Rep. Alcee Hastings

Democrat  •  23rd District, Florida  •  10th Term  •  Sworn In 1993
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02/06/12
Ethics panel punts on Vern Buchanan

The House Ethics Committee will not create a special investigative subcommittee to look into allegations against Rep. Vern Buchanan ... Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.) and Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.). House insiders suspect that these cases are becoming bargaining

Source: Politico.com
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02/05/12
Is Allen West a strategic thinker or a political opportunist?

Rep. West, who rose to lieutenant colonel in the Army before ... just BARAMAcare she made them “vote so they could find out what was in it”!! Was Alcee Hastings – first Federal Judge impeached by Congress – a political opportunist?

Source: Palm Beach Post (blog)
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02/04/12
Find out how your Treasure Coast lawmakers voted this week: Feb. 5

A yes vote backed HR 1173. Rep. Bill Posey, R-15: Yes Rep. Tom Rooney, R-16: Yes Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-23: No Medicaid Cost Controls: Members rejected, 164-260, a bid by Democrats to delay the effective date of HR 1173 (above) until federal ...

Source: Jupiter Courier
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02/04/12
Find out how your Treasure Coast lawmakers voted this week: Feb. 5

A yes vote backed HR 1173. Rep. Bill Posey, R-15: Yes Rep. Tom Rooney, R-16: Yes Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-23: No Medicaid Cost Controls: Members rejected, 164-260, a bid by Democrats to delay the effective date of HR 1173 (above) until federal ...

Source: Jupiter Courier
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02/03/12
Alcee Hastings 'appalled' at Komen decision to cut off Planned Parenthood

U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar, is strongly criticizing the Susan G. Komen Foundation's decision to end funding for Planned Parenthood breast cancer preventive services, screenings, and education. "I am deeply disappointed in Komen's decision to no ..

Source: Weblogs.sun-sentinel.com
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02/02/12
Should Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Oil Spills?

...Alcee Hastings, (D-FL), introduced a bill that would abolish write-offs oil companies take on their tax returns for the costs of cleaning up their oil spills. Taxpayers have footed oil companies’ cleanup costs for decades. For instance, BP can deduct

Source: FOX Business
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02/01/12
Butterfield Applauds the Federal Communications Commission's Commitment to Reform and Expand Communications Services for Low-Income Americans

(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. G.K. Butterfield ... The letter, co-authored by Congressmen Alcee Hastings (FL-23) and Ted Deutsch (FL-19), was issued in anticipation of today's FCC rulemaking ...

Source: TMCnet
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01/31/12
Spill Cleanup? Just a Cost of Doing Business?

Today, Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-FL) introduced the "Oil Spill Tax Fairness Act" to end the practice of allowing oil companies to take tax breaks after they've caused an oil spill. The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the bill could save the

Source: Huffington Post
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01/31/12
Spill Cleanup? Just a Cost of Doing Business?

Today, Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-FL) introduced the "Oil Spill Tax Fairness Act" to end the practice of allowing oil companies to take tax breaks after they've caused an oil spill. The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the bill could save the

Source: Huffington Post
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01/31/12
Hastings: End tax break for oil spill cleanup

Big-bucks energy companies should not get a tax break for cleaning up the mess caused by oil spills as an ordinary cost of doing business, South Florida Congressman Alcee Hastings said on Tuesday. Hastings, a Democrat from Miramar, introduced a bill to ...

Source: Weblogs.sun-sentinel.com
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01/30/12
Nickajack Elementary School Counselor Named School Counselor of the Year

Patty Murray (D-WA), U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA), U.S. Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI – 6th), and U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL – 23rd).   For additional information on the American School Counselor Association, please visit www.schoolcounselor.org.

Source: Yahoo Finance
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01/26/12
With redistricting deal nearly done, 38 House members must battle it out

and would be the hometown congressman for Democrat U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, according to a Herald/Times analysis. A proposed amendment, drafted by the House staff and expected to be adopted at Friday's four-hour hearing, also tinkers with the Central .

Source: MiamiHerald.com
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01/25/12
President Obama's blueprint splits Florida officials

Marco Rubio said Obama's ideas bordered on "economic malpractice" while Democrat Alcee Hastings declared ... like creating manufacturing jobs," he said. But U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta, said where Obama promised unity, he instead delivered plans ...

Source: Palm Beach Post
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01/25/12
Blueprint splits Florida officials

Marco Rubio said Obama's ideas bordered on "economic malpractice" while Democrat Alcee Hastings declared ... like creating manufacturing jobs," he said. But U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta, said where Obama promised unity, he instead delivered ...

Source: Palm Beach Post
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01/25/12
Obama offers wish list for recovery, few answers for tackling debt

"We can't make it in America if we don't have anything that is made in America," said Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla. But Republicans said the president is neglecting the heart of the U.S. economy. "In three short years, an unprecedented explosion ...

Source: FOX News
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01/25/12
President Obama's blueprint splits Florida officials

...to capitalism. Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said Obama's ideas bordered on "economic malpractice" while Democrat Alcee Hastings declared: "No more tax breaks for the wealthiest few while those struggling to make ends meet continue to be demo

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01/25/12
Florida reacts to the SOTU

Sen. Bill Nelson: I'm really looking forward to working with a lot of my colleagues in a bipartisan way and in a civil way on some of the more specific proposals that the President outlined tonight, like creating manufacturing jobs right here and bringin

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01/25/12
Florida reacts to the SOTU

Sen. Bill Nelson : I'm really looking forward to working with a lot of my colleagues in a bipartisan way and in a civil way on some of the more specific proposals that the President outlined tonight, like creating manufacturing jobs right here and bringi

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01/23/12
Palm Beach Post investigation: What Florida lawmakers are worth

But another lawmaker who said he can prove he hasn't enriched himself in Congress is Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar. Of 435 House members, Hastings is listed at the very bottom, with a net worth of minus $4.7 million. That is because of legal debts ...

Source: Palm Beach Post
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01/18/12
Heard on the Hill: Overheard on the Hill

...fans. Have you ever wished, dear reader, that you could read about Rep. Gabrielle Giffords life in comic book form? Rep. Alcee Hastings is pushing back against a recent memoir by a drug-trafficker-turned-government-informant that claims he sold the Flor

Source: Roll Call
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01/18/12
Heard on the Hill: Chow Down for Good Cause

...fans. Have you ever wished, dear reader, that you could read about Rep. Gabrielle Giffords life in comic book form? Rep. Alcee Hastings is pushing back against a recent memoir by a drug-trafficker-turned-government-informant that claims he sold the Flor

Source: Roll Call
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01/18/12
Heard on the Hill: Tracker Vs. Allen West

...fans. Have you ever wished, dear reader, that you could read about Rep. Gabrielle Giffords life in comic book form? Rep. Alcee Hastings is pushing back against a recent memoir by a drug-trafficker-turned-government-informant that claims he sold the Flor

Source: Roll Call
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01/17/12
U.S. Interior Dept. to python importers: no more snakes on the plane -- or boat

"The half-measure announced by the Obama Administration today will not do nearly enough to protect the Everglades and the surrounding ecosystems," said U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney ... R-Plantation, and Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar, supported the Obama ...

Source: Palm Beach Post
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01/17/12
U.S. Interior Dept. to python importers: no more snakes on the plane -- or boat

"The half-measure announced by the Obama Administration today will not do nearly enough to protect the Everglades and the surrounding ecosystems," said U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney ... R-Plantation, and Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar, supported the Obama ...

Source: Palm Beach Post
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01/17/12
U.S. Interior Dept. to python importers: no more snakes on the plane -- or boat

"The half-measure announced by the Obama Administration today will not do nearly enough to protect the Everglades and the surrounding ecosystems," said U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney ... R-Plantation, and Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar, supported the Obama ...

Source: Palm Beach Post
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01/17/12
HOH's One-Minute Recess: Conservative Rockers Rolling Into Capitol Hill Club

...fans. Have you ever wished, dear reader, that you could read about Rep. Gabrielle Giffords life in comic book form? Rep. Alcee Hastings is pushing back against a recent memoir by a drug-trafficker-turned-government-informant that claims he sold the Flor

Source: Roll Call
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01/17/12
The Romney Tax Rate Debate Begins

...Bengals fans. Have you ever wished, dear reader, that you could read about Rep. Gabrielle Giffords life in comic book form? Rep. Alcee Hastings is pushing back against a recent memoir by a drug-trafficker-turned-government-informant that claims he sold

Source: Roll Call
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01/17/12
Office of Congressional Ethics: ‘Probable Cause’ to Believe Rep. Hastings Sexually Harassed JW Client Winsome Packer

...week brought a stunning development in Judicial Watch’s efforts to hold Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) accountable for sexually harassing Winsome Packer when they were both involved in the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, known as th

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01/15/12
Ethics panel: More review needed in Hastings case

The House Ethics Committee said Wednesday it needs more time to consider sexual harassment allegations against Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., but released a report in which the alleged victim detailed a pattern of sexually suggestive remarks and ...

Source: Seattle Times
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01/15/12
Heard on the Hill: A Ros-Lehtinen Family Reunion

...fans. Have you ever wished, dear reader, that you could read about Rep. Gabrielle Giffords life in comic book form? Rep. Alcee Hastings is pushing back against a recent memoir by a drug-trafficker-turned-government-informant that claims he sold the Flor

Source: Roll Call
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Official website: http://alceehastings.house.gov/
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2353 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-1313
Fax: 202-225-1171

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