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• Marco Rubio vid: "a lot" of Obama's jobs plan "just won't work."

  Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was one of the few to put his face on air (You Tube) to criticize Obama's speech. (Transcript below video)

  Unemployment is a crisis in our country, and certainly this is not a time to become partisan or just reflect and attack everything the other side has.

   â€œSo [...]

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• Florida reaction to Obama's jobs speech

  President Barack Obama urged Congress Thursday night to back his new $447 billion jobs package, saying repeatedly that they should "pass this jobs bill" and "you should pass this jobs plan right away."

  Here's how some South Florida members of Congress reacted:

  Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.: "So there are some things that [...]

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• First glimpse: Obama's $447 billion jobs plan and a new mantra "Pass this jobs act."

   With the mantra "pass this jobs bill," President Obama told a joint session of Congress that he has a $447 billion plan to get people back to work: "The American Jobs Act."

  The plan and the speech also signified Obama getting back to the work of effectively campaigning. And it might mark [...]

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• Allen West: Staying with the Congressional Black Caucus

  Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, said in a statement on his Facebook page that he'll remain as a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. He had threatened to step down from the largely Democratic group after one of its members, Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind., criticized the Tea Party at a town [...]

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• Florida reaction to Obama's job speech begins

  The reaction to President Barack Obama's jobs speech is beginning to roll in -- even before he makes his way to the Capitol. 

  Florida Gov. Rick Scott called on Obama to send to Congress free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea "for immediate ratification, with no strings attached." 

  "For the past [...]

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• UPDATED: Gov. Rick Scott prods Obama on free trade agreements

  Florida Gov. Rick Scott was among the first Florida elected official to react to President Barack Obama's jobs speech -- and he did so even before the president made his way to the Capitol. 

  Scott called on Obama to send to Congress free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea "for immediate [...]

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• Bill Nelson: Florida's new voter laws "make it harder to vote."

  The Democratic chairman of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee said Thursday at a hearing about voter access that he has written to Florida Gov. Rick Scott to ask whether the state has plans to ensure voters won't be disenfranchised under new state laws.

  The hearing -- entitled “New State Voting Laws: Barriers [...]

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• Citizens board schedules emergency meeting to discuss sinkhole insurance rates

  Former state Rep. Carlos Lacasa, appointed this week as chairman of the state-run Citizen's Property Insurance board of governors, on Thursday called an emergency meeting for Monday to discuss proposed rate increases to the state-run insurer's sinkhole policies. The agenda calls for discussion of SB408, an insurance reform bill passed in [...]

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• Sen. Alexander fired American citizens, hired guest workers instead, lawsuit says

  UPDATED: The following is a prepared statement from JD Alexander's company, Atlantic Blue, released Friday. The original blog post follows: At this time, Blue Head has not had an opportunity to study the complaint. However, it is our understanding that the main issue appears to focus on the $8.56 per hour minimum [...]

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• Gov. Rick Scott and Republican Legislature have declined over $100 million in federal money

  Gov. Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi and House Speaker Dean Cannon, all Republicans, applaud the passage of legislation during the 2010 session | Florida House.

  From the Associated Press:

  Gov. Rick Scott and the Republican-led Legislature have rejected or declined to pursue more than $106 million in federal [...]

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