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Ticking away the moments So here we are yet again 55 days of the annual Florida Legislature session gone and just five days of wall-to-wall action left.
Different from the rest It’s been an extremely odd session by all accounts as the Capitol has remain largely closed and a fair amount of deal-making was probably done in nearby restaurants and bars rather than the nearly-silent halls.
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Cedric Richmond-backed Troy Carter will fill Louisiana s vacant House seat after special election win
Louisiana State Sen. Troy Carter defeated fellow Democrat and state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson (no relation) in a special election in the state s 2nd congressional district to fill the U.S. House seat vacated by former Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.), who s now a senior adviser to President Biden. Carter had Richmond s backing, as well as the support of top leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus,
Carter also sought Republican votes during his campaign because the Black-majority district is safely Democratic, leaving GOP voters without a candidate of their own in the runoff. Peterson, who
Biden s 100-day approval ratings solid but heavily partisan
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President Biden is drawing mostly favorable reviews as he nears his 100th day in office, new polls show. But the surveys still suggest there s a deep partisan divide across the United States.
A CBS News/YouGov poll found that 58 percent of Americans approve of Biden s job overall, while a
Washington Post/ABC News poll pegs the figure at a similar, but slightly less rosy 52 percent. Both surveys registered low marks for Biden among Republicans who approved of Biden s job at a 16 percent and 13 percent clip, respectively. In terms of the CBS poll, that s a slight improvement from former President Donald Trump s approval among Democrats at his 100-day mark, but it s well below the opposing party numbers for former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, highlighting the increased polarization in the country.
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