A joint statement by Deborah Cox-Roush and Dave Bitner -- candidates for state Republican Party chairman -- suggests that the two have more in common than their professed distaste for political mudslinging.
Despite a drop in foreclosures at the end of the year, Florida was one of the most active states in 2010 for defaulting home loans, with the second-highest number of foreclosed homes and third-highest rate of foreclosure.
Without presenting any attributed evidence or even relevant anecdotes to support their claims, at least two major Florida newspapers have designated Deborah Cox-Roush and Dave Bitner as favorites in the contest for state Republican Party chairman.
Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns took to the floor of Congress to speak on the mass shooting that occurred in Arizona on Saturday.
I thank my distinguished colleague; and on behalf of myself and my constituents from the 6th Congressional District in North-Central Florida, we offer our thoughts and prayers to our colleague Gabrielle Giffords and her family, said Stearns. I also join the American people in extending our condolences to the other victims of this terrible event. This is a heartbreaking loss.
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Floridas political leaders are continuing to pressure the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), hoping that more than half of the state will be declared as a disaster area due to the inclement weather.
Most members of Floridas congressional delegation sent a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, backing requests made first at the end of December by then-Gov. Charlie Crist and later by Gov. Rick Scott to cover 36 of the states 67 counties under a disaster declaration due to the cold weather.
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While some social conservatives continue to grumble about the gay rights group GOProud, itwill be included at the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) event due to be held in Washington, D.C., from Feb. 10-12, which will be packed with potential Republican presidential candidates.
On Thursday, Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, turned to one of his staunchest allies, Rep. Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange, who chairs the House Economic Affairs Committee, to investigate how the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) handles claims resulting from the Gulf oil spill.
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Newly inaugurated Florida Republican U.S. Rep. David Rivera weighed in on Wednesday on the one-year anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti.
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