December 1, 2010 - 6:00pm
Republican Rick Scott got plenty of political mileage during the governors race ridiculing the Obama administration for running up the federal deficit.
Rick Scott Hammers Obama for Drilling Ban
Submitted by Kevin Derby on December 1, 2010 - 6:13pm
Incoming Gov. Rick Scott came out swinging at the Obama administrations announcement of continuing the ban on offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf.
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Mike Haridopolos Takes Aim at Obama Drilling Ban
Submitted by Kevin Derby on December 1, 2010 - 5:07pm
Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, weighed in on the announcement from the Obama administration that they were continuing to ban oil drilling in federal waters off the coast of Florida -- and took aim at Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. Haridopolos is considering running against Nelson in 2012.
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Unemployment Benefits Halt This Week for Thousands in Florida
November 30, 2010 - 6:00pm
The U.S. Senate failed to extend benefits Tuesday for thousands of Americans nearing the end of their unemployment checks.
Mike Huckabee Bemoans Defeat of Congressional Earmark Ban
Submitted by Kevin Derby on December 1, 2010 - 3:32pm
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and may do so again in 2012, offered his thoughts on Wednesday on a ban on congressional earmarks being defeated in the U.S. Senate.
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Feds Won't End Ban on New Offshore Drilling
November 30, 2010 - 6:00pm
On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico would be closed to new offshore drilling until at least 2017.
Vern Buchanan Calls Again for Balanced Budget Amendment
Submitted by Kevin Derby on December 1, 2010 - 3:07pm
The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, chaired by former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles and former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, issued a report on Wednesday on the national debt federal spending.
Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan said he would read the report but insisted that the best way to get Americas financial house in order was by passing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
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Treaty in a Time Warp
November 30, 2010 - 6:00pm
WASHINGTON -- The Framers of the Constitution, a nuisance regretted by most modern presidents, gave the legislative branch -- another indignity inflicted on presidents, as they see it -- an important role in making foreign policy. The Framers did so by, among other provisions, requiring the Senate's two-thirds (today, 67 votes) consent to treaties. The Framers' wisdom is confirmed by Barack Obama's impatience with senators reluctant to ratify, during Congress' lame-duck session, the New START treaty pertaining to Russia's nuclear weapons.
European Union: R.I.P.?
December 2, 2010 - 6:00pm
When communism collapsed in Moscow, Prague and Belgrade at the end of the Cold War, ethnic nationalism surged to the surface in all three nations and tore them apart into 24 countries.
Larry Cretul Headed to Florida Chamber
November 30, 2010 - 6:00pm
On Wednesday, the Florida Chamber of Commerce announced that former House Speaker Larry Cretul will be the staff director of the Chambers board of governors program.
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