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Marco Rubio
The nightly roster of speakers at the Republican National Convention was filled with Florida officials and residents.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is passed over by Trump, who selects JD Vance as running mate
Trump announced U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his 2024 running mate at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
Marco Rubio and Val Demings clash in their only debate
Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and his Democratic challenger, Congress member Val Demings debate in Florida's 2022 elections.
Florida’s U.S. Senators contribute to false claims election results shouldn’t be trusted
On Tuesday, both of Florida’s Republican U.S. Senators released statements seeming to sow seeds of doubt on the recent general election. Independent observers confirmed that the elections were free and fair and that Joe Biden...
28 students “die-in” outside Marco Rubio’s Tampa office to protest inaction on gun violence
At noon today 28 people – most of them high school students – laid silent and motionless on the sidewalk in front of the Federal Building in downtown Tampa. The demonstration in front of the...
Tampa Bay students will “die-in” to protest gun violence
This coming Tuesday is the second anniversary of the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando; it’s also the date of coordinated “die-ins” across the country led by students enraged with the epidemic of...
Shootings + politicians + the NRA’s money
Seventeen people were murdered at the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida yesterday. It was the 18th school shooting in the US in 2018. It was the first in Florida of the year....
House passes tax overhaul; protest in Tampa before Senate vote
On Tuesday, the U.S. House passed the most sweeping rewrite of the nation’s tax laws in more than three decades; the vote was mostly along party lines, 227 to 203. The House now sends the...
Tampa groups urge a “no” vote on Trumpcare
Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate have delayed a vote on their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with a “Trumpcare” bill that cuts Medicaid and reduces taxes; in a press conference...
How Tampa Bay Republicans could vote on Trumpcare
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the “Trumpcare” Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act Thursday — are the Tampa Bay area Republican members of Congress on board? It’s pretty...
Full audio of Tampa Town Hall sans Rubio
The week for Congress members to spend in their districts is wrapping up and many of them held town hall meetings to hear from constituents; but a number including Sen. Marco Rubio, also skipped any...
500 at Tampa town hall ask: Where’s Marco?
An overflow crowd of more than 500 packed the Tampa Letter Carriers Hall in West Tampa Wednesday night for a town hall meeting to support the Affordable Care Act, action on climate change and other issues....
