Three U.S. senators announced in recent days that they planned to retire in 2012 instead of seeking another term. But Florida Democrat U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson shows no signs of joining his three colleagues -- Kent Conrad, D-N.D., Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn. -- on the sidelines.
During an address to reporters and editors at the annual Legislative Planning Session held by the Associated Press in Tallahassee on Wednesday, Nelson was asked if he would seek a third term in 2012.
Yes, Nelson replied.
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After only two weeks in office, Gov. Rick Scott had the greatest share of the spotlight as Florida leaders met in Tallahassee on Wednesday to speak at the annual Legislative Planning Session held by the Associated Press. Among other issues, Scott spoke about his economic plans and his plans for the budget.
My whole focus is jobs, said Scott, who made the economy and employment growth the core message of his campaign.
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After only two weeks in office, Gov. Rick Scott had the greatest share of the spotlight as Florida leaders met in Tallahassee Wednesday to speak at the annual Legislative Planning Session held by the Associated Press. Scott spoke about his economic plans and responded to complaints from the media that his administration is not being open with them.
As the new Republican majority in the U.S. House looks to push repeal of the health care legislation backed by President Barack Obama last year, Republicans from the Sunshine State are taking to the floor to push the repeal. U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis spoke on Wednesday morning, expressing his support for the repeal effort.
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Americans say the U.S. House is on the right track in repealing the federal health-care law.
A Quinnipiac University Poll released Tuesday showed that Americans -- by a 48-43 margin -- want Obamacare repealed.
"The Republicans pushing repeal of the health-care law have more American people on their side. They may not have the votes in the Senate, but they have many on Main Street," said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute in Hamden, Conn.
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The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $48 million contract to provide Florida-based launch services for the federal government.
The "Spaceports 3" funding will kick-start a series of Minotaur rocket launches.
The first $30,000 installment, which takes effect immediately, will fund development of a plan for solid-propellant rocket launches from Space Launch Complex 46 (SLC-46) at Cape Canaveral, managed by Space Florida.
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Gov. Rick Scott held his first formal meeting with the new Cabinet Wednesday, conducting a short agenda before skipping out on the traditional post-Cabinet meeting questions from the media.
Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam are all new to the Cabinet and unlike Scott, stuck around for the Q-and-A.
During the meeting the Cabinet approved Hershel Vineyard, a Scott appointee, as secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection.
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Former national Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean downgraded the tea party phenomenon the other day, saying:
"It's the last gasp of the 55-year-old generation and not the first gasp of the new generation. ... This is the last gasp of the generation that has trouble with diversity and the new generation doesn't."
The 62-year-old Dean, who hails from that oh-so-diverse state of Vermont, drew this riposte from Florida tea partier Phil Russo (age 29):
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Rep. William Snyder, the quiet, unpretentious legislator who will walk a block out of his way to avoid the limelight, strode into it willingly Tuesday.
OK, so conservatives have to be accused of fostering hatred with our alleged vitriol, the kind of vitriol that fuels the flames of violence, like we witnessed in Tucson except -- well, except there wasn't and isn't a shred of evidence that the killer was influenced by any conservatives since a) he didn't listen to or watch conservative programming and b) isn't a conservative.
