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In deposition, ex-employee charges Florida congressman with wide variety of...
Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, addresses the audience at a Bradenton town hall event (Pic via buchanan.house.gov) In a deposition given on Jan. 9 and obtained by The Florida Independent, a former...
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Reps from Florida take positions on Arizona’s immigration enforcement law
Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Lakeland (right) (Pic via Facebook) In the ongoing legal battle over Arizona’s S.B. 1070 immigration enforcement law, which will be taken up by the Supreme Court later this month,...
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Allen West tells town hall attendees he agrees with parts of health care reform
Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale (Pic by Debra Todd, via Facebook) Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale, told attendees at one of his town halls this week that he agrees with some key provisions in the...
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Report: Florida sponsor of telecom bill received over $50K from industry
Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Ocala (right) with Gov. Rick Scott (Pic via stearns.house.gov) Maplight, a group that describes itself as “a nonprofit, nonpartisan, research organization that reveals money’s...
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Residents, activists stage Stations of the Cross to oppose immigration...
As part of a permanent campaign to protest a proposed immigration detention center in South Florida, more than 60 residents and immigrant advocates gathered Saturday to stage the Stations of the Cross....
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Seniors to rally against Buchanan today
Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota (Pic via Facebook) A group of seniors will gather today to protest Congressman Vern Buchanan’s plan “to end Medicare” in Sarasota. Last month, Buchanan voted for the Ryan...
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Allen West: There are ‘up to 80′ communists in the U.S. House
Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale (Pic by Debra Todd, via Facebook) Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale, told mostly supportive members at a town hall meeting yesterday that he has heard “up to 80 U.S....
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Labor to Obama: Colombia has not done enough to combat anti-union violence
President Barack Obama (Pic by The White House, via Flickr) Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, and Leo W. Gerard, international president of the United Steelworkers, have called on President...
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West raises cash off comment about 80 House Democrats being communists
Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale (Pic by Debra Todd, via Facebook) Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale, is standing by comments he made during a town hall a few days ago, in which he claimed up to 80...
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Sarasota GOP launches petition to pass Arizona-style immigration law in Florida
The U.S.-Mexico border (Pic by Antanith, via Flickr) The Republican Party of Sarasota County has launched a petition supporting the passage of an Arizona-style immigration enforcement law for Florida....
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