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With a new primary challenger jumping in the race, last week, U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., showcased his efforts to help return money to constituents. Webster announced that, so far in 2021, his office has...

In 2021 alone, Webster’s office has gotten $1,566,404 returned to constituents.

Insisting he is the most conservative member of the Florida Legislature, Sabatini stressed his support of former President Donald Trump.

Abbott’s attempts to blame the power outages on alternative energy and trying to shift the conversation to bemoaning the Green New Deal is all hat and no cattle. The GOP has been in charge of Texas since George W. Bush sent Ann Richards into retirement back in 1994. Alternative energy sources simply have not made much ground in deep red, oil-rich Texas.

U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., the lead Republicans on the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, named his subcommittee chairs, including Webster, on Monday.

Florida won’t get its own presidential debate until October 15 in Miami, but the initial contest in Ohio is going to set the tone.

First elected to Congress in 2010 after decades on the Florida political stage--including being the first Republican since Reconstruction to serve as speaker of the state House--Webster weighed in on his efforts for veterans this week. 

Last week, “Sabato’s Crystal Ball” from the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics ranked the possible candidates to be Biden’s understudy and Demings came in second, behind only U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., while U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s, D-Minn., chances fade after the national attention paid to police policies after George Floyd’s death garnered national attention and protests.

“With the identity of the Democratic standard-bearer unknown, Mr. Schumer has begun to ponder ways of uniting the party behind whoever that person might be: The Senate leader is particularly focused on the idea of nominating an African-American woman for vice president, mulling names like Senator Kamala Harris of California, Stacey Abrams of Georgia and Representative Val Demings of Florida, according to people who have spoken with Mr. Schumer,” the Times reported. 

After the Legislature passed the budget on Saturday, DeSantis had cause for celebration. Most of his agenda--including expanding school choice--sailed through the Legislature.

Having turned 70 last month, Webster has been on the Florida political stage for almost four decades. First elected to the Florida House in 1980, Webster helped lead GOP efforts to take power in Tallahassee.

This week, even as the national debt reached the $22 trillion mark, U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., doubled down on his efforts to reduce federal spending, showcasing his efforts by returning part of his congressional salary.