Tag: US Rep. Val Demings

Rubio-Demings Debate: Clarity on Issues Despite Insults, Insinuations

October 19, 2022
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The last time two-term Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was on a prime-time debate stage was in 2016 when he wilted under withering personal attacks by then-fellow Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who famously belittled him as “Little Marco.” During their U.S. Senate debate at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth on Oct. 18, Rep….

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Rubio, Demings Battle Over Budget Bill With Billions for Disaster Relief

October 10, 2022
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In the two days after Hurricane Ian ripped into Florida on Sept. 28, killing at least 119 people and leaving more than $50 billion in insured losses in its wake, none of the state’s 16 Republican congressional representatives and neither of its two U.S. senators voted for a continuing resolution to fund the federal government…

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Biden Postpones Florida Rally That Demings Was Ditching

September 26, 2022
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With a strengthening Hurricane Ian churning north through the Gulf of Mexico, the White House has postponed President Joe Biden’s Tuesday trip to Florida. Biden was scheduled to pitch his proposals to lower health care costs and protect Medicare and Social Security at a Fort Lauderdale gathering before heading to Orlando for a Democratic National…

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Rubio Touts Record in Florida US Senate Race Against Demings

August 25, 2022
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LAKELAND, Fla.—Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) easily brushed aside three party rivals in her Aug. 23 Democratic primary and has raised more than $47 million in her campaign to unseat Florida’s two-term Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). The three-term congressional representative and former Orlando Police Chief has a $10 million fundraising advantage over Rubio and,…

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