Flying flag at half-staff honors military dead
Take Our Poll It’s a tradition normally reserved for presidents, senators and high court justices. But it also is an honor that can be bestowed on soldiers who die in combat. In Florida, however,...
View ArticleCan the IOU party win?
Take Our Poll Congressional District 19 candidates, Jim McCormick (speaking), Ed Lynch (center) and Ted Deutch (far right). Three candidates are running in Tuesday’s U.S. House 19 special election....
View ArticleApprove budget deal?
Ted Deutch and Alcee Hastings The House is supposed to vote Wednesday or perhaps Thursday on the budget deal that prevented a government shutdown at midnight Friday. The Senate will vote after the...
View ArticleShould Congress tackle the deficit with spending cuts alone?
Automatic, across-the-board cuts of $1.2 trillion over 10 years will kick in on March 1 if, as seems increasingly likely, Democrats and Republicans fail to agree on a deal to avoid them.Reps. Ted...
View ArticleIs a 1.5 percent Social Security COLA too small?
The federal government has predicted that the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2014 will be 1.5 percent.Seniors in Palm Beach Gardens protest the possible change to a chained CPI. (Palm...
View ArticleShould there be more transparency requirements for foreign workers?
Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton, and Rep. Lois Frankel, D-West Palm Beach, chat before the start the of immigration reform roundtable discussion at the Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth in April...
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