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WWSB ABC 7
February 10, 2018
SARASOTA COUNTY, FL (WWSB) - Three candidates are fighting to represent District 72 in the Florida House of Representatives for just nine months, but even with the shorter term term, the special election is ... Florida Governor Rick Scott and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio said they endorse Buchanan.
Independent
January 29, 2018
Washington, United States | AFP | A prominent US senator on Saturday fired his chief of staff for improper relations with subordinates, as US lawmakers increasingly grapple with the ... This led Rubio to return Saturday to Washington from his home state of Florida to fire his top aide, he said in a statement.
Tampabay.com
January 21, 2018
The RNC call is going out to about 780,000 Florida voters and follows a Facebook ad we reported on Saturday. Nelson, up for re-election this year, is one of five ... On Sunday, Nelson expanded on his vote, pointing to the lack of disaster assistance for Florida. "This is a serious situation, not a time forÃÂ ...
Platts
January 18, 2018
Following a meeting with Florida Governor Rick Scott, a Republican, on January 9, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced that he was "removing Florida from consideration for any new oil and gas platforms," in regards to the draft proposed program his agency released the week before. That proposedÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
January 10, 2018
In choosing to exempt Florida from a proposed expansion of offshore oil drilling, U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke called the state "obviously unique," ... Scott, a Republican, is an ally of Trump who is considering challenging U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, a Democrat, in this year's Senate race in Florida. NelsonÃÂ ...
KUNM
January 6, 2018
A wolf that once roamed parts of the American Southwest and northern Mexico would be removed from the list of federally protected species under legislation proposed by U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake. The Arizona Republican introduced the measure last week. He's a critic of the Mexican gray wolf recovery plan,ÃÂ ...
Pensacola News Journal
January 6, 2018
Graham, a former U.S. senator and Florida governor with nearly 40 years of experience in governance, will be in Pensacola Jan. 16 to explain why it matters that citizens get engaged with their community, as well as discuss ways they can advocate more effectively. "Our founding fathers were wise enoughÃÂ ...
Naples Daily News
January 5, 2018
Midterm elections typically don't create the buzz that accompanies the ballot in a presidential election year, but what lies ahead for Southwest Florida and the state makes 2018 an important political year. Election season already is underway in Naples, with Bonita Springs soon to follow, then the Aug.
WGCU News
January 5, 2018
Several Florida Republican lawmakers are against a Trump administration proposal that could increase the amount of offshore drilling. The U.S. Department of the Interior proposed making more offshore leases available for oil and gas exploration for 90 percent of the Outer Continental Shelf, Thursday.
Orlando Sentinel
January 5, 2018
Florida's senior U.S. senator, Democrat Bill Nelson, who has led opposition for years to offshore drilling, vowed to “do everything I can to defeat” the plan. Republican Gov. Rick Scott declared his opposition and asked to meet with the administration official behind it, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, to discussÃÂ ...
Naples Daily News
January 5, 2018
Midterm elections typically don't create the buzz that accompanies the ballot in a presidential election year, but what lies ahead for Southwest Florida and the state makes 2018 an important political year. Election season already is underway in Naples, with Bonita Springs soon to follow, then the Aug.
TBO.com
January 4, 2018
"They're the jobs of the past, not the jobs of the future," he said, calling for more investment in technology, health and defense. Florida's Democratic U.S. senator, Bill Nelson, excoriated the decision. "This plan is an assault on Florida's economy, our national security, the will of the public and the environmentÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
January 4, 2018
"They're the jobs of the past, not the jobs of the future," he said, calling for more investment in technology, health and defense. Florida's Democratic U.S. senator, Bill Nelson, excoriated the decision. "This plan is an assault on Florida's economy, our national security, the will of the public and the environmentÃÂ ...
WLRN
January 3, 2018
She points to Scott being lauded for recent appointments, such as Eric Draper, the longtime director of Audubon Florida, to head the state park system. "There's really no other explanation other than he does have eyes on becoming a U.S. Senator to represent Florida," Moncrief said. "And so not only inÃÂ ...
WFSU
December 14, 2017
Bill Nelson (D-FL) says that means they voted to allow internet service providers like AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon to charge more for faster speeds, and slow or block access to certain websites. “The Republican-led FCC just turned its back on consumers,” said Nelson, in a YouTube video. “By voting to giveÃÂ ...
Business Insider
December 12, 2017
Alabama voters elected Democrat Doug Jones, upsetting the Republican favorite, Roy Moore, to be the state's next US senator on Tuesday. ... him as old and unproven, and held a rally in Pensacola, Florida — miles from the Alabama state line — just days before the election, urging voters to support Moore.
Tampabay.com
December 31, 1999
Last summer, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and U.S. Representative Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) worked with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services to ... These adjustments will offer another health insurance option for Florida families who don't qualify for Medicaid or CHIP, outside of the federalÃÂ ...
Arkansas Online
December 31, 1999
Bob Graham, a former Democratic governor and U.S. senator from Florida, also happened to co-chair the presidential commission that investigated the Deepwater Horizon calamity within this very decade. If this administration had followed through on its Trumped-up plan to leave Florida to the not veryÃÂ ...
Inside Higher Ed
December 31, 1999
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio wrote to four Florida colleges and universities Monday asking them to close their Confucius Institutes, centers of Chinese language and cultural education that are housed in U.S. colleges or schools and funded and staffed by a Chinese government entity. One of those collegesÃÂ ...
CIO Australia
December 31, 1999
In 2012, they were the subject of a U.S. investigation into whether their equipment provided an opportunity for foreign espionage and threatened critical U.S. infrastructure - something they have consistently denied. The bill, which Cotton introduced together with Florida Senator Marco Rubio, is similar to oneÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
December 31, 1999
Florida's other U.S. senator, Bill Nelson, has long been among the housing agency's harshest critics. At Nelson's request following stories in the Tampa Bay Times, a top federal official investigated Florida's Hardest Hit Fund and issued a scathing report that cited an overall "slowness" in processingÃÂ ...
Orlando Weekly (blog)
December 31, 1999
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham – a former congresswoman and the daughter of former Florida governor and U.S. senator Bob Graham – has so far maintained just a touch of separation ahead of Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine, with Graham polling at 20 percent among likelyÃÂ ...
Florida Times-Union
December 31, 1999
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, R-Fla., this week urged the University of North Florida, three other Florida colleges and a high school to sever their relationships with Chinese-government-run educational programs, called Confucius Institutes. Rubio warned that the institutes and their programs are part of theÃÂ ...
Motherboard
December 31, 1999
In the first known case of a U.S. regional agency purchasing malware, a Florida Department of Law Enforcement officer bought FlexiSpy. ... in the vast majority of cases the agency used it on phones they had physical access to, according to a letter the DEA sent to US Senator Chuck Grassley in 2015.
Pueblo Chieftain
December 31, 1999
The U.S. Attorney's Office for Colorado declined to explain the circumstance of why the call was made from La Junta by a man whose most recent address is in Florida. The defendant appeared in court, where he was told the charges and his rights. He is being kept in custody at the request of the prosecutor,ÃÂ ...
Miami New Times
December 31, 1999
The longtime U.S. senator from Florida is running for reelection in 2018 and will almost certainly face the strongest opponent of his career in Rick Scott, Florida's governor and part-time Japanese Shinigami death spirit. Recent polling shows most Floridians don't know who Nelson is despite his havingÃÂ ...
Governing
December 31, 1999
Ronnie Musgrove, a Democrat running in solidly Republican Mississippi, lost a special Senate election five years after losing reelection as governor. Charlie Crist, then a Florida Independent, ran while serving as governor and lost. And Tommy Thompson, a Wisconsin Republican, ran for a Senate seat 12ÃÂ ...
Pensacola News Journal
December 2, 2017
Bense, the former speaker of the Florida House of representatives, has had success as an elected official and as a business and community leader. He explained that his ... I spoke with Graham, the former U.S. senator, who will be in Pensacola in January for a CivicCon presentation. He will be speaking on ...
Florida Politics (blog)
November 23, 2017
He's finally becoming the influential U.S. Senator he was supposed to be. Bill Nelson – For the wave of opinion coming that may enable the Democrat to hold off the inevitable challenge to his seat from self-funding, always-on-message Gov. Rick Scott. Rick Scott – For Nelson, who, despite 17 years in the ...
Forward
November 21, 2017
MIAMI (JTA) — One candidate for governor is a former congresswoman and the daughter of a former governor and U.S. senator. Another candidate is a mayor who grew up in a blue collar African-American family. A third political newcomer is a Harvard graduate who builds affordable housing. Florida has ...
Chicago Tribune
November 20, 2017
Bill Nelson, D-Florida, blamed the slow pace on a lack of leadership at NHTSA, which has been without its top administrator since the end of the Obama administration in January. "We still don't have any leadership at NHTSA to ensure this stuff actually gets done by the automakers," he said in a statement.
BBC News
November 16, 2017
A New Jersey judge has declared a mistrial in US Senator Bob Menendez's bribery case after jurors failed to reach a verdict for more than a week. The New Jersey Democrat was accused in 2015 of accepting gifts from a Florida eye doctor in exchange for political influence with government officials.
Ocala
November 13, 2017
For every U.S. senator recounting how an older mentor told her to “bring your knee pads” to advance legislation, there are legions of hotel ...
ABC News
November 13, 2017
Rick Scott and choose Florida's congressional delegation, now 11 Democrats and 16 Republicans. Democratic U.S. Senator Bill Nelson also ...
WMNF
November 6, 2017
On Twitter, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) wrote: “Regardless of motive or mental state – enough is enough! We have to find a way to put an end to this senseless violence.” We talked about whether the U.S. Congress ban possession of firearms by anyone who has been convicted of a violent crime?
Florida Today
November 2, 2017
In Florida, the outcome of a “jungle primary” system could be a biennial ... of nominating candidates for U.S. senator, governor and the Florida ...
Florida Today
October 28, 2017
A new poll suggests that about half of Florida's voters – 49% – don't know enough about the man who has been their U.S. senator for 17 years ...
The Hill
October 24, 2017
According to the University of North Florida (UNF) poll, Nelson has a ... “When a three-term sitting U.S. senator has almost half of the sample ...
Miami Herald
October 16, 2017
Florida has a U.S. senator who once flew aboard the Space Shuttle. A congressional candidate from Miami can go one better: Bettina ...
WJHG-TV
December 31, 1999
So all of you, everybody who has contributed to supporting these military members over the years, and continues to support them, you've made a difference." “This is a big win not only for Panama City, but for the entire state of Florida,” U.S. Senator Bill Nelson said. “The 1,400 airmen and their families that ...
Heritage Florida Jewish News
December 31, 1999
MIAMI (JTA)-One candidate for governor is a former congresswoman and the daughter of a former governor and U.S. senator. Another candidate is a mayor who grew up in a blue collar African-American family. A third political newcomer is a Harvard graduate who builds affordable housing. Florida has ...
The Weather Network
December 31, 1999
A 1986 environmental law makes it near-illegal to import foreign sand, but U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, R-Florida, has introduced a bill that ...
newsindiatimes.com
October 4, 2017
... here with U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, R-Florida, discussing ways to boost Internet access, close the #digitaldivide in Florida and across U.S..
Pensacola News Journal
October 4, 2017
Bill Nelson, Florida's Democratic U.S. senator, had signed on as a cosponsor of the bill, but Nelson said in a news release on Monday that he isÃÂ ...
Palm Beach Post (blog)
October 4, 2017
Hillary Clinton, in South Florida, blames 'perfect storm' for Donald ... U.S. senator and Cabinet secretary than when she was a candidate forÃÂ ...
SFGate
October 4, 2017
WASHINGTON — A U.S. senator wants to know how well the ... 2016 that targeted a Florida-based software vendor with fake, phishing emails.
India.com
October 2, 2017
Marco Rubio– US Senator for Florida: I'm praying for all the victims, their families, and our first responders in the #LasVegas #MandalayBayÃÂ ...
WJHG-TV
October 2, 2017
Florida lawmakers react to Las Vegas mass shooting ... have to stand up and say enough is enough,” U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) said.
WCTV
September 30, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WCTV) -- United States Senator Bill Nelson has called for a Senate Committee investigation into the deaths of 12ÃÂ ...
Florida Trend
September 29, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Following his press conference Thursday morning, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) is formally calling on President TrumpÃÂ ...
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