Bill Nelson

Immediately following a memorial for the third anniversary of the BP oil spill, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson stopped to make comments on the developing news regarding the Boston Marathon bombers. “I want to know are affiliated with any international terrorist groups,” Nelson said.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]Read Full Story

– Basking in attention from Democrats who see him as their best hope of winning the governorship next year, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson delivered an indictment Friday of policies emanating from the state capital – while insisting he has no intention of running.Read Full Story

As two more Democratic Senators came out this week in support of same-sex marriage, Florida's Bill Nelson was continuing to stand on an increasingly smaller island. With Pennsylvania's Bob Casey and Delaware's Tom Carper evolving on the issue, Nelson was one of just seven Senate Democrats still clinging to the notion that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]Read Full Story

US Senator Bill Nelson endorsed gay marriage on Thursday, shifting the chamber in favor of rights for same-sex couples. Nelson, a Democrat from Florida, became the 51st lawmaker in the 100-seat Senate to support gay unions, the latest in a string of lawmakers to change their position on the sensitive political issue. In a statement to the Tampa Bay Times he quoted the Declaration of Independence, saying “if we are endowed by our creator with rights, then why shouldn’t those be attainable by...Read Full Story

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., said Friday in Fort Lauderdale he has “no plans” to run for governor next year, but declined to give a Shermanesque statement flatly declaring it’s something he wouldn’t do.Read Full Story