
The Washington Post released its latest whip count on Friday and found 20 Republicans in the U.S. House who are willing to break with the GOP leadership and pass a clean continuing resolution measure that would not defund President Barack Obamas federal health care law. The Washington Post has identified four Republicans who are leaning toward backing a clean continuing resolution.
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As the federal shutdown drags on, Democrats and Republicans alike who are thinking about running for the presidency in 2016 would do well to hit the books and study up on the political fallout from the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
A day after businessman Jay Fant announced he was running in the Republican primary for the Florida House seat held by retiring Rep. Daniel Davis, R-Jacksonville, one of the leading conservatives on the First Coast endorsed primary rival Paul Renner, an attorney and Navy veteran.
Sen. John Thrasher, R-St. Augustine, offered Renner warm words of praise on Friday as he backed his candidacy.
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Tropical Storm Karen is making its way to the Gulf Coast on Friday, with landfall expected late Saturday or early Sunday morning.
According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami,Karen had maximum winds of 60 mph as of 8 a.m. Friday. The storm was about 275 miles south-southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River and was moving northwest at 10 mph.It's possible the storm could become a hurricane as it approaches land.
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Former state Rep. Carl Domino went on the attack Friday as he runs for the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla.
In an email to supporters, Domino hit Murphy for the government shutdown and looked to connect him with Democratic leaders like President Barack Obama and U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
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In the showdown over the shutdown of the U.S. government, the Obama-ites tipped their hand yesterday as what their strategy is.
Taking a page out of Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals," the plan is to maximize the people's pain -- to maximize the political damage to the enemy, the Republican Party.