Independent NewsPosts Tagged ‘steve southerland’
Southerland comes to Pensacola for cash
Freshman Congressman Steve Southerland (R-Panama City) came to Pensacola for campaign donations and area Republicans wanted to show regional unity. Plus, it didn't hurt that Southerland serves on the House Transportation Committee and served on the conference committee that decided the RESTORE Act [...]
Restored?
In an effort to pass the RESTORE Act—which would assure that 80 percent of the fines incurred as a result of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico would stay in the Gulf Coast region—legislators are planning to tack the proposal onto a transportation bill. According to Dan McFaul, Rep. [...]