Washington- Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fl) welcomed the announcement of new sanctions on Hamas by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Today, November 14th, the US and United Kingdom announced joint action to impose a third round of sanctions on Hamas-affiliated individuals and entities. The new sanctions expand the list […]
Tallahassee, Fl- Florida Representative Katherine Waldron (D) has filed a bill to modify Florida’s statutes regulating corporal punishment in schools. Aside from statutory changes, HB 439 would end current exemptions for Charter schools and subject them to the same corporal punishment guidelines public schools are subject to. Corporal punishment laws are governed by Section 1003.32(1)(k) […]
Tallahassee, Fl- Florida Senator Blaise Ingoglia (R) filed a bill in the Florida Senate that would subject county commissioners to an 8-year term limit. Senator Ingoglia’s bill is paralleled by Florida Representative Michelle Salzman’s (R) previously filed HB 57. Representative Salzman had originally filed her term limits initiative as a legislative proposal. Thus, Salzman’s proposed […]
Washington, D.C.- US President Joe Biden and Chinese Communist Party Leader Xi Jingping are set to meet this week on Wednesday in San Francisco, California. In light of the meeting, Senator Rick Scott (R-Fl) has warned against the continuation of policies he alleges have appeased China’s nefarious goals of undermining US interests. Despite claiming “Joe […]
Tallahassee, Fl- Florida Senator Bryan Avila (R) has floored a memorial requesting President Joe Biden reinstate recently lifted sanctions on Venezuela. Senator Avila’s request is the latest of sundry legislative initiatives which have called for President Biden to reimpose sanctions on President Nicolas Maduro’s authoritarian regime. Last October, Biden agreed to partially lift economic sanctions […]
Washington, D.C.- Senator Rick Scott (R-Fl) filed legislation today to prevent transactions with Chinese digital currencies from occurring on American soil or with American companies. Senator Scott’s Chinese CBDC Prohibition Act would prohibit money services businesses (MSBs) from engaging in transactions involving any digital currencies issued by the People’s Republic of China (PRC). MSBs are […]
Washington, D.C.- Representative Cory Mills (FL-07) joined House of Representatives leaders and families of hostages abducted by Hamas terrorists for a press conference. With Representative Mills were Speaker Mike Johnson, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, and families of four hostages. The families of the hostages shared […]
Washington, D.C.- Senators Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), Ted Budd (R-North Carolina)t, and Marco Rubio (R-Florida) have requested the Department of Education (DOE) respond to sharp increases in school-related Anti-Semitic incidents. The letter comes amidst an increase in anti-Semitic behavior on college campuses following Hamas’ attacks on Israel and the latter’s subsequent invasion of Hamas-controlled Gaza. Addressed […]
Tallahassee, Fl- Legislators in the Florida House of Representatives have filed a bill that would authorize counties to hand-count votes during elections if they desire during the next elections. Republican representatives Taylor Yarkosky and Berny Jacques introduced H.B. 359 to authorize counting votes by hand and to prohibit the use of certain vote counting systems. […]
Coral Gables, Fl- Florida Lt. Governor Jeannette Nuñez boasted about Florida’s booming economy, stellar universities, and low regulation during the second day of the World Strategic Forum. Lt. Governor Nuñez gave a keynote address to hundreds of company executives and political leaders gathered for the International Economic Forum of the Americas’ (IEFA) annual Miami event. […]
Washington, D.C.- US Representative Cory Mills (R-Fl) filed a bill yesterday modifying the scope of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). Representative Mills’ H.R.6247 comes after the fall of the US-backed Afghanistan government to Taliban terrorists. The SIGAR Office was established to oversee the handling of the over $147.23 billion […]
Tallahassee, Fl- Florida State Representative Juan C. Porras has filed a resolution officially requesting the US State Department denounce China’s military activity in Cuba. Representative Porras’ resolution urges Secretary of State Anthony Blinken adopt a more confrontational China strategy given the latter’s recent operations in Cuba. Last June, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) unveiled Chinese […]
Coral Gables, Fl- Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava encouraged investment into Miami and the South Florida region during her keynote address at the World Strategic Forum. “We are ready for the new economy,” said Mayor Cava during her remarks in front of over 750 Chief Executive Officers and hundreds of company officials. Her statements […]
Washington, D.C.- The US House of Representatives has passed the Hamas International Financing Prevention Act to impose sanctions on Hamas and freeze its members’ assets. The act was originally filed last January, but Hamas’ despotic October 7th attacks made passing the bill a bipartisan priority for lawmakers. Representative Brian Mast (R-Fl) sponsored the bill and […]
Tallahassee, Fl- Florida House Representative Jenna Persons-Mulicka (R) is leading efforts to ban driving on the furthermost lanes of Florida highways. Representative Mulicka filed a bill yesterday, November 1st, that would restrict usage of left highway lanes for emergency or road maintenance vehicles or for passing cars. The bill explicitly states that for multi-lane roads […]
Washington, D.C.- Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R) has filed three counterterrorism bills aimed at tackling terrorist and anti-Semitic activity both at home and abroad. First, Senator Rubio and colleagues floored an initiative to prevent the US State Department or any official US entity from officially recognizing the present Taliban-led afghan government. Next, given the climbing […]
Washington, D.C.- As the Israel-Hamas war rages on and American lawmakers mostly rush to support Israel, divisions have seeped into the Democrat camp. Earlier this month, Democrat Senator Jacky Rosen (NV) filed a resolution condemning Hamas’ brutal October 7th invasion into Israel and expressed support for Israel’s efforts to rescue hostages. The resolution has garnered […]
Washington, D.C.- US Secretary of State Andrew Blinken stated the US is considering reimposing sanctions on Venezuela during a Senate Appropriations Committee Hearing. Secretary Blinken’s statements were made after being asked by Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fl) on the issue. Senator Rubio asked Blinken if, given Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s latest attempt at preventing free and […]
