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Vote Spotter App Report: Palm Harbor, FloridaThe "Vote Spotter" app provided the partisan affiliation and voting record on key legislation results for congressional members of the U.S. House and Senate for Palm Harbor, Florida shown in Tables 1 and 2 respectively below (the Vote Spotter app did not indicate that any of the Floridian congressmen sponsored or co-sponsored any legislation).

House of Representatives

Voting Record on Key Legislation

Gus Bilirakis

Republican

HB 5946 (exempts Olympic prizes from taxes)

HB 5931 (prohibits prisoner release payments to Iran)

HB 3438 (allows delay of expensive regulations)

HB 3590 (keep income tax deductions from medical expenses)

Yes: HB 5461 (requires report on Iranian officials' assets)

Table 2 -- U.S. Senate

Partisan Affiliation

Voting Record on Key Legislation

Bill Nelson

Democrat

Yes: SB 2040 (override the veto of legislation allowing terrorism lawsuits)

Yes: U.S. Senate Joint resolution (support sale of military equipment to Saudi Arabia)

No: SB 3100 (removes federal funding from "sanctuary cities")

No: SB 2193 (increases penalties for illegal reentry into the country)

Marco Rubio

Republican

Yes:...

Gus Bilirakis' Web site, the rationale in support of the congressman's support of HB 5931 and HB 5461 was based in large part to the growing threat represented by ISIS (What is the strategy for ISIS? 3). The congressman does not explain his rationale in support of other recent legislation (including the exemption of Olympic prizes from taxes, allowing delay of expensive regulations and keeping income tax deductions from medical expenses).
The State of Florida has one of the largest immigrant populations of any state and voters are worried about the impact of these foreigners on jobs and their security (Mendoza 11). This legislation in particular appears to be intended to tap into this fear to the benefit of its supporters rather than having any particular benefits for constituents. In this regard, a post by Senator Rubio on his official Web site emphasizes that, "Marco opposes President Obama's attempts to close the…

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