The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is attacking Sen. Bill Nelson's vote in favor of the new health care law.
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Barack Obama
Says Mitt Romney would deny gay people the right to adopt children.
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Charles Bass
"The expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts ... would be the biggest tax increase ...
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"The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under ...
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Joe Donnelly
Says he did not vote for Nancy Pelosi for speaker of the House.
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National Right to Life Committee
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Americans for Prosperity
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"20 million people could lose their current coverage" … "including our senior citizens who are on Medicare."
"Seniors will see $500 billion in Medicare cuts to fund Obamacare."
"Sources show (Connie) Mack as a resident of California, living with his wife in Palm Springs."
Florida has "1,200 golf courses. I think 58 million rounds played a year in Florida. We’ve got 44 percent of all travel golf in the country here. 5 million people come here just for golf."
Democrats plan to keep student loan interest rates low "by raising taxes on small businesses, very small businesses … the kinds of small businesses that give jobs to graduates."
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson "chose to side with President Obama" against the Keystone pipeline
Says that U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says troops are leaving Iraq "too fast."
The congressional district for Miami-Dade and Broward counties has a "staggering drop-out rate of almost 61 percent."
"We didn’t go out asking people" to join the "stand your ground" task force.
U.S. Rep. Allen West wants to bring back earmarks.
"About 230,000 people that were on unemployment when I took office are not on unemployment now."
A proposed U.S. Labor Department rule for children working on farms "would even ban youth from operating a battery-powered screwdriver or a pressurized garden hose."
"I have always said that I would be for drilling."
"The University of Florida announced this past week that it was dropping its computer science department ... Meanwhile, the athletic budget for the current year is $97.7 million, an increase of more than $2 million from last year."
At the same time gas prices have increased, "the share of the oil market controlled by speculators has more than doubled over the past 10 years."
Ron Oakley's "conservative leadership protected local taxpayers over government bureaucrats" as the Water Management District’s budget decreased by "58 percent in the four years he served on the board."
Gas prices have doubled because "Obama opposed exploring for energy in Alaska. He gave millions of tax dollars to Solyndra, which then went bankrupt. And he blocked the Keystone pipeline. So we will all pay more at the pump."
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- Bob Henriquez recruited to run for state House
- Yet another higher ed task force makes its debut
- Charlie Crist thought Jim Greer was trying to extort him; voicemail and text message in Greer's court file
- Romney endorses Mack for U.S. Senate
- Romney campaign says it was 'error' to block reporters from candidate in St. Pete
- Mitt Romney blames President Barack Obama for sluggish economy in St. Petersburg rally
- Mitt Romney: Don't worry Fla GOP, I've got your back on convention
- Crossroads' new Florida ad says Obama has broken promises
- Up to $2.2 million in lobbyist spending tied to gambling debate
- Timing of scrubbing noncitizens from voter rolls worries Florida election supervisors
- Miami-Dade mayor launches reelection campaign
- Charlie Crist: Former Republican Party chair tried to extort me
- Mitt Romney makes it official: I endorse Connie Mack
- Karl Rove's Crossroads $25m ad buy to match President Obama's spots
- Florida poll shows many see Barack Obama as a do-little in mortgage crisis
- Up to $2.2 million in lobbyist spending tied to gambling debate
- Welcome to FL, Mitt. Now why did Bain Capital lay off so many people in Miami?
- Siplin calls Stand Your Ground "negligently written," weighs in on abused woman case
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