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875 matches for 'republicans'
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Social issues including immigration, abortion still fire up conservative GOP despite 2012 loss
BY CHARLES BABINGTON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON -- Republican lawmakers have a message for those who want the party to soften its emphasis on social conservatism in hopes of reaching a wider national audience: Not so fast.
House Republicans flexed [...]
From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at June 19, 2013, 9:41am in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs
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The Stupid Party Rolls On
Last winter Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal told his fellow Republicans that the GOP has to “stop being the stupid party.” Apparently he wasn’t including himself in that admonition.
At some point, the American public is going to revolt against the nanny state and the leftward march of this president. [...]
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Immigration Gold
The Republicans have claimed that immigration reform would be a huge burden to the taxpayer. That’s one of the reasons that they’re against it, or so they say.
The CBO just blew a big hole in that argument.
The so-called Senate Gang of Eight immigration reform bill, which includes a path [...]
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Remembering this day in (Rick Scott) history
Florida Republicans are having a lot of fun pointing out the contradictions in Charlie Crist's record with a feature called "This Day in CRIST-ory," with a logo that resembles the History Channel. But this day, June 17, is historic for a very different reason.
It was on this day in 2010, [...]
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New GOP web ad attacks Rep. Joe Garcia over absentee-ballot fraud investigation
@PatriciaMazzei
National Republicans, who have seized on the fraudulent absentee-ballot request investigation engulfing Democratic Rep. Joe Garcia's campaign, plan to attack the Miami congressman in a new online ad.
The National Republican Congressional Committee ad, slated to be posted on the web Tuesday, features a clip of a television spot from [...]
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Norquist touts taxless income in tweet to Tallahassee
Washington anti-tax lobbyist Grover Norquist has gained fame for holding conservative elected officials to a no-new-taxes pledge. He's so powerful that his stamp of approval is a coup for any conservative wanting to prove himself to a wider national audience.
So on Friday afternoon, it was paydirt for Florida House Republicans [...]
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One month after session, still little hope of Medicaid deal
Two House Republicans unwittingly revived hopes this month that lawmakers could compromise on a proposal to expand Medicaid.
"Lawmakers say Medicaid expansion not dead," read the headline in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, highlighting comments from Manatee County Reps. Greg Steube and Jim Boyd.
But the reality is no different today than it was [...]
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GOP politicians including Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush continue to court social conservatives
BY STEVE PEOPLES, ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON -- A fresh debate has erupted this week within the GOP over explosive social issues, as House Republicans press for a restrictive abortion measure and a prominent [...]
From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at June 13, 2013, 9:22am in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs
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Men At Work
Number of comments: 1Via TPM:
The GOP-led House of Representatives is set to vote next week on legislation outlawing abortions later than 20 weeks into pregnancy after Republicans passed it out of committee Wednesday by a vote of 20-12.
The Judiciary Committee marked up the bill by Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ), an ardent foe [...]
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Both sides battle with eye on 2016 governor race
Republicans and Democrats are already in heavy campaign mode for a governor's election that's 17 months away. [...] -
Both sides battle with eye on 2014 governor race
Republicans and Democrats are already in heavy campaign mode for a governor's election that's 17 months away. [...] -
Both sides battle with eye on 2016 governor race
Republicans and Democrats are already in heavy campaign mode for a governor's election that's 17 months away. [...]
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GOP wins big in Northwest Florida House district in first vote since rejecting Medicaid expansion
Florida Democrats hoping the fight over Medicaid expansion and the sequester would win them support with those who depend on federal funding won’t find much encouragement in Tuesday’s special election for House District 2.
In the first referendum since House Republicans bypassed more than $50 billion in federal aid for health [...]
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Both sides battle with eye on 2016 governor race
Republicans and Democrats are already in heavy campaign mode for a governor's election that's 17 months away. [...] -
Palm Beach County Republicans face money trouble, lay off staff
Palm Beach County 's Republican Party is reeling from a falloff of financial support that's so severe the party's two professional staffers were laid off last week. [...] -
Palm Beach County Republicans face money trouble, lay off staff
Palm Beach County 's Republican Party is reeling from a falloff of financial support that's so severe the party's two professional staffers were laid off last week. [...] -
Republicans search for secret to winning support from black voters
Still reeling from losses they didn't expect, Republicans strategists are hoping black voters, who are the Democrats' most stalwart supporters, will help bring them future victories. [...] -
Republicans search for secret to winning support from black voters
Still reeling from losses they didn't expect, Republicans strategists are hoping black voters, who are the Democrats' most stalwart supporters, will help bring them future victories. [...]
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Nelson to Scott: Coax Florida Republicans to back off furloughs
TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott took a shot at President Obama yesterday about the federal sequestration forcing some furloughs of National Guardsmen as the hurricane season ramps up. [...]
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Sen. President Gaetz joins long list of Republicans questioning $52M deal for Scott contributor
Senate President Don Gaetz is calling for special hearings on the $52 million special deal between Citizens Property Insurance and a politically connected upstart insurance company, the latest sign of legislative angst with the state-run insurer.
Last month, Citizens agreed to transfer $52 million to Heritage Property and Casualty, a nine-month old insurance company [...]
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Florida Dems announce big-data hire from Obama 2012 campaign
@MarcACaputo
Florida Democrats have long faced a conundrum: They greatly outnumber Republicans (522,267 by the most recent count of active registered voters), but the state Legislature, governor's mansion and Cabinet are controlled by the GOP. Only one Democrat, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, holds a statewide elected office.
One reason for the disparity [...]
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More Minority Outreach
Number of comments: 1Sometimes honesty can be both refreshing and revealing.
In a speech made to a gathering of Texas Republicans last month, tea party activist Ken Emanuelson claimed that the GOP does not want black people to vote unless they do so for Republican candidates.
“I’m going to be real honest with you, the [...]
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House immigration talks breaking down over public-healthcare for one-time illegal immigrants
@MarcACaputo
Should current undocumented immigrants get some public-healthcare benefits if their status is legalized?
U.S. House Republicans say no. Democrats say yes.
The answer to that question is dividing the House immigration-reform working group and causing it to break down. The last meeting is today.
The catch: years ago, when the group began meeting, [...]
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Dead Horse
Republicans have introduced legislation to defund ACORN.
No, that is not a headline from 2010. That’s from yesterday.
Struggling with the bad publicity and loss of federal funds, ACORN dissolved in early 2010. Just to be sure, however, Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) included this language in a government funding bill [...]
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Aide To Republican Running Pro-Crist Website
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
An aide to the only Republican county commissioner and the vice president of the Broward Young Republicans is running a pro-Charlie Crist website.
Ryan Reiter, who is administrative coordinator to the GOP’s Commissioner Chip LaMarca, registered the pro-Crist “VoteCharlieCrist.com” website January 11.
Reiter is also listed as vice president of the [...]
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The Kids Are Not All Right
Number of comments: 10A new report from the College Republicans says that the GOP has totally trashed their chances with younger voters.
Titled the “Grand Old Party for a Brand New Generation,” the report is sharply critical of the GOP on several fronts. The study slams some Republicans’ almost singular focus on downsizing [...]
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Mad as Hell: Absentee Ballot Fraud, the Republicans Started It. By Geniusofdespair
Katherine Fernandez Rundle, too busy rounding up cat killers to stop Absentee Ballot Fraud.Republicans pushed absentee ballots as a voting method for their flock...but it took a Democrat to F--k it up for them by taking the scam to another level. It is disingenuous for either party to [...]
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National Democrats: Rep. Joe Garcia took 'quick action' in absentee-ballot investigation
@PatriciaMazzei
After national Republicans and the heads of the Miami-Dade Republican and Democratic parties weighed in on the fraudulent absentee-ballot investigation involving the office of Congressman Joe Garcia, a Miami Democrat, we reached out to national Democrats to hear what they had to say.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign [...]
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National Republicans question Joe Garcia's involvement in ballot scandal
@PatriciaMazzei
The National Republican Congressional Committee on Saturday questioned Congressman Joe Garcia's assertion that he didn't know some of his campaign workers apparently orchestrated a fraudulent absentee-ballot request scheme.
"This latest report of an alleged ballot fraud scandal surrounding Congressman Joe Garcia is very troubling," NRCC spokeswoman Katie Brill said in a [...]
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Miami-Dade Republicans start the drumbeat: "What did Joe Garcia really know?"
@MarcACaputo
The absentee ballot-request-fraud scandal engulfing Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia's chief of staff, campaign chief and congressional emplyoee will be a top campaign issue in 2014. Garcia, who said he was unaware of the potentially illegal activity, was already seen as vulnerable by Republicans for the South Florida seat [...]
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