes concerns that there might be a government shutdown. CNN reports that there a group of more than 30 House conservatives who have told now outgoing Speaker John Boehner they would not vote for any spending bill that didn’t bar all…

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Today on Context Florida: John Boehner the moderate, Trump v. Marco Rubio and summer reading

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Today on Context Florida: The moment Jac Wilder VerSteeg long feared has happened: House Speaker John Boehner is throwing in the towel, resigning not just the speakership, but also his seat in the House. What is the moment VerSteeg feared? When he will remember John Boehner as a “moderate.” Peter Schorsch says there is a right, smart way to take on Republican Marco Rubio and there is a dumb, ineffective way to challenge him. What we are seeing out of Donald…

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Conservatives to 2016 GOP field: Defy us at your own peril

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The Republican Party’s conservative wing, pumped up by House Speaker John Boehner‘s stepping down, is warning the 2016 presidential candidates that defying its wishes will come at their peril. Religious activists forcefully conveyed this message Saturday: embrace our uncompromising stance against abortion rights and gay marriage, among other priorities, even if doing so risks a federal government shutdown. An emboldened conservative movement signals fresh trouble for White House candidates viewed by the party’s frustrated base as insufficiently committed to their…

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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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Trademarks: Pack up the hankies and wine, John Boehner’s leaving

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When John Boehner quits the Capitol next month, the Hill will lose a dash of color — and not just his oft-mocked orangey tan. Some trademarks of Boehner’s more than two decades in the House: ___ BLUNT BOEHNERISMS Here’s how the speaker once described fellow U.S representatives: “We got 435 members. It’s just a slice of America, it really is. We got some of the smartest people in the country who serve here, and some of the dumbest. We got…

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Redistricting summons forces Tom Lee to cancel Polk Tiger Bay appearance

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Florida Senate Appropriations Chair Tom Lee missed his speaking engagement with the Polk County Tiger Bay Club on Thursday. The Brandon Republican had received a summons to Tallahassee, which Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis wouldn’t allow him to postpone. He was a witness for the judge’s hearings to decide from perhaps as many as seven maps of redistricting for Florida’s congressional districts. Tiger Bay members had their own questions on redistricting on which they had hoped to hear answers from Lee, particularly…

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Crowd gathering outside capitol to await pope

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Latest developments in Pope Francis‘ visit to the United States. All times local: 8:05 a.m. Tens of thousands already are gathering on the front lawn of the Capitol to watch the pope’s speech on Jumbotron screens and maybe catch a glimpse of Francis. He is expected to wave from a balcony a few hundred yards away. Libby Miller of Frederick, Maryland, says her friends all told her she was crazy for schlepping to Capitol Hill with her 4-year-old son, Camden,…

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