A poll of likely voters released on Wednesday finds support for the immigration reform bill proposed by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and the Gang of Eight in the Senate is losing popularity.
Rasmussen Reports released the national poll which finds that 50 percent of voters support the plan while 30 percent are opposed to it and 19 percent are undecided. A Rasmussen poll taken in the second half of June showed 60 percent of voters supported the plan. Since the first poll, the bill passed the Senate though its prospects in the House increasingly look dim.
Comments are now closed.
The Broward County sheriff's office said it's working closely with the Sanford Police Department before the verdict is released in the George Zimmerman trial, hinting at preventing the possibility of violence as the verdict comes out.
Freedom of expression is a constitutional right, the office said in a statement. While raising your voice is encouraged, using your hands is not.
Comments are now closed.
On Tuesday, U.S Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., joined co-sponsors of a bill to create a commission of scientists and advocates which will examine strategies to prevent breast cancer without using new federal monies. There are more than 150 other co-sponsors in the House.
Comments are now closed.
The defense is winding down its case early Wednesday afternoon in the George Zimmerman trial, and it appears less and less likely that Zimmerman himself will take the stand.
Even though Zimmerman hasn't testified, jurors have still been watching video of statements he made to police investigators. Zimmerman is currently charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, a 17 year-old from Miami. Zimmerman claims he shot Martin in self-defense.
Comments are now closed.
If there are any doubts that former Gov. Charlie Crist intends to run for governor in 2014, the announcement this week that a book he wrote -- "The Party's Over: How the Extreme Right Hijacked the GOP and I Became a Democrat" -- should end them. The book is being released in early February, right in time for Crist to begin his gubernatorial campaign. Dutton, the publisher, is promising a no-holds-barred memoir in which Crist shows why he switched sides and became a Democrat.
Comments are now closed.
Former state Rep. Shawn Harrison filed to take on Rep. Mark Danish, D-Tampa, at the end of April, hoping for a rematch of their contest in 2012. In the first two months of his campaign, Harrison did a solid job in bringing in funds, raising $17,545 and spending a little more than $700. Danish only raised $6,000 in the second quarter of 2013 though he was prohibited from raising money when the Legislature was in session. During the second quarter, Danish relied on $500 of in-kind donations and spent almost $2,200.
Comments are now closed.
As the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Eastern and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., teamed up with Maryland Democrat U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, the chairman of the subcommittee, to release a joint statement on the start of thefifth U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue which is being held in Washington. The statement was released on Tuesday morning:
Comments are now closed.
On Tuesday, U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus presented U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., with the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award which is the highest honor the Navy can give a civilian who does not work for the Department of the Navy.
Comments are now closed.
WASHINGTON -- As a courtroom junkie since my early reporting days, it is at great personal sacrifice that I suggest the following: It may be time to get television cameras out of the courtroom.
