Arrested Democratic congressional staffer Imran Awan or his relatives ā all reportedly under federal criminal investigation ā also worked for five other Democratic Florida members of Congress besides U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who is on the hot seat.
Democrats āBetter Dealā receives ho-hum response from Delegation PresidentĀ Donald TrumpĀ has been in office for six months. With all the tweets, nonstop coverage of āRussian collusion,ā and a fractured GOP, it would seem logical that Democrats would be in a strong position going into next yearās midterm elections. Polls and money say otherwise. Congressional Democratsā strategy of āresistā and ādelayā is not paying off according to the ABC News/Washington Post poll. Released last week, the poll showed 37 percent of Americans…
Members of Florida’s congressional delegation vulnerable because of their balanced districts each raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in the second quarter of 2017, new reports show. The latest campaign finance reports posted this week, covering money raised and spent in April, May and June, shows that Republican U.S. Reps. Brian Mast of Palm City and Carlos Curbelo of Miami had the biggest hauls in the second quarter, while Democrats Charlie Crist of St. Petersburg and Stephanie Murphy of Winter…
Russia issue not yet hurting GOP fundraising or giving Dems advantage The saga regardingĀ Donald TrumpĀ ā Senior and Junior ā andĀ Russia continuesĀ with no end in sight. It began in January and now, following the latest ābombshell,ā the 2016 Democratic nominee for vice-president, Sen.Ā Tim KaineĀ of Virginia, is throwing out the word ātreason.ā
The GOP-controlled House of Representatives passed two immigration-related bills Thursday afternoon. One was Kate’s Law, which mandates a minimum five-year prison sentence for anyone who re-enters the country illegally at least twice after being deported. It passed the House of Representatives on Thursday with a vote ofĀ 257 to 157. The No Sanctuary for Criminals Act passed by a 228-195 margin. Both votes were mostly along party lines, but not in Florida. Only seven Republicans voted against the No Sanctuary for…
In one of the more biting moments in the 1997 film āGood Will Hunting,ā mathematician Gerald Lambeau, played by Stellan SkarsgĆ„rd, apologizes to his old friend, psychologist Sean Maguire, played by Robin Williams, for having missed the funeral of Seanās wife. āI got your card,ā Sean snapped, not at all disguising his anger. Did we just see state and national Republicans mail in [or tweet in] their condolences and best wishes for Orlandoās one-year observation of the Pulse mass-murder that…
A day afterĀ Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price refused to say if the Donald Trump administration would fund cost-sharing insurer subsidies next year, Kathy Castor and other Florida congressional Democrats say uncertainty is undermining the stability of the health care insurance marketplace. āPresident Trump and his administration should focus on helping hardworking families keep their affordable health coverage rather than sticking Americans with much higher insurance bills,ā the Tampa Democrat writes in aĀ letter urging the president toĀ commit to maintaining…
