Gov. Rick Scott, R-Fla., selected three nominees to the Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame including former Gov. Reubin Askew, D-Fla. Scotts office released the following to the media late on Tuesday:
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It has become conventional wisdom that Republicans are blessed with a talented crowd of potential candidates this cycle. Fine. But here's my case for why only one of them is likely to win the general election.
Cracking down on gun control? Not so fast, say American voters.
A new Rasmussen Reports poll released Tuesday found more than half (51 percent) of likely U.S. voters don't believe the country needs tighter gun control laws. A smaller amount (42 percent) say the U.S. needs stricter gun control laws.
A higher percentage of survey respondents -- 61 percent -- say the government needs a stricter enforcement of existing gun control laws while 28 percent disagree.
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During his 57 years in Congress, longtime U.S. Sen. Carl Hayden, R-Ariz., often related what a colleague in the U.S. House told him after he gave his maiden speech. If you want to get ahead here, you have to be a work horse and not a show horse, a congressman told Hayden and the Arizona Republican took that advice to heart.
U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, D-Fla., showcased the Congressional Travel Perks Elimination Act which would ensure members of Congress wont use public funds to pay for first-class rides on airplanes and on long-term car leases. U.S. Rep. Rod Blum, R-Iowa, is co-sponsoring the bill which was sent to the House Committee on House Administration on Friday.
"Nine months ago, I pledged if elected I would work to end wasteful congressional perks, Graham said on Tuesday as she trumpeted the bill. Today, I'm following through on that promise.
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