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Nelson joins push to end subsidies given to Big Oil |
Nelson backing federal elections proposal capping voting waits at one hour |
by Dara Kam
February 12th, 2013
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WASHINGTON - Reacting to Floridians who stood in line for up to eight hours before casting their ballots last year, Florida U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is pushing a measure that would set a national goal of a maximum of a one-hour wait at any polling place during federal elections.
Read more here.
Watch Nelson's comments here.
Read the legislation here. |
Nelson tries out simulator for training drone pilots |
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Photo: Senate Staff |
| U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson gets ready to try the simulator for flying an unmanned helicopter drone at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
The nation's policy on the use of drones has been at the center of a national debate recently. Read more here. |
Senator Bill Nelson supports USF scientists continuing their investigation into the Dozier school |
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Photo: Senate Staff |
From left, Dr. Erin Kimmerle with USF, Ovell Krell, whose brother died at the reform school, and Nelson look at aerial photos of the school grounds. |
TAMPA, Fla - The probe into the deaths of numerous boys at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna must continue, according to U.S. Senator Bill Nelson.
Anthropologists and archeologists have examined historical documents, used ground-penetrating radar, analyzed soil samples and performed excavations at the now defunct school to uncovered the 50 unmarked graves. The researches also found that more deaths occurred at the school. They uncovered 98 deaths of boys between ages 6-18 in the years 1914 through 1973.
Read more here.
Read a New York Times report here.
See USF's report here.
Read Nelson's letter to the Justice Department here, and to Gov. Scott here.
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Nelson backing bipartisan immigration reform plan |
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Photo: Senate Staff |
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) at a news conference in Orlando said he backed the principles set forth by a group of bipartisan senators as a framework to overhaul the nation's immigration system. "It would be unreasonable to try to deport 11 million people," he said. "We'd ruin our economy."
Read more here.
Watch Nelson's Senate remarks here.
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Nelson goes on python hunt in Everglades |
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| Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commissioner Ron Bergeron and Nelson hunt for pythons in the Everglades. Read more here. |
Nelson begins third term in U.S. Senate |
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| Nelson, his wife Grace and Vice President Joe Biden in the Old Senate Chamber. |
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson was sworn in for a third term and is expected to play a key role in major decisions affecting senior citizens in the next six-year term.
The Florida Democrat will become chair of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. Fighting abuse, including financial scams, will be among his priorities as head of the panel.
During his re-election campaign, Nelson discussed the need for more bipartisanship and civility in politics. He reaffirmed his commitment to working with Republicans, Democrats and Independents on the panel to advance causes important to America's growing number of senior citizens.
Read more here. |
Former U.S. Marine released by Mexican authorities |
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A former U.S. Marine has been released
from a prison in Mexico where he had been held without action since
August on a questioned gun charge.
Nelson is among a handful of elected officials who had pressed the Mexican
government hard for the former Marine's freedom.
Read more here.
See video of Nelson's comments here.
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Nelson greets former NBA star |
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Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) hosted a former basketball pro in his Capitol Hill office on Wednesday.
Nelson met with former National Basketball Association player Alonzo Mourning to discuss protecting Medicare funding.
Read more here.
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