Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum apparently is on to something.
Leading a dozen other AGs in filing suit against the federal government over the newly enacted health-care bill, McCollum has tapped into a state's rights surge.
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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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By Kevin Derby
Former New Hampshire Senator Bob Smith pulled out of the race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination late Thursday night, citing an inability to raise funds to continue his campaign. Smith sent out an email to his supporters with the news. He did not offer an endorsement to any other candidate.
Smith represented New Hampshire for 18 years in Congress and ran for the White House in 2000 as a Republican and later as an independent.
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As expected, the new health-care legislation contains loopholes that exempt certain congressional staffers.
Rep. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge, saw this coming and today joined 17 other members of Congress in introducing a bill that would eliminate the special health care reform exemption for certain congressional staff so that all legislative branch employees are treated the same.
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In the spirit of the season, Gov. Charlie Crist released his last 10 years of tax returns.
Although not required, Crist released his returns along with his Financial Disclosure forms with the Florida Commission on Ethics.
Crist's latest return, from 2008, shows him filing separately from his wife, Carole Lynn Crist. The "Married, Filing Separately" status usually indicates a large disparity between spousal incomes.
By Nancy Smith
The St. Pete Times doesn't practice political activism? Hmmm.
On one of its blogs today, a reporter runs a headline, "Crist backs union-busting education bill."
"Union-busting" -- odd term to portray SB 6 as it makes its way to Gov. Crist for a signature. Union-busting is a term with a long and controversial history. All negative. It implies that the bill has a goal of twisting arms, cracking skulls -- figuratively speaking, anyway -- and forcing unions to disband.
By Kevin Derby
Gov. Charlie Crist is running ads for his U.S. Senate campaign, including a television ad attacking his chief rival for the Republican nomination, former House Speaker Marco Rubio.
The television ad has a narrator saying, We thought he was different. Ideologically pure. Marco Rubio shot to national stardom. Called The Republican Obama. Now, comes the truth. Rubio was a registered lobbyist. His income skyrocketed while his power increased.
The ad brings up Rubios handling of Republican Party of Florida credit cards.
By Kevin Derby
While most conservatives have gone along with Sen. John Thrasher's proposal for teacher merit pay, there has been one prominent exception. Gubernatorial candidate Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland, and three other Republicans broke ranks to oppose the measure. The Jacksonville Republican's bill passed 21-17.
Most Florida teachers do a great job in the classroom and deserve our respect and support as they raise the bar on student performance, Dockery said.
By Kevin Derby
The Senate just voted to expand Florida's corporate-funded Tax Credit Scholarship program and to give state parents a choice to enroll their students in private schools. And, some Democrats joined Republicans in their calls to give low-income families a chance to find private schools that are more suitable for their children than public schools.
By Kevin Derby
Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, certainly wasn't the main focus at Attorney General Bill McCollum's press conference today, but he caught my attention.
As soon as he stepped up to the podium to talk about his support for filing suit against the federal government for passing health care reform, I noticed a strange dark shadow over his left eye.
Sen. Gaetz had a shiner!
By Kevin Derby
Attorney General Bill McCollums lawsuit against the federal government is garnering heavy media attention. At this moment, a Google news search for Bill McCollum generates 2,932 articles in the last 24 hours.
Even McCollums staff seems a bit surprised by all the attention their boss has received. Staffers in his communications office could not even hazard a guess as to how many calls and emails they have received today. A "ton" was their best guess.
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