President Barack Obamas Affordable Care Act, the federal overhaul of health care, is under siege in Florida courts and the state Legislature, but those efforts arent enough for some tea party groups.
The committee in charge of organizing Gov.-elect Rick Scott's inaugural events announced Monday more than 70 entries from all over the state.
The lineup includes newly elected Cabinet members: Pam Bondi, Jeff Atwater and Adam Putnam. Jennifer Carroll has her own entry, as does the governor-elect. There are also a number of high school bands, judges, law enforcement and military organizations.
Participants from each county were selected, and told they needed to be self-funded.
Inauguration day is Jan. 4, 2011.
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Elections have consequences. The consequences of the November 2010 elections -- and one might add the November 2009 elections in New Jersey and Virginia and the January 2010 special Senate election in Massachusetts -- became clear as lights shone over the snow at both ends of the Capitol on Thursday night.
The Republican Party of Florida, along with FOX News, will be hosting a presidential debate in Orlando in October 2011. The event is expected to draw the top 2012 contenders to the Sunshine State next fall, but the details of exactly when and where in Orlando have yet to be determined.
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Attorney General-elect Pam Bondi says she wants to help restore balance between the federal government and the states. Today she announced her support of the Repeal Amendment, an amendment to the U.S. Constitution which would allow two-thirds of the states to repeal any law or regulation of Congress.
U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis will chair the Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response Subcommittee of the Homeland Security Committee -- giving the Florida Republican leadership the job of overseeing FEMA and emergency responses.
Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis announced on Monday that he will chair the Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response Subcommittee of the Homeland Security Committee -- meaning Bilirakis will lead congressional oversight of FEMA and emergency responses.
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For the last seven weeks, members of Rick Scott's transition team have been on a fact-finding mission, and they are now presenting their findings to the governor-elect.
Scott spokesperson Brian Burgess says the team is meeting with Scott at his Fort Lauderdale base Monday and for the next three days they'll be giving the governor-elect input on things like job creation ideas, places to cut spending in the budget and other items that will help Scott bring his 7-7-7 plan to fruition.
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In her last days as chairwoman of the Florida Democratic Party, Karen Thurman called for the U.S. Senate to pass the DREAM Act -- which it failed to do -- and praised Congress for repealing the dont ask, dont tell policy on gays serving openly in the military.
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