July 16, 2015 - 8:30pm
State Lawmakers Get Graded on Commitment to Florida Education
July 16, 2015 - 8:30pm
Education was a big priority for state lawmakers during this year’s legislative session. Legislators passed a sweeping education reform bill to limit testing time in Florida’s schools as well as require a review of the state’s new (and highly criticized) Florida Standards Assessment test. Like kids who receive their final grades at the end of each semester, senators and state reps, too, received marks on their efforts to improve education from the Foundation for Florida’s Future.
NRCC Mocks Annette Taddeo's Fundraising Woes
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 16, 2015 - 4:11pm
On Thursday, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) mocked former Miami-Dade Democratic Party Chairwoman Annette Taddeo for failing to raise big bucks in the second quarter of 2015 despite having the support of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).
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Gus Bilirakis Goes Through Iran Deal, Strongly Opposes It
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 16, 2015 - 3:14pm
U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., said on Thursday that he went through President Barack Obama’s agreement with Iran over that nation’s nuclear program and said he strongly opposed it.
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Rick Perry Hits Donald Trump on Immigration, Insists He's No Conservative
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 16, 2015 - 1:54pm
Former Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, fired away at businessman Donald Trump as they ready for the first Republican presidential debate. Perry came out swinging at Trump on Thursday on immigration and insisting the celebrity businessman wasn’t a conservative.
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Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton Look to Scuttle Obama's Nuclear Agreement With China
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 16, 2015 - 1:02pm
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., teamed up with U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., to propose scuttling President Barack Obama’s U.S.-China Nuclear Cooperation Agreement.
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Senate Candidate Patrick Murphy Banks $2.5 Million
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 16, 2015 - 12:23pm
U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., announced on Thursday that he had raised more than $1.4 million in the second quarter of 2015 for his U.S. Senate bid and had almost $2.5 million in the banks. He also jabbed U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., his main rival for the Democratic nod who has been boosted by ads from the Club for Growth, a conservative PAC.
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Alan Grayson Leads Patrick Murphy in Early Senate Poll
July 16, 2015 - 12:00pm
A new poll finds U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., ahead of U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., in the Democratic primary to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016 but many Democrats remain undecided. Rubio is running for the Republican presidential nomination and is not seeking a second term in the Senate.
Marco Rubio Focuses on Haiti
Submitted by Kevin Derby on July 16, 2015 - 11:15am
From his perch as chairman of the U.S. Senate Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., held a hearing on Haiti on Wednesday.
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Bill McCollum has a Real Shot In Largely Unknown GOP Field
July 16, 2015 - 10:45am
After two unsuccessful U.S. Senate bids and losing to Rick Scott in an ugly gubernatorial primary back in 2010, Bill McCollum looked finished as a candidate for statewide office. But McCollum has a real shot if he wants to make a third Senate campaign.
McCollum is a familiar, perhaps overly familiar, figure to Florida Republicans. First winning a legislative seat in 1976, McCollum was elected to Congress and served 20 years, emerging on the national stage during the Clinton impeachment but losing to Bill Nelson in 2000 for an open Senate seat.
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