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About Lois Frankel
Representative Lois Frankel is an experienced public servant with a strong record of bringing jobs and opportunity to South Florida. After serving 14 years in the Florida state legislature, including as the first woman Democratic minority leader, Lois...
Tags: Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Riviera Beach, Plantation, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Palm Beach County
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VA tackles problem of incomplete claims from local veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs has promised to erase the backlog of compensation and pension claims of thousands of veterans in South Florida and nationwide in two years by shifting resources and going digital. But it is also attempting a lesser-...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Coconut Creek, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Crime, Law and Justice, Fort Lauderdale
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Kingsley Guy: Government must aid, not hinder, job creation
The late U.S. Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota spent his political career as an advocate of liberal causes. In 1988, with his political career over, McGovern invested his savings in a Connecticut hotel-restaurant-conference center called the...Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Business Enterprises, Executive Branch, Fort Lauderdale, Washington, DC
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Florida Dems make staff changes
TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Democratic Party is making a number of big staff changes, it announced today. * Joshua Karp will be the new communications director, replacing Brannon Jordan. Karp worked as communications director at the Virginia Senate...Tags: U.S. Congress, Elections, Parties and Movements, Politics, Rick Scott
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Frankel sees ongoing dangers in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON -- Suited up in 40 pounds of body armor and escorted by soldiers wielding high-caliber weapons, South Florida Congresswoman Lois Frankel found Afghanistan a treacherous place to visit last week after 12 years of war. On her first congressional...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Al-Qaeda, Palm Beach County, Afghanistan
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Broward Republicans reboot for future
Broward Republicans and their new chairman are undergoing some critical self-analysis to avoid a 2014 repeat of last year's disaster when Republicans lost all the critical, contested races in the county. One of their dreams: turning overwhelmingly...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Elections, Apple iPod, Republican Party, Politics
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Democrats, Republicans join forces to advocate for Florida ports
A bipartisan team from the Florida congressional delegation is banding together to form a "ports caucus" to push the interests of the state's seaports in the nation's capital. Florida's 15 ports are "huge economic generators — folks here are...
Tags: Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Conservation, Environmental Issues, Alcee Hastings, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida)
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Broward Democrats condemn Senate on gun control
Sun SentinelPresident Barack Obama dominated the TV news Wednesday night for his angry criticism of the U.S. Senate's votes not to impose any restrictions on guns in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school massacre. Even though many political watchers thought all...Tags: Gun Control, U.S. Senate, Weston (Broward, Florida), Democratic Party, Lobbying
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South Florida members of Congress push for, get pushed on, immigration reform
— If the 18 people brought together Monday by two Broward and Palm Beach County members of Congress could rewrite the nation's immigration law, they would stop deportations, prevent exploitation of people living in the U.S. without permission by...
Tags: Palm Beach State College, AFL-CIO, Civil Rights, Delray Beach, Crime, Law and Justice
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Wasserman Schultz, Frankel get up close look at Fort Lauderdale runway project
Sun SentinelDANIA BEACH – From a new mountain towering 65 feet over Federal Highway, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Lois Frankel surveyed a massive airport construction project Monday and said they were pleased with the view. Touring what will become...Tags: Dania Beach, Pembroke Pines, Fort Lauderdale, Air Transportation Delays, Passover
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Wasserman Schultz, Frankel get close look at Fort Lauderdale runway project
From a new mountain towering 65 feet over Federal Highway, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Lois Frankel surveyed a massive airport construction project Monday and said they were pleased with the view. Touring what will become Fort Lauderdale-...
Tags: Debbie Wasserman Schultz, U.S. Congress, Pembroke Pines, Fort Lauderdale, Budget Control Act of 2011
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