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…
Across the aisles and across the Sunshine State Florida’s members of Congress are universally praising the announcement that former FBI Director Robert Mueller will lead a special investigation into Russian interference in American elections. Some Democrats, while praising the appointment and Mueller’s integrity, still called for more, including the special commission that Democrats have been pushing for in a bill in the House of Representatives. They also almost universally expressed hope that Mueller will conduct a broad investigation that includes…
A lot of Florida’s Democratic members of Congress are responding with stunned disbelief to news reports ā and President Donald Trump‘s Tuesday morning tweet ā that he shared classified, highly sensitive ISIS information with Russian diplomats last week, calling the prospect inexcusable and demanding details. Republican U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Miami and Mario Diaz-Balart also denounced the events, while most other Republican members from Florida have yet to react Tuesday morning to Monday evenings’ news, and Trump’s tweet essentially…
We cannot even get to the halfway point in the Legislative Session without turning to not-yet-developedĀ 2018 races ā especially with one Orlando congressional seat poised to become one of the most hotly-contested in the country. Why? Orlando is emblematic of Democratic hopes for their party. For the better part of the last few decades, the area has been represented by typical conservative white guys ā Bill McCollum, Tom Feeney, John Mica, Ric Keller ā and a gerrymandered African-American from Jacksonville…
