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Updated 10:03 p.m. | Paul D. Ryan needs convincing the GOP conference has his back — and he’s given lawmakers a Friday deadline to persuade him to take the speaker’s job.
The Wisconsin Republican told colleagues he will run for speaker if he can win broad support from the Freedom Caucus, the Republican Study Committee and the centrist Tuesday Group.
Rep. Ted Yoho, the tea party lawmaker from Gainesville, says criticism of the House Freedom Caucus is off base and that he is supporting Dan Webster for speaker.
TALLAHASSEE — Dan Webster is a longshot to become Florida’s first congressional member to serve as the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
At the end of last week, the U.S. House voted to pass the “Adapt to Changing Crude Oil Market Conditions” ending the ban on exporting crude oil.
U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., cheered the vote, and made the case for why it was needed.
While they did not support U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., when he challenged U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, at the start of the year, two Florida Republicans are trumpeting their support for him as he tries again.
I try not to respond directly to editorials. I’m not shy about my views, and I believe people can make up their own minds. However, The Sun's Oct. 9 editorial headlined “The courage of compromise” was so misguided that I felt the need to comment.
On Wednesday, Congress passed a continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded until the middle of December, avoiding a shutdown, as Florida Republicans divided on the matter.
House Speaker John Boehner announced Friday that he will resign from Congress at the end of October, a surprise end to his congressional career that followed repeated clashes with conservative members of Congress.
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I have read recently that anyone who advocates for the defunding of Planned Parenthood is a right-wing extremist or hates women. Both of these labels are grossly misleading and cheapen the argument on a very serious issue.
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