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Allen West: There are ‘up to 80′ communists in the U.S. House

By | 04.11.12 | 12:30 pm

Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale, told mostly supportive members at a town hall meeting yesterday that he has heard “up to 80 U.S. House Democrats are Communist Party members,” The Palm Beach Post reports.

Elections law sponsor: ‘Nothing’ in law limits ‘participation’

By | 12.06.11 | 1:57 pm

Politico reports that state Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, says that nothing in Florida’s elections law, which he sponsored, is “going to limit anybody’s participation.”

Dems launch campaign against GOP laws that ‘restrict voting purely for partisan gain’

By | 12.05.11 | 10:02 am

The Democratic National Committee launched an online campaign last week to educate voters about what the group calls efforts “to restrict voting purely for partisan gain.”

Wasserman Schultz reiterates support for South Florida immigration detention center

By | 12.02.11 | 9:57 am

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Pembroke Pines, said today that a proposed publicly funded, privately managed immigration detention center to be built in South Florida would have the least negative impact on residents and create short-term and long-term jobs.

DCCC releases attack ads against Allen West

By | 11.30.11 | 2:39 pm

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee today released attack ads aimed at Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale. The ads blame the failure of the so-called congressional “Super Committee” on Republicans like West and accused him of “demanding more tax breaks for billionaires.”

Democratic National Committee launches Spanish ads for American Jobs Act

By | 09.19.11 | 10:43 am

The Democratic National Committee is reaching out to Hispanics in a series of Spanish-language TV ads that promote the benefits of President Obama’s job act.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Pembroke Pines (Pic via Facebook)

Critics say bill co-sponsored by Wasserman Schultz, Deutch could ‘undermine’ Fourth Amendment

By | 08.18.11 | 1:06 pm

A new bill intended to crack down on child pornography and co-sponsored by Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Pembroke Pines, and Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton, is drawing criticism from Internet privacy advocates.

Rep. Allen West, R-Fort Lauderdale (Pic by Gage Skidmore)

One of 2012′s most anticipated races is well under way

By | 08.12.11 | 9:00 am

The fight for Florida’s 22nd congressional district is shaping up to be one of the most closely watched and expensive elections in the country. Again.

Karl Rove (Pic by DavidAll06, via Flickr)

FEC requests donor list from Rove group, but so what?

By | 06.17.11 | 5:11 pm

National Journal is reporting that the Federal Election Commission has called on a secretive campaign committee backed by Karl Rove to reveal its donors.

A screenshot of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Pembroke Pines, on Meet the Press (Pic via msnbc.msn.com)

Wasserman Schultz: GOP ‘war on women’ big help for Obama in 2012

By | 06.06.11 | 11:15 am

President Obama and the Democratic National Committee have begun courting female voters for the upcoming presidential election. Even though many women voters defected last year after voting in record numbers for the president in 2008, DNC chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Pembroke Pines, says the GOP’s current anti-reproductive rights stance will be a big help in recapturing those voters.

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