While much of America was getting ready for Super Bowl Sunday, the Republican presidential hopefuls made their last appeals to New Hampshire in a debate on ABC Saturday night. It might be snowing hard in the Granite State, but the debate was often heated as candidates maneuvered to attract voters and explain their positions.
The stakes are high as Marco Rubio takes the debate stage on Saturday night in New Hampshire even if he does not look well poised to win Tuesday’s primary.
Rubio’s camp has always been open about their path to the Republican presidential nomination: third in Iowa, second in New Hampshire and first in South Carolina. After taking the bronze and almost placing second in Iowa, there are signs that Rubio has a good chance of enacting his plan in New Hampshire.
U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., part of the congressional leadership as senior deputy majority whip, filed a resolution censuring President Barack Obama over his failure to implement the Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act.
With the Super Bowl, the biggest stage for national marketing, looming on Sunday, two South Florida congressional representatives want the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to study deceptive advertising, warning of harm to consumers due to idealized body images.
On Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott and Florida Surgeon General Dr. John Armstrong urged the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to take precautions as Florida readies to face the Zika virus.
With news emerging that there were three more cases of Zika in the Sunshine State, Scott asked Armstrong to extend a public health emergency to Broward County in addition to the ones declared in Hillsborough, Lee, Miami-Dade and Santa Rosa counties on Wednesday. Scott stressed that the three new cases were all travel related and did not involve pregnant women.
U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., currently running for the U.S. Senate, filed his “Stop Act” on Wednesday. Jolly’s proposal would ensure members of Congress and other federal officeholders can’t personally ask individuals for donations.
Facing a strong challenge from U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., for the Democratic presidential nomination, former U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton unveiled the support of more than 170 African American women on Wednesday including some from the Sunshine State.
On Wednesday, Gov. Rick Scott ordered state Surgeon General Dr. John Armstrong to declare a public health emergency in Hillsborough, Lee, Miami-Dade and Santa Rosa counties due to the Zika virus.
This week, Congress passed a measure backed by Florida’s two U.S. senators on the Coast Guard, sending it to President Barack Obama’s desk.
From his perch as chairman of the U.S. Senate Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, brought out a bill focused on improving the Coast Guard over the summer. Rubio was joined in his efforts by U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., the ranking Democrat on the subcommittee, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.
Members of the Florida delegation split on party lines as Republicans in the U.S. House failed to override enough voters on Tuesday failed to override President Barack Obama’s veto of a bill ending much of his signature health-care law and defunding Planned Parenthood.
On a party lines vote, the override garnered 241 votes while 186 members of Congress stood against it.
After the override went down, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., looked ahead to November.
