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Here's how Florida's U.S. Senators' voted on the govt shutdown

The Senate voted 83-16, and the House voted 300-128.

5 years ago

Deutch only Florida congressman to skip shutdown vote

There were only (4) members of the U.S. House of Representatives that did not vote, one of them was Democrat…

5 years ago

Congress passes shutdown bill, Democrats say Trump stealing funds

Democrats lost that battle, but will Trump get his entire wall funded?

5 years ago

Biannual national budget legislation to be proposed

Florida Congressman Neal Dunn (R) told the Floridian that he was going to introduce legislation to change the budgetary process…

5 years ago

Govt shutdown said to be compromising "public safety

“This requires hundreds of people working on the logistics and security of it. Most of those people are either furloughed…

5 years ago

Spano speaks out about human trafficking, term limits

When members of congress get embroiled in a scandal, its usually after they are sworn into office, but not for…

5 years ago

Rep. Hastings battles pancreatic cancer

U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, the longest-serving member of Florida’s congressional delegation, announced Monday he is being treated for pancreatic cancer…

5 years ago

New House Speaker Pelosi faces Democratic challenges

After a lot of internal party turmoil and questioning of leadership, the House Democratic Caucus has voted in House Minority…

5 years ago

First Equadorian-American to be sworn into Congress

The 116th Congress will usher in a couple of new milestones, one of those is swearing in the first Equadorian-American…

5 years ago

Curbelo out of Congress, but not out of politics

Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R) is bidding farewell to his constituents after losing re-election to the U.S. Congress in 2018.

5 years ago

U.S. Congress comes together to sanction Ortega regime

The NICA Act of 2018, which imposes strict sanctions on the tyrannical Ortega regime in Nicaragua, has brought Republicans and…

5 years ago

Democrats vow to appeal federal judge's Obamacare ruling

After failing dozens of times to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor…

5 years ago

Bill Clinton, like Trump, held tough border security position

 With President Trump has saying that he was” proud to shut down the government for border security” and would take…

5 years ago

House Democrats begin to flex their muscles in Washington

With President Trump's personal Attorney Michael Cohen being sentence to prison for tax evasion and lying to congress, Democrats are…

5 years ago

Rubio says goodbye to his friend and colleague Bill Nelson

As Florida Senator Marco Rubio prepares to welcome Governor Rick Scott to the U.S. Senate, the soon-to-be senior senator from…

5 years ago

Rubio votes against flawed and compromised farm bill

The U.S. Senate has just passed the 2018 Farm Bill by a vote count of 87-13, but the bill’s passage…

5 years ago

Nelson takes jab at Republicans over climate change

After narrowly losing his re-election bid to Florida Governor Rick Scott in the 2018 mid-term elections, and with less than…

5 years ago

Democrats dodged "repeal and replace" Obamacare threat

Even after numerous attempts by House Republicans to to “repeal and replace” the controversial and now seemingly ‘unaffordable’ healthcare law,…

5 years ago