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First Coast ConnectTed Cruz upset Donald Trump in last night’s first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses in a surprise victory.On the Democrats’ side, Hillary Clinton wins a narrow…
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First Coast ConnectThe results of a new poll released this week by the Florida Times-Union show Donald Trump and Ted Cruz leading the field of Republican presidential…
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Even though outsider candidates are leading in national polls, the Duval County Republican Party is keen on supporting a more established presidential…
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After the second Republican presidential debate, the Duval County GOP is lacking consensus on who should win the party’s nomination for president.Almost…
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After a dramatic night, senators voted unanimously to move ahead. Democrats control the Senate. They plan to strip a House bill of a provision that defunds Obamcare. The Senate would then send the bill back to the House, setting up another cliff-hanger that could end with a government shutdown.
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About six hours into his filibuster, Sen. Ted Cruz said he wanted to read his daughters a bedtime story. Cruz was trying to delay debate on a measure that removes a provision in a House bill that funds the government but defunds Obamacare.
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If the "defund Obamacare" strategy leads to a shutdown that backfires on Republicans in a big way, Cruz may find a relative lack of Washington Republicans willing to provide him with much, if any, political cover.