A vote of confidence won by state Republican Party Jim Greer in a party governing committee Thursday was a subterfuge and didn’t truly represent the opinions of the members present, according to two Hillsborough County party officials critical of Greer.
“It was out of order—the board was taken by surprise,”… [...]
Against the backdrop of the climate change summit in Denmark this week, U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is hammering rival Charlie Crist's "cap-and-trade scheme'' — though he voted for a bill backed by the governor requiring state officials to devise such a plan.
As the leader of the Florida House [...]
Reports of Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer's demise proved greatly exaggerated Thursday.
Under fire by some in his party for his performance, Greer got a vote of confidence Thursday from the GOP's executive board, composed of the 67 county party chairs.
At a meeting at the Doubletree Hotel in Tallahassee, party leaders and more than [...]
Reports of Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer's demise proved greatly exaggerated Thursday.
Under fire by some in his party for his performance, Greer got a vote of confidence Thursday from the GOP's executive board, composed of party leaders representing each of Florida's congressional districts.
At a meeting at the Doubletree Hotel in [...]
Bill Nelson’s bill to ban giant constrictors cleared a Senate panel today, setting it up for a full Senate vote. His bill would make it illegal to import 9 dangerous snakes, including Burmese pythons, anacondas and boa constrictors.
The green anaconda has been found in the Big Cypress National Preserve in South Florida. And a pet python [...]
The most affable man in the Florida Senate wasn’t so smiley.
Senate President Jeff Atwater had taken too much of a gamble, calling a special session on controversial rail transit issues without enough votes to ensure passage. And with the clock running down, he needed the Florida Department of Transportation Secretary, [...]
The most affable man in the Florida Senate wasn’t so smiley.
Senate President Jeff Atwater had taken too much of a gamble, calling a special session on controversial rail transit issues without enough votes to ensure passage. And with the clock running down, he needed the Florida Department of Transportation Secretary, [...]
The leading pro-Cuban embargo lobby, the U.S.-Cuba Democracy PAC, is inviting the major candidates for Florida's open U.S seat to its annual luncheon on Dec. 21. Republicans Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio and Democrats Kendrick Meek and Maurice Ferre are all expected to attend, though the possibility of fireworks is [...]
As the Florida Senate considered a state rail plan yesterday, state Rep. Kevin Ambler sent out a statement from his legislative office touting his vote in favor of the proposal. He also announced that he had joined with ConnectUs, a grassroots organization pushing to win federal stimulus money for high-speed [...]
As the Florida Senate considered a state rail plan yesterday, state Rep. Kevin Ambler sent out a statement from his legislative office touting his vote in favor of the proposal. He also announced that he had joined with ConnectUs, a grassroots organization pushing to win federal stimulus money for high-speed [...]
Not surprisingly, Florida's two senators split their votes on an amendment to restrict abortion coverage. Democrat Bill Nelson voted to set aside the provision, while Republican George LeMieux voted to take it up.
The measure, which cleared the House would have put strict limits on federal abortion funding in the Democrats'' [...]
The final vote was 27-10, despite the fiery rhetoric of the past few days.
Here are how South florida senators voted:
Atwater, R-North Palm Beach
Smith, D-Fort Lauderdale
Sobel, D-Hollywood
Ring, D-Margate
Gelber, D-Miami Beach
Diaz de la Portilla, R-Miami
Wilson, D-Miami
Garcia, R-Hialeah
No:
Rich, D-Weston
Villalobos, R-Miami
Not Voting:
Deutch, D-Boca Raton*
Bullard, D-Miami
* Sen. Charlie Justice, D-St. Petersburg, paired his no [...]
The final vote was 27-10, despite the fiery rhetoric of the past few days.
Here are how Tampa Bay senators voted:
Yes:
Fasano, R-New Port Richey
Jones, R-Seminole
Crist, R-Tampa
No:
Joyner, D-Tampa
Storms, R-Valrico
Dockery, R-Lakeland
Not Voting:
Justice, D-St. Petersburg*
* Justice paired his no vote [...]
The Senate is going into session right now to talk commuter rail. Does Senate President Jeff Atwater have the votes? Will the session end tonight?
Here are a few indicators so far:
-The Orlando Sentinel just reported that the unions have cut a deal with bill proponents, giving… [...]
Mike Williams, president of the AFL-CIO, just left Sen. Paula Dockery's office after delivering a bombshell: They're about to reach an accord on union workers at SunRail. So Democrats in the Senate might vote for the rail bill.
That means they can roll it over to third reading and pas it [...]
