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As Republican and Democratic members of Congress continue to tussle over the impeachment inquiry in Washington, D.C., and as Turkey has grabbed center stage over their invasion into Northern Syria, it seems as if legislators have taken their eye off the ball in regards to Venezuela.
Florida's congressional Democrats banded together this week to call on Congress to fully fund efforts to defend democracy in Venezuela.
On Monday, The U.S. Treasury Department renewed a license allowing Chevron Corporation to continue drilling for oil in Venezuela for another ninety days. Florida Democratic Party Chair Terrie Rizzo responded “Once again Trump has sold out an ally to support a dictator. While the President has pledged support for GuaidĂł, yesterday the Trump administration turned […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) becomes the first 2020 Democratic presidential candidate to suggest if Israel continues to increase settlements, then “everything (including sanctions and reduction of aid) is on the table.
On Thursday Venezuela's government, under Nicolás Maduro, joined the United Nations Human Rights Council. An unusual post for a regime who is accused of torture, intimidation, and murder as a means to remain in power. Florida Congressman Ted Deutch (D, FL) called out the fact that the United States is no longer at the table […]
The White House’s decision to hold the 2020 G7 summit at President Donald Trump’s Doral National in Miami has caused a political and media tidal wave of opposition from news outlets and congressional Democrats.
Yesterday U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced the Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act (S. 2621). This bill will allow would allow beneficiaries of Holocaust-era insurance policies to bring civil action in U.S. district courts against the insurer for the covered policy to recover proceeds due or otherwise enforce any rights under the […]
The recent announcement by White House Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney that the 2020 G7 will be held at Trump National in Doral, Florida, infuriated Democrats and thrilled Republicans.
“The space industry has long been an important and iconic part of Florida’s history and economy.”
Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said the US plans to host the G7 summit at the Trump National Doral Miami next year. The Group of Seven (G7) is an international economic organization of the seven largest advanced economies in the world: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United […]
"When America leaves a vacuum, bad things tend to happen.”
Last night President Trump vetoed the Senate S.J. Res. 54, a joint resolution that "would terminate the national emergency" he declared on February 15, 2019. The president said the national emergency remains on our southern border and this declaration diverts military construction funds for building a wall.
Florida's Democratic leadership has criticized President Trump’s decision of removing troops from Syria, arguing that the President has abandoned Kurdish soldiers.
“ISIS killers will now escape & boost chances of a resurgence.”
Congresswoman Debbie Murcasel Powell (D-FL) held a meeting at her office to acknowledge the efforts of leaders in the Hispanic community. Murcasel Powell, who is of Ecuadorian descent, spoke with the ambassador to Ecuador in Washington about the anti-government protests which began when President Lenin Moreno began raising taxes and eliminated a subsidy on the price […]
President Donald Trump did not disappoint his supporters or the media when he unloaded attack after attack against his detractors during his Minneapolis rally this past Thursday.
"We support the Kurds who have been fighting with us.”
As the Turkish military beings its assault against U.S.-allied Kurdish forces in Northern Syria, Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R) has ramped up his criticism of President Trump and his decision to leave Kurdish forces exposed, and potentially facing “annihilation at the hands of the Turkish military.”
