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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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By Kevin Derby
Responding to the Obama administrations decision to delay enacting the employer mandate in the federal health care to 2015, U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., insisted this showed the law simply did not work.
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According to a new Rasmussen Reports poll, most voters don't think too highly of U.S. public schools and many believe political correctness trumps accuracy in America's textbooks.
Only 26 percent of voters say American public education is good or excellent, while 72 percent rate it as fair or poor. Sixty-one percent of voters also believe textbooks are far more concerned with reporting issues in a politically correct manner than actually providing accurate information. Only18 percent believe textbooks are more concerned with accurately providing information.
By Kevin Derby
On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., weighed in on the Obama administrations decision to delay enacting the employer mandate part of the federal health care law until 2015.
The delay in the implementation of the employer mandate is another example of what weve known about Obamacare all along, Crenshaw said in a statement. Placing Washington in control of one-sixth of the nations economy was bad medicine three years ago, and its bad medicine today.
By Kevin Derby
Fresh from getting the immigration reform bill through the Senate, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., shows no signs of leaving the national stage. While the immigration reform bill faces an uncertain fate in the House, Rubio agreed on Tuesday to sponsor a measure banning abortions after 20 weeks. A similar bill in Texas has been in national headlines in recent days as state Sen. Wendy Davis helped filibuster it, making her a star for Democrats. Conservatives in the House passed a similar bill to Rubios last month.
By Kevin Derby
Democrats across the state and nation are increasingly excited about Gwen Graham, the daughter of Bob Graham who served two terms as governor and three in the U.S. Senate, who is running against U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla. But Graham could be facing a primary from former state Senate Democratic leader Al Lawson who ran in 2010 and 2012. Lawson almost defeated then-U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd in the primaries back in 2010 and he won the Democratic nomination to challenge Southerland in 2012.
By Kevin Derby
With news breaking on Tuesday night that the Obama administration intends to delay implementing the employer mandate part of its federal health care bill until 2015, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., weighed in on Wednesday and called for the repeal of the entire law.
By Nancy Smith
Inundated with complaints and mounting backlash, the Obama administration is delaying perhaps its largest and most controversial rule in implementing the Affordable Care Act, the "employer mandate."
It is being suspended for a year until January 2015.
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Here, have some politics with your cereal.
Last week General Mills launched a new diversity campaign called #LuckyToBe, and it will be centered around its incredibly popular Lucky Charms cereal.
According to the Washington Times,a press release sent to GLAAD said the campaign is celebrating Pride month with whimsical delight, magical charms, and two new rainbow marshmallows If youre lucky enough to be different, were celebrating you.
By Nancy Smith
Bloomberg reports Tuesday night that the Obamacare employer mandatemight be delayed until 2015. Twitchy.com thinks probably the move caughtthe presidents supporters by surprise, too. Why? Because Democratic National Committee ChairwomanRep.
By Kevin Derby
After signing the Declaration of Independence, Congress asked for it to be proclaimed in each of the United States and public readings were held throughout July 1776 across the new nation.
With that in mind, it's fitting that U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., will be leading a community reading of the Declaration of Independence to honor Independence Day on Thursday.
Deutch and others will read the Declaration on Thursday morning at the Lawton Chiles Pavilion by the South County Civic Center in Delray Beach. The event starts at 9:30 am.
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