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Earlier in the day, Senator Rick Scott had said he would be open to sponsoring or cosponsoring a DACA bill. Senator Rubio was asked if he would be open to cosponsoring a bill with his fellow Republican senator.
"We need to make sure we fully fund FEMA. We need to make sure that our Government is not wasting your tax dollars," Scott said, adding ,"we need to take care of the DACA kids."
Considering that moderate Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins are not considered shoe-in votes for Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Marco Rubio’s 2016 re-election is that much more important.
Dr. Brenda Snipes faced heavy criticism for her actions during the 2018 midterm election Florida recounts, and since then it’s been a battle between her and Senator-elect Rick Scott. She had sent a letter of resignation, then she attempted to rescind her resignation after she was suspended by Scott, and now she’s fighting for her […]
Governor-elect Ron DeSantis has been slowly announcing the members of his transition team, and many have received praise. As some are set to assume office, others that have been working under Governor Scott are set to stay in place. However, there are also some that are voluntarily stepping down from their positions. One such person […]
As 2018 draws to a close and he prepares for retirement, Senator Bill Nelson is looking back at his long career in office and lamenting what he believes is a loss in bipartisanship in American politics. At 76 years old, Nelson has not only served as a Florida Senator, but he has also served in […]
Scott Maddox, former Tallahassee mayor and Tallahassee commissioner, was suspended by Governor Rick Scott after being arrested on a 44-count federal indictment earlier this month. In an executive order, Governor Scott said that it was “in the best interests of the residents of the city of Tallahassee and the citizens of the state of Florida” […]
Democrats were riding high on the “blue wave” idea heading into the 2018 midterm elections; however, the election came and went with no big effect. While they did gain control of the House, Democrats are still scratching their heads over the lack of mobilization on their part. In turn, members of Florida’s Democratic National Committee […]
Florida’s 2018 midterm elections were surrounded in controversy largely due to Brenda Snipes’ involvement. Now, the new Broward County supervisor of elections, Peter Antonacci, has been formally sworn in, and he’s assuring that he’s going to get to the bottom of Broward County’s ballot-counting problems. In a downtown Fort Lauderdale courthouse ceremony, Chief Judge Jack […]
As Florida Senator Marco Rubio prepares to welcome Governor Rick Scott to the U.S. Senate, the soon-to-be senior senator from the sunshine state first had to bid farewell to Bill Nelson, who lost his bid for re-election to Scott in the 2018 mid-term elections. Rubio was always contended that while he and Nelson differed on […]
After narrowly losing his re-election bid to Florida Governor Rick Scott in the 2018 mid-term elections, and with less than a month left in his political career, Sen. Bill Nelson (R) appears to be going out with a bit of a fight.
The U.S. Senate class of 2019 will be sworn in on January 3, but one senator-elect will not be around for swearing in festivities.
The final votes have been cast and counted, and Broward’s embattled Supervisor of Elections Dr. Brenda Snipes has been booted from her job by Governor Rick Scott, but the controversial 2018 mid-term elections may not be over.
This is the statement Florida Governor Rick Scott made before suspending without pay Broward’s Supervisor of Election, Dr. Brenda Snipes.
In an executive order, Governor Rick Scott has suspended controversial Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes. Writing in the executive order that was issued on Friday, Governor Scott explained that “Due to her demonstrated misfeasance, incompetence, and neglect of duty, Supervisor Snipes can no longer demonstrate the qualifications necessary to meet her duties in […]
Bill Nelson’s Senate loss was an upset that Democrats did not expect to get hit with, and it seems that NASA and the Kennedy Space Center are also feeling the effects of the loss as they turn their sights to find a new lawmaker that embrace the same level of support that Nelson did. James […]
Just last week, Senator-elect Rick Scott was in Washington, D.C. pressing the flesh and attending numerous freshman orientation events with Jackie Schutz Zeckman, his campaign manager and close confidant.
After the Florida Supervisor of Elections (not the embattled and so-called incompetent Broward Supervisor of Elections) announced that Republican Rick Scott finished 10,000 votes ahead of three-term Sen. Bill Nelson in the recently completed machine recount, Nelson conceded.
