Grayson Bakich

4 days ago | floridianpress.com | Grayson Bakich

Representative Greg Steube (R-FL) has introduced legislation to dismantle the Presidential Election Campaign Fund (PECF), which he called "a relic of the past."The PECF was established in the 1970s and is drawn from $3 donations made by tax filers. As the Tax Policy Center noted, the number of taxpayers choosing to contribute $3 to presidential campaign funds has continually declined since the fund's establishment, with just 3% of filers in 2023 putting money into the PECF. As a result, Rep.

4 days ago | cactuspolitics.com | Grayson Bakich

The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has temporarily permitted the continuation of the US military’s recent policy of banning transgender individuals from joining the military. A recent SCOTUS ruling enables the Department of Defense (DOD) to continue prohibiting the entry of transgender individuals into the military despite a district court decision invalidating the policy.

6 days ago | floridianpress.com | Grayson Bakich

Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) spearheaded a recent letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi urging the declassification of files related to infamous sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. In February, Bondi released a small amount of information about Epstein, but it contained little that was not already known to the public. Rep.

1 week ago | floridianpress.com | Grayson Bakich

Representative Randy Fine (R-FL) has introduced legislation combating the surge in antisemitism seen on college campuses ever since the October 7th, 2023, terror attack in Israel and ensuing war against Hamas. Specifically, Rep. Fine's Preventing Antisemitic Harassment on Campus Act, which Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced in the Senate, amends the Civil Rights Act of 1965 to include the prohibition of antisemitism in federally funded programs, with defunding a potential punishment for failure.

1 week ago | cactuspolitics.com | Grayson Bakich

Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) has introduced a bipartisan bill to expand access to high-speed internet across America. The Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act does this by having the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) require edge and broadband providers to contribute to the Universal Service Fund (USF), which helps subsidize the provision of communications services to low-income and high-cost areas.