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Diana Kasdan talks about the recent changes in the filibuster rules
01/31/13 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Senate, women, filibuster
Diana Kasdan of the Democracy Project with the Brennan Center for Justice follows up on the attempts to change the filibuster rules for the newly inaugurated Senate. She discusses the reasons she felt were responsible for the 86-9 vote in the Senate to essentially keep most of the present.policies intact. Every Democrat in the Senate voted for the Reid-McConnell reform package which many have characterized as "watered down reform". Only Senator Bernie Sanders and 6 Republicans voted agains...
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01/11/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bill Nelson, Gabrielle Giffords, civil discourse, filibuster, Senate, Marco Rubio
The US House of Representatives may have postponed their debate on the proposed repeal of parts of the Affordable Care act in light of Saturday’s violence, but some lawmakers want to go on with business as usual. One of these is US Senator Bill Nelson, who was in Downtown Tampa today for a town hall meeting.
"We never want to get to a place in America where there is a wall that separates the elected representative from the people that they represent."
Senator Nelson said as of yet it’s...
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03/08/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio, Senate, FOX News
Ultra-conservative South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint praised U.S. Senate hopeful Marco Rubio at Saturday’s Lincoln Day dinner in Tampa. In St. Petersburg earlier that day, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who’s vying for the same seat, had less kind words to say about the former state house speaker.
Many Florida voters were looking forward to a face-off between the two GOP candidates on NBC’s Meet the Press yes...
Be the first to commentSenate Health Bill ready for a final vote tomorrow listen
12/23/09 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: health care reform, health care, Senate, Medicaid, Medicare
Late this afternoon the U.S. Senate voted 60-39 to end the debate on the health care reform bill. The final vote on the senate bill will be tomorrow at 7AM. Some of the concessions won by lawmakers and interest groups in the healthcare overhaul bill have been called sweetheart deals, and came under fire during the debate. Republican Senator John Cornyn criticized deals given to Democratic Senators Bill Nelson of Florida and Ben Nelson of Nebraska.
Republican Judd Gregg of New Hampshire sai...
1 commentsCrist denies endorsing stimulus package despite support in February listen
11/05/09 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Charlie Crist, Senate, Marco Rubio, Barack Obama
Yesterday on CNN, Florida Governor Charlie Crist said he did not endorse President Barack Obama’s stimulus package. But he is catching flack for that denial because in February, Crist said he supported it. That same month, while the President was in Ft. Myers rallying support for the bill, he was joined on stage by Governor Crist.
Crist: "Mr. President welcome to Fort Meyers Florida."
Crist did not use the words “endorse” or “support” when speaking about the American Recovery and Re...
Be the first to commentKendrick Meek earns more endorsements listen
06/15/09 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Politics, Senate, Kendrick Meek, Corrine Brown, Ron Klein, Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Miami area Democratic Representative Kendrick Meek added to his growing list of supporters today when fellow Congress members Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Ron Klein endorsed him.
All three Representatives have worked together for years, beginning in the Florida House and Senate, and now in Congress.
Wasserman Schultz was enthusiastic in announcing her support for Meek.
Broward County area Democrat Ron Klein knocked out longtime Republican Clay Shaw in 2006, and was rumored at one poi...
Be the first to commentGelber and Aronberg look forward to primary listen
06/15/09 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Politics, Senate, Kendrick Meek, Dan Gelber, Dave Aronberg
Excited by Barack Obama’s victory in the Sunshine State in last year’s presidential election, Florida Democrats hope to win some of the Cabinet positions currently held by Republicans.
Kendrick Meek and Alex Sink are by far the frontrunners in their races for senator and governor, respectively. The Democrats will have a contested race for Attorney General, as two South Florida senators, Dan Gelber and Dave Aronberg, have announced their candidacies.
Both were at the Hilton Hotel in St....
Be the first to commentBob Smith joins race for Senate seat listen
06/10/09 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Politics, Senate, Mel Martinez, Charlie Crist, Bob Smith
Last night, WMNF ran the first part of an interview with former New Hampshire Sen. Bob Smith, who officially announced on Monday that he will challenge Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martinez next year.
The Sarasota resident yesterday that he’s running because he believes the Republican Party has lost its way and become Democrat-lite in some ways, as exemplified by Crist’s support for Barack Obama’s stimulus plan earlier t...
Be the first to commentNew GOP Senate candidate critical of peers listen
06/09/09 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Politics, Senate, Mel Martinez, Charlie Crist, Bob Smith
Yesterday Sarasota resident and former New Hampshire Sen. Bob Smith announced that he is a candidate for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate next year in Florida.
In the first of a two-part interview, WMNF spoke with Smith today about his candidacy. We began by asking him about the Obama administration’s moves so far in 2009 – Smith says the biggest issue he worries about is what he says has been the "intrusion into the private sector."
Stay tuned for the second half of this intervie...
Be the first to commentMeek gets key union endorsement in Senate bid listen
02/16/09 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: SEIU, unions, politics, Senate
This morning one of the biggest public employee unions in Florida endorsed Miami area Congressman Kendrick Meek in the Senate race in 2010.
The endorsement by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is an early and strong boost for the Democrat. Currently, only Miami Beach Sen. Dan Gelber and North Miami Mayor Kevin Burns have announced their candidacies, though there could be several more announcing in the coming months.
Monica Russo is president of the Florida SEIU. She says...
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