Congressional Republican Lawmakers Continue Praise of Musks' DOGE

Congressional Republican Lawmakers Continue Praise of Musks' DOGE

Javier Manjarres
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February 25, 2025
WASHINGTON—With Democrats up in arms over the aggressive and transparent nature of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in support of President Donald Trump’s “America First Agenda” initiative, Republican lawmakers like Senator Ashley Moody and Rep. Byron Donalds continue to praise the efforts of a complete government agency overhaul. Shortly after votes on Monday, […]
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EXCLUSIVE: House Majority Leader Pledges to Enshrine Trump Tax Cuts, No Taxes on Tips

EXCLUSIVE: House Majority Leader Pledges to Enshrine Trump Tax Cuts, No Taxes on Tips

Mateo Guillamont
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January 31, 2025
House of Representatives Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) recently told The Floridian’s Javier Manjarres that Republicans intend to enshrine President Donald Trump’s tax cuts into law.  President Trump passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), a major tax reform law, in 2017. The TCJA mainly reduces personal income and corporate taxes among other regulatory […]
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Biden’s Final Move: Abuse Power and Expand Government Control

Biden’s Final Move: Abuse Power and Expand Government Control

Opinion
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January 14, 2025
The Biden Administration has not held back on rulemaking and regulatory action in its final months, making sure to leave an imprint on every sector before President-elect Donald Trump assumes office for his second term. Recent actions by various bureaucrats and other functionaries of the administrative state in the waning days of the administration are […]
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Scott’s Disaster Contract Improvement Act Clears Congress

Scott’s Disaster Contract Improvement Act Clears Congress

Jackson Bakich
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December 11, 2024
Senator Rick Scott’s (R-FL) bipartisan Disaster Contract Improvement Act has passed both chambers of Congress and is headed to President Joe Biden’s desk. The bill intends to refine the disaster contracting process at federal, state, and federal governments following natural disasters and when waste, fraud, and abuse need to be mitigated. It also looks to ensure […]
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Scott Sends Letter Regarding Biden 'Burrowing' Appointees in Federal Government

Scott Sends Letter Regarding Biden 'Burrowing' Appointees in Federal Government

Jackson Bakich
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November 20, 2024
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) has joined some of his Republican colleagues in sending a letter to the Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Robert Shriver, requesting transparency regarding the conversion of Biden administration political appointees into nonpolitical permanent positions, also known as “burrowing.” According to American Oversight, concerns about burrowing include the […]
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Rick Scott Joins Mike Lee, Promotes Bill to Protect American Financial Privacy

Rick Scott Joins Mike Lee, Promotes Bill to Protect American Financial Privacy

Jackson Bakich
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October 24, 2024
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) recently joined Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) in promoting the Saving Privacy Act, a bill that aims to “end government abuse of Americans’ financial information.” The senators claim the federal government unreasonably collects too much of its citizen’s data without proper cause. For instance, the legislation would strengthen the protections of the […]
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Mills Praises Elon Musk, 'Absolute Patriot,' Calls for Reduction of Government

Mills Praises Elon Musk, 'Absolute Patriot,' Calls for Reduction of Government

Grayson Bakich
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October 19, 2024
Former President Donald Trump has tapped SpaceX founder and owner of X (formerly Twitter) Elon Musk to lead a "government efficiency" program to scale back the power of the federal government, which Representative Cory Mills (R-FL) discussed in a recent appearance on Fox Business's Bottom Line, calling Musk "an absolute patriot" and detailing the benefits […]
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DeSantis Urges Biden Admin to Keep Prescription Drug Prices Down

DeSantis Urges Biden Admin to Keep Prescription Drug Prices Down

Jim McCool
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June 2, 2021
The direction of Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL), the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) filed an amicus brief in support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) final rule implementing the Section 804 Importation Proposal (SIP). DeSantis has since urged the Biden Administration to approve his recent proposal to continue the […]
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Scott wants answers after pedophile Epstein's death

Scott wants answers after pedophile Epstein's death

Javier Manjarres
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August 10, 2019
Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his New York City jail cell of an apparent suicide, and now both federal and state officials want to know why and how he died. U.S. Attorney General William Barr was infuriated with the news that Epstein took the easy way out instead of facing his accusers, […]
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Roger Stone arrested in Fort Lauderdale on federal charges

Roger Stone arrested in Fort Lauderdale on federal charges

Javier Manjarres
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January 25, 2019
The Mueller investigation into potential Russian collusion and President Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign has snagged another one of the president’s loyalists—Roger Stone.
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Florida delegation holds hearing on oil drilling

Florida delegation holds hearing on oil drilling

Javier Manjarres
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May 15, 2018
The hearing comes amid continued debate over plans by President Donald Trump’s administration to allow oil and gas drilling in federal waters off various...
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Democrats Murphy and Crist cross the aisle, vote to end government shutdown

Democrats Murphy and Crist cross the aisle, vote to end government shutdown

Javier Manjarres
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January 23, 2018
The final House vote on the CR was 260-150.
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Political standstill in Washington over

Political standstill in Washington over "Schumer Shutdown," aka "Trump Shutdown

Javier Manjarres
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January 22, 2018
Democrats are in desperate need of trying damage President Trump’s standing with Americans in hopes that Republicans will lose enough seats in congress to sway power over to them.
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