Wow. A new Rasmussen Reports survey shows that Republican Gov. Charlie Crist and former House Speaker Marco Rubio are tied 43-43 in the primary race for U.S Senate. About 5 percent prefer another candidate and 9 percent are undecided, according to the poll.
Crist’s support [...]
Crist getting desperate
Adam Smith: "Addressing a hometown crowd at a Pinellas Republican Party meeting Monday night, the governor, facing a tougher-than-expected U.S. Senate primary, cast former House Speaker Rubio as someone whose conservative boasts should" [...]
The House of Representatives passed legislation Friday designed to bring the most sweeping rewrite of financial regulation since the New Deal era following the Great Depression: "We are sending a clear message to Wall Street: The party is over," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Florida Republicans joined their counterparts in [...]
U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio today refused to say how he’d vote on the SunRail proposal now being considered by the state Legislature in a special session, even though a similar proposal passed with his vote when he was state House speaker.
“The economics of the state have changed dramatically,”… [...]
UPDATE: Crist reponds below.
GOP U.S. Senate candidate and former House Speaker Marco Rubio doesn't flat out oppose SunRail but throws up caution (he has to in order to remain consistent with overall criticism of stimulus) and takes a jab at Gov. Charlie Crist in a statement today.
"We should be [...]
After being asked about it former House Speaker Marco Rubio has weighed in on the ongoing special session.
Rubio, who during his campaign for the U.S. Senate has been highly critical of the use of the federal stimulus package to create jobs , said that legislators should be "wary" of promises [...]
As if the feud with his fellow lawmaker/cousin wasn’t interesting enough, Rep. Baxter Troutman dropped the Ray Sansom bomb in reference to Sen. J.D. Alexander.. Outside of the fact that the former House Speaker’s name is now synonymous with conflicts of interest, invoking his name is sure to test the [...]
House Speaker Larry Cretul, R-Ocala, told reporters Wednesday that black lawmakers have known since Nov. 25 that the special session on rail projects would start Dec. 3. He defended his decision to reject a proposal by black legislators to delay the start of the session until next Monday, so they [...]
House Speaker Larry Cretul, R-Ocala, told reporters Wednesday that black lawmakers have known since Nov. 25 that the special session on rail projects would start Dec. 3. He defended his decision to reject a proposal by black legislators to delay the start of the session until next Monday, so they [...]
Rep. Ron Saunders just responded with the following memo to House Speaker Larry Cretul’s call for any requests for excused absences from special session meetings this week.
This week’s House meetings, scheduled on Thursday and Friday, are a source of contention between House Democrats and Republicans since the schedule… [...]
And so the game of chicken/who flinches first continues between House leadership and black legislators and House Dems...
Rep. Ron Saunders, Key West Democrat, just requested an excused absence from House Speaker Larry Cretul for the first two days of the special session on rail that starts tomorrow, Thursday.
Saunders says he has [...]
And so the game of chicken/who flinches first continues between House leadership and black legislators and House Dems...
Rep. Ron Saunders, Key West Democrat, just requested an excused absence from House Speaker Larry Cretul for the first two days of the special session on rail that starts tomorrow, Thursday.
Saunders says he has [...]
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich headlined a Sarasota fundraiser today for Attorney General Bill McCollum's campaign for governor.
While McCollum could use the help -- he's been outraised 2-1 by Democratic frontrunner Alex Sink -- hanging out with Gingrich doesn't boost efforts to put a fresh coat of paint on his' [...]
Earlier today, House Speaker Larry Cretul refused entreaties by some Democrats to delay the House’s schedule of meetings for the special session. House Democratic Caucus leaders just sent Cretul the following letter, in response to his response:
Dear Speaker Cretul:
Thank you for your prompt response to our request… [...]
CFO Alex Sink, the Dem running for governor, just issued a statement joining House Dems in their call for a delay in the rail special session so that black caucus members can attend.
House Speaker Larry Cretul and Senate President Jeff Atwater have scheduled the special to begin Thursday, but many [...]
CFO Alex Sink, the Dem running for governor, just issued a statement joining House Dems in their call for a delay in the rail special session so that black caucus members can attend.
House Speaker Larry Cretul and Senate President Jeff Atwater have scheduled the special to begin Thursday, but many [...]
House Democratic caucus Leader Franklin Sands and leader Pro Tempore Geraline Thompson are asking House Speaker Larry Cretul to delay the start of the special session on commuter rail until Monday -- when members of the black caucus will have returned from their long-scheduled conference in Fort Lauderdale for the National [...]
House Democratic caucus Leader Franklin Sands and leader Pro Tempore Geraline Thompson are asking House Speaker Larry Cretul to delay the start of the special session on commuter rail until Monday -- when members of the black caucus will have returned from their long-scheduled conference in Fort Lauderdale for the National [...]
Senate President Jeff Atwater and House Speaker Larry Cretul jointly issued a statement Monday evening calling for a special legislative session on commuter and high-speed rail to begin at 9 a.m. Thursday Dec. 3 and ending at noon Friday, Dec. 11. Read the proclamation here.
-- Steve Bousquet
[...]Looks like they're serious this time.
House Speaker Larry Cretul just sent out official word that a special session will convene Thursday (three days from now). The sole purpose — rail … with a final vote by the senate next week.
The idea seems to be to roll all things rail-related into [...]
Senate President Jeff Atwater just sent senators a memo telling them to be in Tallahassee by 9 a.m. Thursday for a special session on commuter rail in South and Central Florida, though the official call is still being drafted. House Speaker Larry Cretul told his members the House will convene at 10:30 a.m.
The [...]
Minutes after House Speaker Larry Cretul’s statement, comes one from Senate President Jeff Atwater, which was much more certain of the upcoming session:
“As you know, we have been working diligently with our partners in the Florida House and Governor’s Office to develop comprehensive legislation that will establish statewide policy… [...]
