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Vern Buchanan doesn’t want Obama to pardon Bowe Berghdahl

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Vern Buchanan is urgingĀ President ObamaĀ in his last weeks in office not to pardonĀ Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl, saying the search for Bergdahl may have led to the deaths of several American soldiers. White House and Justice Department officials say Bergdahl has submitted the clemency request. If granted, it would allowĀ him to avert a court-martial trial scheduled for next April. Bergdahl faces a maximum penalty of life in prison. ā€œIt has been seven years since Sgt. Bergdahl chose to abandon his fellow…

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Kathy Castor says she’ll work with Donald Trump and GOP majority in Congress ‘If there’s an opportunity’

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Kathy Castor says the voters in Florida’sĀ 14th Congressional District re-elected her to get things done in Washington and, when she can, she’ll work with the Donald Trump administration and GOP Congress. But she’ll also resist them, depending on what policies they propose. “People elected me to solve problems and if thereā€™s any opportunity to do that with President Trump and a Republican Congress, thatā€™s what I’m going to do,” she said Monday. “But Iā€™m not going to compromise the values…

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Medical marijuana advocates up in arms over Jeff Sessions

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The head of a medical marijuana advocacy group is criticizing President-elect Donald Trumpā€™s pick of Jeff SessionsĀ for U.S. Attorney General. Steph Sherer, executive director of Americans for Safe Access, said in an email Friday that the Republican Sessions ā€œhas criticized the morality of cannabis users and has stated that cannabis is more harmful than alcohol.ā€ Sessions, a former federal prosecutor, once ā€œrebutted (President) Obamaā€™s observation that marijuana is safer than alcohol by citing a renowned expert on substance abuse: ā€˜Lady…

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Americans for Prosperity spends more than $2.5 million to effort to defeat Patrick Murphy

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Patrick Murphy frequently bashed Marco Rubio on the campaign trail this fall as a “puppet of the Koch Brothers,” citing theĀ 98 percent grade he received from Americans for Prosperity, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit political advocacy group considered the political arm of Charles and David Koch. In fact, AFP’s Florida chapter announced Monday they knocked on more than one million doors and spoke to overĀ three million people on the phone in their effort to defeat Murphy’s bid for U.S. Senate. They also…

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Rick Scott decries ā€˜bureaucracy and politicsā€™ in federal Zika aid

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Gov. Rick Scott demanded Tuesday that the Obama administration speed delivery of $1.1 billion in federal money to fight the Zika virus, ā€œto protect pregnant women and their developing babiesā€ in Florida. Congress approved the spending, whichĀ President Obama signed off on in September, but the money has yet to arrive, Scott said in a written statement. ā€œAll year we watched as bureaucracy and politics got in the way of funding for this public health emergency, and the time for bureaucracy…

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Bob Graham announces his support for fellow Democrat Bob Buesing’s state Senate bid

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With just eight days to go before the voting ends in Florida, state Senate District 18 Democratic hopefulĀ Bob BuesingĀ received some welcome news Monday when former Florida Governor and U.S. SenatorĀ Bob GrahamĀ endorsed him. ā€œBobĀ Buesing is the right person to work across the aisle to address Floridaā€™s challenges and get things done for the people of Senate District 18 in Tallahassee,ā€ saidĀ Graham in a statement issued by the Buesing campaign early Monday. ā€œIā€™m endorsingĀ BobĀ because heā€™ll be a fresh voice in Tallahassee dedicated…

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‘Women For Trump’ in West Tampa cheer upon news of FBI review of new Hillary Clinton emails

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TheĀ “Women for Trump” bus tour made a stop at the Trump-Pence headquarters in West Tampa late Friday afternoon. “Did anyone hear that the FBI just reopened an investigation?” askedĀ Lara Trump,Ā the daughter-in-law ofĀ Donald TrumpĀ and wife of Trump’s son, Eric. The crowd erupted in cheers upon hearing that statement, which came about three hours after the news first broke that FBI DirectorĀ James ComeyĀ had written to congressional leaders, saying it is again probing emails that might be related toĀ Hillary Clinton’sĀ private server, reopening a…

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