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John Lewis Congress losing faith in Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi Obama to urge rejection of 'authoritarian politics and policies' in speech Florida's Darren Soto fends off Dem challenge from Alan Grayson MORE John Andrew Boehner Democrats should be careful what they wish for Blue wave poses governing risks for Dems Nancy Pelosi: Will she remain the 'Face of the Franchise'? MORE , and Republican legislatures across the country. He declared that voting rights are under attack in America.
Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez, second from right, holds a roundtable with Democratic officials including U.S. Rep. Darren Soto, right, and Florida Democratic Chair Terrie Rizzo, third from right, at the Carpenters' union building in Orlando, May 30, 2018 Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez, second from right, holds a roundtable with Democratic officials including U.S. Rep. Darren Soto, right, and Florida Democratic Chair Terrie Rizzo, third from right, at the Carpenters' union building in Orlando, May 30, 2018 Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez heard impassioned pleas from party officials about issues ranging from housing to health care at a roundtable in Orlando on Wednesday.
A freelance journalist and former communications director for Congressman Alan Grayson, D-Fla., joined a group of more than half a dozen women who are accusing Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., of sexual misconduct. Tina Dupuy said Franken "knew exactly what he was doing" when he grabbed her waist and squeezed and twice while posing for a photo.
Democrat Darren Soto to lean on 'lengthy and unique experience' in minority party as he enters GOP-led U.S. Co Election night was bittersweet for state Sen. Darren Soto, a Democrat who made history as the first Puerto Rican elected to represent Florida in Congress , even as Republican Donald Trump won the state and the presidency. After a decade of toiling in a Republican-controlled state Legislature, Soto will face a familiar uphill climb to pass legislation in Washington, D.C, where the GOP holds both chambers of Congress.
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Florida lawmakers made their most coordinated effort yet to call for urgent action to combat the Zika virus, but even as they stressed bipartisanship, politics were on display Tuesday, overshadowing the possibility of a breakthrough on funding. Less than a minute into a news conference demanding action, Republican Gov. Rick Scott lashed out at Sen. Bill Nelson for voting against a funding bill last week that Democrats say is an attack on Planned Parenthood.
Supporters of Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., cheer as early results are announced during a primary election party, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, in Kissimmee, Fla. Supporters of Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., cheer as early results are announced during a primary election party, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, in Kissimmee, Fla.
U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy has won the Democratic nomination to face Republican Sen. Marco Rubio. Murphy defeated fiery liberal Rep. Alan Grayson on Tuesday, aided by the backing of President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.
After months of being bombarded with campaign ads and mailers, Florida primary voters will decide Tuesday which U.S. Senate candidates will move on to the general election. We've been tracking the most visible candidates in both parties on our Truth-O-Meter for months.
Florida voters will go to the polls Tuesday and select the nominees for U.S. Senate, decide whether to amend the state constitution to give a property tax break to promote solar energy and have a say in who should represent them in the U.S. House.
Florida voters will go to the polls Tuesday and select the nominees for U.S. Senate, decide whether to amend the state constitution to give a property tax break to promote solar energy and have a say in who should represent them in the U.S. House. Here's a look at the races and issues facing Florida on Election Day.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio stressed his opposition to same-sex marriage while also calling on fellow Christians to "love" and understand LGBT people in a speech before a gathering of conservative pastors in Orlando on Friday. The two-day event, titled "Rediscovering God in America Renewal Project" and sponsored by the Florida Renewal Project, was described as "an anti-LGBT rally" by Florida Democrats who criticized Rubio for speaking there two months after the Pulse shootings at a gay nightclub.
Republican Sens. Marco Rubio, of Florida, and Pat Toomey, of Pennsylvania, are facing Democratic challengers in races that are too close to call, while Ohio Sen. Rob Portman is ahead in his race by 9 percent, a new Quinnipiac University Swing State poll released Thursday shows. Florida: Rubio, 48 percent; challenger Democratic Rep. Patrick Murphy, 45 percent.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid says fellow Democrat Alan Grayson should drop his bid for Senate in Florida following reports he physically abused his ex-wife. Reid says Grayson is an "absolute fraud" and says: "Now having whacked his ex-wife around a few times ... I don't know who supports him other than himself."
U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy of Florida will begin airing his first Senate campaign television ad, a 30-second spot featuring President Barack Obama . Obama says Murphy is a strong progressive who stands up to the gun lobby and supports social security and protecting women's right to an abortion.
Rep. Alan Grayson on The House steps of the Capitol Building in Washington, February 4, 2016. Grayson's highly unusual dual role - a sitting House lawmaker running a hedge fund, which until recently had operations in the Cayman Islands - has led to an investigation by the House Committee on Ethics.
Republicans in Florida spent weeks trying to convince Marco Rubio to change his mind and run for re-election to the Senate. A new Quinnipiac poll shows that they knew what they were talking about.
Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even... Sign if you agree: Presidents do not stop working in the final year of their term. Neither should the Senate.