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Wikipedia to move ahead with blackout to oppose Stop Online Piracy Act

By | 01.17.12 | 10:05 am

Wikipedia, one of the opponents of the Stop Online Piracy Act that is moving through Congress, confirmed it will move ahead with a blackout Wednesday, despite the announcement that the measure will be shelved.

How one Tampa address handles millions in campaign cash, influences elections nationwide (Corrected)

By | 10.24.11 | 3:50 pm

An accounting firm located at 610 South Blvd., Tampa, handles millions in special interest cash for more than 60 political committees that pour money into elections around the state, and around the nation.

GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann campaigning in Jacksonville Beach (Pic by Virginia Chamlee)

At Jacksonville sub shop, Bachmann pledges to end EPA, Department of Education

By | 08.26.11 | 6:40 pm

Would-be GOP presidential nominee Michele Bachmann began her weekend tour of the Sunshine State today, making a late afternoon visit to a sub shop in Jacksonville Beach.

President Barack Obama in Jacksonville (Pic via Wikimedia Commons)

Change to deportation proceedings draws praise, criticism from immigrant advocates

By | 08.19.11 | 8:22 am

The Department of Homeland Security issued a letter on Thursday that says it will implement prosecutorial discretion measures to review deportation proceedings laid out in a June memo issued by John Morton, director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The U.S. Capitol (Pic by jcolman)

Senators introduce comprehensive immigration reform bill

By | 06.23.11 | 8:57 am

U.S. Sens. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., Harry Reid, D-Nev., Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., John Kerry, D-Mass., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., reintroduced a comprehensive immigration reform bill on Wednesday.

A screenshot of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health website (Pic via latinainstitute.org)

National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health applauds reintroduction of DREAM act

By | 05.12.11 | 12:57 pm

The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) sent out a press release today applauding President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Florida, and other co-sponsors for re-introducing the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minor Act, also known as the DREAM Act.

Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Palm Harbor (Pic via Facebook)

Diaz-Balart, Bilirakis, Southerland want District of Columbia to answer for local abortion funds

By | 04.22.11 | 8:37 am

Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, Gus Bilirakis and Steve Southerland (all Republicans, all Floridians) joined several federal lawmakers who sent a letter to District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray demanding an accounting of the use of local funds that were legally used to pay for elective abortion procedures.

A screenshot of Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaking on the Senate floor (Pic via The American Independent)

Republicans kill omnibus bill, including their own earmarks

By | 12.17.10 | 12:30 pm

$1.1 trillion omnibus bill that included $8 billion in earmarks from lawmakers who opposed them was pulled from the Senate after Majority Leader Harry Reid acknowledged that he did not have the votes to withstand a Republican filibuster.

Counting votes for the DREAM Act: LeMieux says he ‘cannot support’ it

By | 11.23.10 | 12:06 pm

The DREAM Act, a bill that would allow some undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children to stay in the country legally, will come up for a vote as a standalone bill sometime before the end…

Military leaders say DREAM Act would benefit recruitment

By | 11.19.10 | 11:21 am

Miami-Dade college students and immigration activists held an event Wednesday to support Senate leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. — who will present the DREAM Act during the Senate’s lame-duck session.
The DREAM Act, bipartisan legislation that would allow undocumented students and…

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