Tag: Congress
Gaetz: Moderate Republicans holding up health care vote [podcast]
Rep. Matt Gaetz says moderate Republicans seeking more money for their districts are holding the vote on the latest health care bill from the White…
Buzz: Gaetz lands key House committees
Sources close to the House leadership shared with Inweekly that Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL1) will be named to the House Armed Services and Budget committees….
Another Republican files for Congress, First District
On Thursday, April 28, Robert Edward Blake of Shalimar filed as a Republican to run for the Congressional seat to be vacated by Jeff Miller….
It only took Matt Gaetz 10 days to raise over $350K for Congress
In his first 10 days on the campaign trail for Florida’s 1st Congressional District, State Rep. Matt Gaetz (R–Fort Walton Beach) announced today his campaign…
Another Republican files for Congress
Pensacola businessman and retired Marine Corps officer Cris Dosev filed yesterday to run for Rep. Jeff Miller’s seat. The UF grad spent 10 years active…
Pensacola Speaks: Brian Frazier for Congress
As Northwest Florida speculates on who will replace Congressman Jeff Miller, “Pensacola Speaks” will have on the show today the only Republican that has already…
Miller is only FL Congressman with a chairmanship. FL shunned by Boehner and crew
With the exception of our Congressman Jeff Miller (R-Chumuckla), Florida’s 27-member House delegation was shut out of chairmanships of any of the 21 permanent committees…
New Outrage in the Gulf
My latest article for The Daily Beast is on a new report that shows Congress bears substantial blame for the weak response to largest environmental…
Miller no longer believes BP is doing a good job
It’s amazing what a week of repeated bad press for BP, and cries from Panhandle voters, can do to change the perspective of our congressman,…
Meek: Too small to fail
Congressman Kendrick Meek, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, stopped by the IN offices for a few minutes before his meeting with the PNJ editorial…
Grover and Goodin met with BP in D.C.
I spoke with Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson this morning about his and Santa Rosa Commissioner Gordon Goodin’s meetings with the Coast Guard and British…
Daily Drilling Report for Deepwater Horizon
The Daily Drilling Report reveals what may have caused the explosion. According to BP, “before, during or after the cement job, an undetected influx of…
Jeff Miller says BP is ahead of the oil spill. Really?
Rob Williams of “News”Radio 1620 interviewed Congressman Jeff Miller on his radio show. Miller: They continue to be able to skim more oil off the…
House hearings reveal truths behind well explosion
Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce Inquiry into the Deepwater Horizon Gulf Coast Oil Spill Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations gave…
Buzz: Late night phone calls
My phone rang several times late last night on several topics. Here the rumors that seem to have some legs – but understand they are…
Miller wants BP to escrow funds
Congressman Jeff Miller is worried about the impact of cleaning up the BP oil spill will have on local governments that are already operating under…
Buzz: Perkins may have opponent
Dale Perkins was first elected to the Emerald Coast Utility Authority in 1994. He is seeking his fifth term. When he first ran the utility…
Water World Day – Hopjacks
By IN reporter Ryne Ziemba Local Environmental Group to Host World Water Day Event at Hopjacks According to the website www.worldwaterday.org, 1.1 billion people in…
Dems didn’t get much done in 2007
The McClatchy Newspapers did a review of the 2007 Congressional year, and find the Democrats really didn’t accomplish much. Democrats won control of both houses…
More GOP Congressmen in trouble
The Miami Herald has an article about two more Republican Congressmen in trouble for illegally profiting from their party leadership positions when the GOP held…
