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Report: Rep. Mica among top 100 recipients of natural gas funds

By | 11.14.11 | 11:22 am | More from The Florida Independent

According to a new report published by Common Cause, a nonprofit government watchdog group, Rep. John Mica, R-Winter Park, is one of the top 100 recipients of campaign funds from the natural gas industry.

As the study reports, natural gas interests have spent “more than $747 million More…

Florida Rep. touts FAA grant to his district months after shutdown

By | 10.18.11 | 6:02 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Think Progress is reporting that just months after playing a lead role in the temporary shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration, Rep. John Mica is now touting an FAA grant awarded to his district.

Blocked from using excess funds to cover costs, USPS can only watch as default deadline approaches

By | 05.06.11 | 12:30 pm

Image by Matt MahurinThe U.S. Postal Service is hurting. In April, The American Independent reported that it’s teetering on the brink of financial insolvency, with no obvious solution in sight. Unless something changes quickly, within five months, the USPS will default on its largest single financial obligation, an action that could have More…

Fellow Republicans Talk Down Bachmann From Her Census Protest

By | 07.01.09 | 1:47 pm

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) has spent several months trying to draw attention to the issue of whether the census will be fair — that is, whether it will exclude sampling and whether it will be conducted by the Department of Commerce. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-Minn.) recent and repeated claims More…

Taking Credit for the Stimulus: Republicans Reach ‘Height of Hypocrisy’

By | 02.20.09 | 10:22 am

This was inevitable.

Despite unanimous opposition from House Republicans to the Democrats’ $787 billion economic stimulus plan, members of the GOP are now cheering certain elements of the bill that will benefit their districts, The New York Times reports today.