Florida House Speaker Pro Tempore Matt Hudson, R-Naples, announced on Wednesday that he will run for the Florida Senate seat currently held by Sen. Garrett Richter, R-Naples, who faces term limits in 2016.
Today I officially filed paperwork to become a candidate for the Florida Senate, said Hudson. In the Senate, I promise to stand up for the same conservative principals as I have in the Florida House.
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One of the leading Republicans on international affairs took to the floor of the U.S. House on Wednesday to attack President Barack Obamas call to normalize relations with Cuba. U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., currently the chairwoman of the House Middle Eastern and North Africa Subcommittee, ripped into Obamas policy in the following speech:
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to strongly oppose the December 17th announcement by President Obama on policy changes toward the Cuban communist regime.
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From his perch on the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio ripped into Islamic extremists for the terrorist attack in Paris at the Charlie Hebdo magazine office.
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Even as former Gov. Jeb Bush, R-Fla., draws closer to running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, he is drawing heavy fire from the right.
Bush announced last month that he was exploring a presidential bid. On Tuesday, Bush launched the Right to Rise leadership PAC to prepare for entering the fray.But the former Florida governor was attacked on the right on Wednesday as Constitutional Rights PAC, a libertarian-leaning group, launched petitions and an End Jeb 2016 website.
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