by Sarah Rumpf | Apr 12, 2018
When Rep. Dennis Ross (R-FL) announced his retirement from Congress this week, it created an open seat for Florida’s 15th District, encompassing Polk County and the northern part of Hillsborough County, including suburban areas east of Tampa. Now that open seat...
by Sarah Rumpf | Nov 17, 2017
According to the website for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), the group “addresses national and international issues and crafts policies that impact the Hispanic community,” but as one Florida Congressman discovered, they only want you if...
by Sarah Rumpf | Aug 12, 2016
The White Coat Waste Project, a taxpayer watchdog group opposed to government funding of animal testing, is encouraging Congress to stop funding animal experiments and redirect the money to fight the Zika virus. In a press release provided to The Capitolist, Anthony...
by Sarah Rumpf | Jul 26, 2016
Florida Rep. Alan Grayson likes to portray himself as a fighter, but after getting in an altercation with a Politico reporter, he’s in the fight for his political life. We thought Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz was having a terrible week — Wikileaks...
by Sarah Rumpf | Jul 26, 2016
It’s been a tough week for Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Forced out of her position as chair of the Democratic National Committee on the eve of the party’s convention in Philadelphia, she was booed and heckled at a breakfast hosted by her...
