Category Archives: Legislative issues

Against a Woman’s Right to Choose and Now Coming After Your Birth Control

Floridians Can’t Count On Marco Rubio To Protect Access To Contraception Senate Republicans have already made it clear that they want to pass a national abortion ban when the Supreme Court overturns ...

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Rubio Once Again Shows He Opposes Equal Rights

Marco Rubio Backs Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Legislation   In a new interview , Marco Rubio came out in favor of Florida Republicans’ “don’t say gay” bill, which would likely ban Florida ...

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Marco Rubio Cares More About His Political Future Than the People of Florida

What Florida Newspapers Were Saying About Marco Rubio This Year   From failing to show up for his job to voting against legislation to speed up COVID vaccinations and grow ...

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Senator Rubio Does Not Care About Florida’s Working Families and Seniors

Marco Rubio Opposes Legislation To Lower Health Care Costs For Floridians   As Congress makes progress on popular legislation to invest in programs that will lower costs for working families across Florida, ...

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Pass S.B. 1 and the John Lewis Advanced Voting Act

To save our democracy, we must stop passage of voter-suppression laws President Biden asked the country, “Can our democracy survive?” Each passing day, the question is more relevant than the ...

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DeSantis Legalizes Voter Surpression in Florida

FDP Calls Out Gov. DeSantis for Signing Voter Suppression Bill SB 90 This morning Governor Ron DeSantis signed SB 90, a blatant voter suppression bill at a political rally masquerading ...

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Worst State Legislative Session Ever!

Florida Democratic Party Calls Out Gov. DeSantis and Florida Republicans for Focusing More on Partisan Politics than Helping Floridians    Tallahassee, Fla–- As Florida legislative session comes to a close ...

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Pandemic Aid Passed House Without Support of Florida Republicans

Florida Republicans Voted To Reject Direct Payments For Their Constituents Even As Americans Broadly Support Relief Package   78% of Americans support additional stimulus checks, including 64% of Republicans   ...

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Florida Needs a Higher Minimum Wage Now

IN OTHER NEWS A regular column based on open-source reporting  about continuing issues of interest to the electorate that deserve our attention as Democrats.  By Rich Leonard, Communications Committee REFERENDUM ...

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“DO NOTHING DEMOCRATS” IS A GOP LIE

MCCONNELL IS TO BLAME FOR LACK OF CONGESSIONAL ACTION   Republicans are regurgitating the narrative that Democrats in the House of Representatives have been so obsessed with impeachment that they ...

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