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The congressional race between Maria Elvira Salazar and Donna Shalala would be a closely watched race.
A resolution condemning Cuba’s communist regime has just been introduced by Senator Marco Rubio, a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Democrat Senator Bob Menendez.
As negotiations continue between both sides of the aisle and freshman lawmakers situate themselves, Shalala shares that Cuban coffee will always help her through the day because she'll be having some "every day at 3:05".
The NICA Act of 2018, which imposes strict sanctions on the tyrannical Ortega regime in Nicaragua, has brought Republicans and Democrats together, and President Trump has signed it into law.
A resolution condemning Iran for Persecuting the Baha’I has just passed without objection in the House, and it was mainly spearheaded by retiring Republican Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Democrat Ted Deutch. Slamming the Iranian regime, the resolution introduced in April 2017 condemns “Iran’s human right’s violations, particularly its persecution of its Baha’i minority, and urging […]
As her 30 year service in Congress comes to a close, Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s “Nicaraguan Investment and Conditionality Act” (NICA) is being sent to President Donald Trump’s desk for him to sign. The bill, which sanctions the regime leading Nicaragua, will “condition U.S. approval for loans to the Ortega regime from international financial institutions.” Speaking […]
After the primaries came to pass, veteran TV Journalist Maria Elvira Salazar emerged as the Republican
The five Democrats looking to replace Ileana Ros-Lehtinen are former University of Miami President Donna Shalala, former University of Miami academic advisor, Michael A. Hepburn, Miami Beach Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, Florida Representative David Richardson and former Knight Foundation Program Director Matt Haggman. They took part in a debate that covered a wide variety of […]
As he campaigns in his bid to replace retiring Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen in Florida’s 27th congressional district, Florida Representative David Richardson is heading to Cuba in order to “better connect with a large constituency.” This is his mission as he embarks on a two-day “listening tour” where he hopes to “learn more about economic and […]
Florida Governor Rick Scott continues to sign bills in hopes of strengthening the sunshine state, and his ventures even includes the first vetoed bill of the year. To detail, the bill signed requires state and local lawmakers to resign from their office position if they seek to pursue a congressional run. In turn, running for […]
But according to Rep. Curbelo, pro-DACA organizations like United We Dream are doing "so much damage to the #Dreamer cause" with their "destructive conduct."
Yoho supports Trump’s “wall” but doesn’t believe that a fence or wall is needed to cover the entire length of the U.S. southern border with Mexico, adding that regardless of the length of the wall, the focus needs to be on absolute “border security”
While the president’s comment did not sound as presidential as Republicans would like, to say that the remark was racist seems a bit of a stretch, but that is exactly what one member of the Congressional Black Caucus said.