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His last minute decision to run for re-election set off a scramble - though much smaller - to get out of the Senate... Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's decision to run for president set off a scramble to replace him. His last minute decision to run for re-election set off a scramble - though much smaller - to get out of the Senate race.
House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled new proposals to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's health care law, as Speaker Paul Ryan seeks to showcase a GOP governing agenda amid the tumult of the presidential campaign. "Obamacare is fundamentally flawed," Mr. Ryan told reporters at an event rolling out the GOP plan.
In their quest to hold onto the majority, Senate Republicans got some good news Wednesday with swing state polls showing them in the driver's seat a month before the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. According to new Quinnipiac polls released Wednesday, Sen. Pat Toomey holds a nine-point advantage over Democratic challenger Katie McGinty in Pennsylvania, while Florida's Marco Rubio, who hadn't announced his re-election bid when the poll was taken, leads Rep. Patrick Murphy , giving the GOP a boost in two states Donald Trump looks to flip for the Republicans in November.
Marco Rubio, while confirming his decision to run for reelection to the Senate, continued to make known his issues with Donald Trump as he readies to run with his former opponent at the top of the ticket. In an interview with the Miami Herald , Rubio said a Trump presidency is "worrisome" to him "in many ways," noting his past comments of Trump prior to his loss in the Florida primary in March.
The new algorithm gives users a list of related conditions when they search their medical symptoms. Google will also give an overview description for individual symptoms and self-treatment options, the tech giant explained in a blog post.
Republican Sen. Rob Portman and Democratic rival and former Gov. Ted Strickland each get 42% support for Ohio Senate race, according to Quinnipiac University poll. In Fla., Republican Sen. Marco Rubio leads Democratic opponent Rep. Patrick Murphy 47%-40%; Rubio tops Rep. Alan Grayson 48%-40% NOTE: Rubio needs to decide by Friday whether he will seek re-election; he is re-evaluating his earlier decision not to seek a second term NOTE: Margin of error in Fla.
The Senate as expected on Monday rejected four partisan gun measures offered in the wake of the Orlando massacre, including proposals to keep guns out of the hands of people on terror watch lists. Two Republican proposals would have increased funding for the national background check system and created a judicial review process to keep a person on a terror watch list from buying a gun; two Democratic measures would have expanded background checks to private gun sales and allowed the Justice Department to ban gun sales to suspected terrorists.
In a new ad to be aired on television this week, Florida businessman and GOP Senate candidate Carlos Beruff says he's tired of "hyphenated Americans." Beruff, who has spent millions of his own money on television ads in the state, announced the ad just as talk about current Sen. Marco Rubio re-entering the race is gaining momentum, according to a report in the Tampa Bay Times.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C. "Who do you like?" Donald Trump recently quizzed supporters at a Tampa rally, cupping a hand to his ear as they suggested vice presidential running mates. "Newt!"... "Sessions!" "Condi Rice!" came the cries, referring - respectively - to former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama and Condoleezza Rice, President George W. Bush's national security advisor and secretary of State.
House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan is trying to keep fellow Republicans in control of Congress but said Sunday he wouldn't ask them to endorse Donald Trump for the sake of party unity, to save their Capitol Hill majority or keep Democrat Hillary Clinton out of the White House. "Imagine the speaker of the House not supporting the duly elected nominee of our party, therefore creating a chasm in our party," the Wisconsin Republican said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
Bernie Sanders not yet ready to drop out : "The major political task that we face in the next five months is to make certain that Donald Trump is defeated and defeated badly," Sanders said. "And I personally intend to begin my role in that process in a very short period of time."
U.S. Rep. David Jolly, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate is expected to run for re-election instead. [Miami Herald] U.S. Rep David Jolly will drop out of the U.S. Senate race and run for re-election instead, taking on likely Democratic nominee Charlie Crist, confirmed former St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker "David Jolly's passion is to serve the people of Pinellas," Baker said.
Embracing grieving Orlando families and appealing anew for national action, President Barack Obama claimed a threat to all Americans' security Thursday as a strong reason to tighten U.S. gun laws. Counterterror campaigns overseas, he declared, can never prevent all 'lone wolf' attacks like the one that killed 49 people in Orlando.
President Barack Obama, right, and Sen. Marco Rubio, left, get off Air Force One at Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Fla., on Thursday, June 16, 2016.
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden place flowers down during their visit to a memorial to the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., on June 16, 2016. Clad in dark suits with their brows furrowed, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden laid 49 roses - one for each of the Pulse nightclub shooting victims - at a makeshift memorial on Thursday afternoon at the Phillips Center, adjacent to Orlando's City Hall.
A hedge funder who has been one of the biggest sources of super-PAC cash for the GOP appears uninterested in helping Donald Trump. In June 2012, hedge fund manager Paul Singer cut a $1 million check to the organizers of the Republican National Convention in Tampa.
Sen. Marco Rubio suggests he is reconsidering his plans to leave the Senate at the end of this year, and may run for re-election instead. Rubio tells reporters that he will let everyone know about any change of status next week after spending some time with his family.