Democratic activist Michael Hussey over at Pushing Rope has created his own Facebook group looking to stop former state CFO Alex Sink from running for statewide office in the future.
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The opposition to immigration legislation comes from more than migrants chanting and prayer at the Capitol -- though the chants and prayers are clearly orchestrated.
A document obtained by Sunshine State News lists 189 national and Florida-based organizations and individuals that have "stated their concern for the ramifications of the recently proposed anti-immigration laws in Florida."
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Canadians handed that country's Conservative Party a big victory Monday in a national election that could be a forerunner of the U.S. 2012 campaign.
Reuters reported early Tuesday that Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives won 167 seats in Parliament -- a 54 percent margin that transforms their minority government into a stable four-year majority.
By Kevin Derby
Former state CFO Alex Sink, the Democratic candidate who lost to Gov. Rick Scott, released an e-mail to supporters on Monday about American forces killing Osama bin Laden.
By Kevin Derby
House Appropriations Chairwoman Denise Grimsley, R-Sebring, released a statement on the budget negotiations on Monday -- and swiped the Senates proposed funding of health and human services (HHS) projects.
By Kevin Derby
Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, criticized Democrat U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, whom he is trying to unseat in 2012, for politicizing the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Nelson told reporters in Tallahassee Monday that a GOP-backed elections bill that prevents voters from changing their address on Election Day would disenfranchise the soldiers who conducted the raid on bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan. The bill was recently amended in the Senate to provide an exception for military members and their families to change their address on Election Day.
By Kevin Derby
The House passed a measure backed by Rep. Richard Corcoran, R-New Port Richey, which would repeal the bill on red-light cameras passed in the 2010 session. The repeal measure passed by the slimmest of margins59 to 57.
Nothing like a little drama on Monday on Week 9, said Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, after reading the results.
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Long-awaited action on the Senate's immigration bill will wait for another day.
Slogging through Monday's agenda, Senate President Mike Haridopolos said Senate Bill 2040 will be heard Tuesday.
"We want to make sure everyone knows what they're voting on," Haridopolos said of the heavily amended measure that started out as a straight E-Verify bill. Under pressure from business groups and migrant-rights organizations, the measure has stalled.
The House, meantime, is holding up its tougher enforcement measure (HB 7089) until the Senate votes.
By Kevin Derby
Conservative Christian leaders weighed in on Monday after hearing news that Osama bin Laden was killed during a raid on his compound in Pakistan.
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Florida House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera fired back at U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., for politicizing the assassination of Osama bin Laden.
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