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David Jolly introduces bill mandating Congress work a 40-hour work week

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After John Boehner became Speaker following the GOP’s takeover of the House of Representatives back in 2011, Republican leaders decided Congress should meet less in Washington. So they announced a loose goal of two weeks on, one week off in the nation’s Capitol — giving members the chance to spend extended time back in their districts every third week. That was in addition to the numerous days off Congress already avails itself of. David Jolly thinks it’s too much. According to a statement released by…

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Ron DeSantis admits GOP faithful are ‘demoralized, depressed and dejected’ at D.C. Republicans

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If Republican primary politics are all about reaching out to the conservative base, then on paper, Jacksonville-area U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis should be a strong contender as the GOP Senate nominee in 2016. The Sunshine State native (who grew up in the quaint Pinellas County town of Dunedin) has only been in elected office for three years, having won a congressional seat in Florida’s 6th District in 2012, but his profile has been growing statewide since he became the first Republican to announce…

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Carlos Lopez-Cantera challenges Patrick Murphy to justify support of Iran deal

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Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera is challenging the leading Democratic Senate candidate to justify his support of the controversial Iran nuclear deal. In a statement Thursday, Lopez-Cantera asks U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy to join him for a series of unspecified monthly town hall meetings with Florida voters. The debates, he said, would be so the Jupiter Democrat could explain in person his backing of President Barack Obama‘s “reckless Iran concessions.” Both Lopez-Cantera and Murphy are running  for the U.S. Senate to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who…

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Four GOP U.S. Senate candidates make their cases at Florida GOP meeting in Tampa

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The four Republican candidates attempting to succeed Marco Rubio as the next Senator from Florida convened together for the first time on Saturday morning in Tampa. The four men – Lieutenant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera, Congressmen David Jolly and Ron DeSantis, and former military veteran and CIA officer Todd Wilcox – are so little known that 86 percent of Floridians told Quinnpiac pollsters last week that they couldn’t form an opinion on any of them because of lack of knowledge about them. However, they literally have…

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Rick Scott right side up in new Q poll, 45-44 percent

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Rick Scott has been governor of Florida for over 5 1/2 years now, but other than his two election-day victories, he’s been more down than up when it comes to his personal approval ratings throughout his controversial tenure. That’s why the governor and his supporters have to be giddy this morning, after a Quinnipiac poll released early Tuesday shows Scott right side up, 45-44 percent, with 10 percent undecided. “With little attention on him these days, Gov. Rick Scott gets his best…

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David Jolly gets endorsement of conservative Richard Nugent in Senate race

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U.S. Rep. Richard Nugent is supporting fellow Republican U.S. Rep. David Jolly in his bid for the U.S. Senate. Nugent is the conservative former Hernando County sheriff who since 2010 has represented Florida’s 11th Congressional District, covering the region north of Tampa through Sumter, Citrus, Hernando, and central Marion counties. Jolly represents Pinellas County’s 13th Congressional District. A member of the Tea Party Caucus, Nugent most recently gained notoriety for his clash with Republican House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, which…

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Mitch Perry Report for 8.19.15 — Fun with Donald Trump’s immigration plans

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All summer, we’ve heard blowhards like Joe Scarborough inform the supposedly stuffy talking heads that they just don’t get it about the phenomenon that is Donald Trump. He likes to remind viewers that his brother, an alleged sophisticated Republican voter, really loves the Donald, and thus that explains why roughly 25 percent of Republican voters say they like him too in most polls. And he says that the message is a potent one. Yes, perhaps to as much as a…

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