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Republican Senate hopefuls call on Barack Obama to fire VA Secretary

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Two Republican Senate hopefuls are calling on President Barack Obama to fire the head of Veterans Affairs. On Monday, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald said the VA shouldnā€™t use wait times as a measure of success, comparing the wait times for health care to the house people wait for rides at Disney theme parks. McDonald said a veteransā€™ health-care experience was more important than the time spent waiting for an appointment. His comments immediately came under fire, with House Speaker…

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Senate Majority PAC slated to spend $10.5M in Florida this fall

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A super PAC aimed at helping Democratic U.S. Senate candidates is prepared to spend more than $10 million in Florida this fall. The Senate Majority PAC, a political committee aimed at helping take back the Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate, said it is poised to spend $10.5 million on cable and broadcast advertisements in Florida starting in September. ā€œRepublicans are going to nominate a far right, Tea Party candidate who is out of touch with Floridaā€™s middle-class,ā€ saidĀ Shripal Shah,…

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Alan Grayson: At least they’re not calling me Hitler

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Democrat Alan Grayson has been dubbed “Angry Alan” by his Senate opponent, compared to Republican Donald Trump for his penchant for earning headlines with his mouth and has become the whipping post for some in the Washington party establishment who hope he loses Florida’s primary. But he said things could be worse. “At least they’re not calling me the Adolf Hitler of the Democratic Senate race. They haven’t quite gone there yet. It’s only a matter of time before they…

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Todd Wilcox brings ground-level view of foreign affairs to U.S. Senate race

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IfĀ companies want to know who to trust to do business in civil-war-torn Ukraine, they might contact Maitland-based Strategic Risk Management LLC. for privately-researched background intelligenceĀ reports. Companies that need to moveĀ goods through the dicier parts of Afghanistan might call on Winter Park-based Innovative Logistics LLC to handle the planes, warehouses, trucks and security. And ifĀ the U.S. Department of Defense, or aĀ trusted American ally, wants special operationsĀ training and support services to prepare missions in some other unstable backwater nation, they might turn…

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Mitch Perry Report for 5.18.16 ā€” D.C. Republicans at odds with each other on Zika funding

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The U.S. Senate advanced a $1.1 billion bill to help public officials battle the Zika virus Tuesday as it begins to threaten America. That’s $800 million less than the $1.9 billion that President Obama has been calling for since February, but it is more than the $622 million that the GOP-led House passed on Monday.Ā Much of it would come from money that was approved to fight theĀ EbolaĀ virus and that health officials say is still needed for that purpose. That angered…

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Marco Rubio may be ready to endorse in U.S. Senate race, defends his own pace

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Florida’s outgoing Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio suggested Monday he may be ready to endorse theĀ RepublicanĀ he wants to follow him into the office. “I’ll have something to say about that in the next couple of days,” Rubio said Monday after meeting in Orlando with Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs to discuss Central Florida’s heroin crisis. Rubio also insisted his recent flurry of activity on Florida issues is not a change in his activity level, but a change in media coverage…

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Three of Carlos Beruff’s U.S. Senate opponents speak out on his “animal” remark

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ThreeĀ more opponents of FloridaĀ GOP Senate hopeful Carlos Beruff areĀ criticizing him after it was reportedĀ Sunday that he referred to President Obama as “an animal” while speaking in front of a group of St. John’s County Republicans last week. ā€œUnfortunately, for seven and a half years this animal we call president, because heā€™s an animal, OKĀ ā€” seven and a half years, has surgically and with thought and very smart, intelligent manner, destroyed this country and dismantled the military under not one, not…

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