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American Banker
April 27, 2018
Mulvaney accepted more than $62,000 in campaign contributions from payday lenders and their PACs when he was a congressman from South Carolina, ... For example, Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., was paid $8,000 in campaign contributions within a month of sending a letter to the CFPB expressingÃâà...
Washington Examiner
April 18, 2018
The Animal Hope and Wellness Foundation, which advocates for a ban on cat and dog meat consumption, celebrated the passage of the amendment authored by Reps. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., and Alcee Hastings, D-Fla. “This is just one small victory in our effort to ban this horrible practice in our countryÃâà...
Florida Politics (blog)
April 13, 2018
While members of the Freedom Caucus publicly tolerated Ryan, after openly feuding with his predecessor, Rep. John Boehner of .... DeSantis is in the final months as a Congressman, while mounting a campaign for Florida Governor. Murphy hails halt .... Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings said in a statement.
Sun Sentinel
April 2, 2018
Ted Deutch, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Shevrin D. Jones and Frederica Wilson this week are scheduled to attend Town Hall for Our Lives, a series of gun-control forums being presented across the country two weeks after the March for Our Lives rallies. On Twitter, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High SchoolÃâà...
Kansas City Call
January 12, 2018
Alcee Hastings of Florida. Rep. Hastings is the senior member in the House Committee on Rules. He is the ranking member on the Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process, which deals with legislation regarding relations between Congress and the Executive Branch. Congressman Hastings isÃâà...
Miami Herald
December 12, 2017
WASHINGTON The phrase “I believe the women” has become a motto for lawmakers in the wake of career-ending sexual harassment allegations against Rep. John Conyers and Sen. Al Franken. But when sexual harassment allegations against South Florida Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings from 2011Ãâà...
Sun Sentinel
December 11, 2017
A sexual harassment accusation against U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings resulted in a $220,000 lawsuit settlement — money that the congressman said should not have been paid because he did nothing wrong. The allegations about conduct that former staffer Winsome Packer said occurred from January 2008Ãâà...
Roll Call
December 8, 2017
Winsome Packer, a former staff member of a congressional commission that promotes international human rights, said in documents that the congressman touched her, made unwanted sexual advances, and threatened her job. At the time, Hastings was the chairman of the Commission on Security andÃâà...
Leader-Telegram
December 31, 1999
Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., sponsored the provision, and had a quick explanation for why. “You shouldn't be able to kill somebody's pets and eat them ... said his and other animal rights groups have been talking with Denham for months about pushing the legislation since the congressman is “one of the topÃâà...
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