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Posted 05/21/2013JMI EMAIL May 17, 2013: “If men were angels…”
Posted 05/17/2013Friends, Exposure of the scandal at the Internal Revenue Service, which targeted conservative groups, is a reminder of how America’s distrust of granting too much power to the government is deeply rooted in our national ethos and goes back to our nation’s founding. After the Revolutionary War, Americans were restless. The new …
May 21: JMI’s Madison Movie Nights presents My Suitcase Full of Hope
Posted 05/14/2013RSVP: http://mmn-mysuitcasefullofhope.eventbrite.com Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/170590179769581/
2013 JMI Summary of Key Legislation
Posted 05/13/2013Table of Contents: (Click on titles for full summary) EDUCATION: HB 867 (SB 862)/FAILED: Relating to Parent Empowerment in Education by Rep. Trujillo (Sen. Stargel) SB 1076 / SIGNED by Governor: Relating to K-20 Education by Sen. Legg SB 1108 (HB 465) / SENT to Governor: Relating to Exceptional Student Education by Sen. Gardiner (Rep. …
EMAIL: 2013 FL Legislative Session Breakdown from JMI
Posted 05/10/20132013 Florida Legislative Session Breakdown A summary of many of the public policy decisions made in 2013, where they stand and what they’ll mean for Florida. Another Florida Legislative Session has come and gone… Headquartered in Florida’s Capital City, The James Madison Institute (JMI) team knows Tallahassee still hums after the Sine Die …
The Florida Courier: Florida won’t use money for ‘Obamacare’
Posted 05/09/2013As the Florida Legislature’s latest session came to a close, Democrats renewed a call for a special session to expand health care coverage to cover more uninsured Floridians. Legislators adjourned last week without passing legislation that had been filed that would have either used federal money to extend coverage to more than a million people …
Pensacola News-Journal: Prize-winning journalist to address Economics Club
Posted 05/09/2013Pulitzer Prize winner Robert F. Sanchez will speak to the Gulf Coast Economics Club next week on how the Affordable Care Act will impact Florida in 2014. Now with the James Madison Institute in Tallahassee, Sanchez is a former Miami Herald Editorial Page writer, listed in Who’s Who in America, and is a multi-award winner …
InsiderOnline: The Freedom Movement Huddles in Orlando
Posted 05/05/2013Sen. Jim DeMint offered what we’d like to think is a fittingly optimistic appraisal of The Heritage Foundation’s annual Resource Bank meeting. “All the pieces are here to win this battle,” DeMint told an audience of some 500 think tank leaders, activists, scholars, and journalists. This group—all part of the movement to return the United …
NorthEscambia.com: Going, Going, Gone: Bills Die At End Of Session
Posted 05/05/2013State lawmakers had a week-long funeral for proposals to expand health coverage to tens of thousands of low-income Floridians. But as the legislative session ended Friday, piles of other bills met the same fate. The House, for example, let die a Senate proposal that would have given motorists a break on their vehicle-registration fees. The …
SaintPetersblog: James Madison Institute praises House for holding ground on health reform
Posted 05/05/2013By Karen Cyphers on May 4, 2013 To James Madison Institute president and CEO Dr. Bob McClure, House leaders deserve credit for refusing to be rushed into expanding Medicaid this Session. “With some PPACA supporters in Congress now referring to the federal government’s implementation of the health care law as a ‘train wreck,’ this is …
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- JMI's 2013 Boys State Program
(Jul 11) - Women in Government | JMI & Girls State
Florida State University | HCB 101 (Jun 17) - Madison Movie Nights Showing: My Suitcase Full of Hope
Free Event at The Columns 100 N. Duval St. Tallahassee, FL 32301 (May 21) - JMI's Bob Sanchez Speaks to Gulf Coast Economic Club
New World Landing - Pensacola, FL (May 15)
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