August 11, 2011 - 6:00pm
GOP Hopefuls Sharpen Their Attacks Against Bill Nelson
August 11, 2011 - 6:00pm
Appeals Court Declares Individual Mandate in Obamacare Unconstitutional
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 12, 2011 - 1:50pm
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta declared Friday that part of the federal overhaul of health care is unconstitutional.
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Do Muslims Have Their Man in Rick Perry? He Has Their Money
Submitted by Anonymous on August 12, 2011 - 1:05pm
It may not be the endorsement he's looking for, but Muslims apparently love pending GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry.
Salon and the Houston Chronicle report that the Texas governor, who is expected to formally announce his candidacy for president Saturday, has cultivated friendly relations with the Islamic community in the Lone Star State and elsewhere.
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Bashing Allen West, EMILY's List Goes All In For Lois Frankel
Submitted by Anonymous on August 12, 2011 - 12:46pm
Former West Palm Beach Mayor Lois Frankel has gone from being "on the List" to receiving EMILYs List full endorsement in Florida's 22nd Congressional District.
The group that bills itself as the nations "largest resource for women in politics," alternately praised Frankel and blasted U.S. Rep. Allen West in a statement Friday.
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Dorothy Hukill to Stay as Chairwoman of House Economic Affairs
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 12, 2011 - 11:57am
Rep. Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange, announced on Friday that she would continue to serve as the chairwoman of the House Economic Affairs Committee and will stay on the Appropriations Committee and as co-chairwoman of the subcommittee handling redistricting of the state Senate -- which she is running for in 2012.
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Floridians Content With Debt Ceiling Resolution
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 12, 2011 - 11:50am
A poll unveiled by Viewpoint Florida on Friday revealed that voters in the Sunshine State on the whole were content with the deal to raise the federal debt ceiling. A majority of those surveyed -- 58 percent --said they would be more likely to back congressional incumbents who voted to raise the debt ceiling, while 36 percent said they were less likely to back them.
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Florida Republicans Kick Deficit Reduction Committee
August 11, 2011 - 6:00pm
Florida Republicans reacted to thenewly named members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction this week while that body prepares to take on the task of cutting $1.2 trillion from the federal government over the next decade.
The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction was set up as part of the deal to break up the stalemate in Washington over raising the federal debt ceiling. The new committee consists of six members of each party, divided equally between senators and congressmen.
George LeMieux's Camp Takes Aim at Bill Nelson and Harry Reid
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 12, 2011 - 10:11am
The team behind former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, now running in the Republican primary to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012, went on the attack on Friday, bashing Nelson for taking part in a fundraiser hosted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., in Lake Tahoe.
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GOP Senate Hopefuls Adam Hasner and Craig Miller Bash 'Supercommittee'
Submitted by Kevin Derby on August 12, 2011 - 10:05am
Two of the Republicans looking to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2012 weighed in on the newly named members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction was set up as part of the deal to break up the stalemate in Washington over raising the federal debt ceiling. The new committee consists of six members of each party, divided equally between senators and congressmen.
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