U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., currently running for the U.S. Senate, reeled in two co-sponsors for his “Stop Act” which ensure members of Congress and other federal officeholders can’t personally ask individuals for donations.
The second week of the legislative session in Tallahassee offered something of a contrast to a relatively calm first week as a lower state revenue estimate caused some concerns and campus carry once again looks dead in the Senate.
U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., part of the congressional leadership as senior deputy majority whip, announced on Friday he returned almost $143,000 from his office budget back to public coffers.
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Prominent South Florida businessman Mike Fernandez backed U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in the U.S. Senate.
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In Southwest Florida, at an event at Hertz’s new corporate headquarters, Gov. Rick Scott announced the state unemployment rate remained at 5 percent in December even as there were 21,000 jobs created.
U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., cheered the news the U.S. Supreme Court would review a challenge to President Barack Obama’s use of executive power to pursue immigration.
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U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., showcased his return of almost $385,000--more than 30 percent of his congressional office budget--back to the federal government.
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The Asian American Hotel Owners Association threw its support behind Mary Thomas, the Tallahassee attorney running for the Republican nomination to take on U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, D-Fla., in November.
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Sean Penn has long been the poster boy for the Hollywood left, another one of those overpaid dilettantes who constantly berate the country that's given him international fame and incredible wealth. Penn's loathing of Yankee imperialism is so intense that he thinks America is "over-demonizing" a Mexican drug kingpin that Forbes magazine estimates is responsible for the deaths of 34,000 people -- mostly Mexicans.
