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Florida GOP Rep. Ross Spano is under criminal investigation by the Justice Dept.
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John Bresnahan ✔ @BresPolitico
NEW - Florida GOP Rep. Ross Spano is under criminal investigation by the Justice Dept., per a release from the House Ethics Committee. The Ethics Cmte had been pursuing the matter following a probe by the Office of Congressional Ethics, but DOJ has asked the House to defer
5:14 PM - Nov 14, 2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Spano
Vincent Ross Spano (born July 16, 1966) is an American Republican politician currently serving as the U.S. Representative from Florida's 15th congressional district. He was first elected to Congress in the 2018 elections.
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Tenure
During Spano's election to the House of Representatives in 2018, he loaned his campaign more than $100,000 from what he reported as personal funds - a move that drew media attention as financial disclosures forms filed by Ross Spano indicated that he did not have the necessary funds to loan himself the reported amount. Later reporting revealed that he had in fact been lent the money by personal friends.
In December 2018, Ross Spano admitted in a news release that his campaign financing "may have been in violation of the Federal Campaign Finance Act".
A separate funding controversy occurred when Ross Spano reported receiving only $1 in small donations in the first quarter of 2019 - an unexpectedly small amount. A spokesman for Spano later admitted that the donation came from the Spano campaign itself, with the statement that "“The $1 donation was a test to ensure our systems were working post-swearing in."
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Positions
LGBT rights
In 2019, Spano voted against the Equality Act, a bill that would expand the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. He said the legislation would infringe on religious freedom.
Spano gained widespread attention when he quoted civil rights leader Coretta Scott King to explain his opposition to the Equality Act, which would outlaw discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity; King was a leading supporter of LGBT rights.
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Vincent Ross Spano (born July 16, 1966) is an American Republican politician currently serving as the U.S. Representative from Florida's 15th congressional district. He was first elected to Congress in the 2018 elections.
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Tenure
During Spano's election to the House of Representatives in 2018, he loaned his campaign more than $100,000 from what he reported as personal funds - a move that drew media attention as financial disclosures forms filed by Ross Spano indicated that he did not have the necessary funds to loan himself the reported amount. Later reporting revealed that he had in fact been lent the money by personal friends.
In December 2018, Ross Spano admitted in a news release that his campaign financing "may have been in violation of the Federal Campaign Finance Act".
A separate funding controversy occurred when Ross Spano reported receiving only $1 in small donations in the first quarter of 2019 - an unexpectedly small amount. A spokesman for Spano later admitted that the donation came from the Spano campaign itself, with the statement that "“The $1 donation was a test to ensure our systems were working post-swearing in."
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Positions
LGBT rights
In 2019, Spano voted against the Equality Act, a bill that would expand the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. He said the legislation would infringe on religious freedom.
Spano gained widespread attention when he quoted civil rights leader Coretta Scott King to explain his opposition to the Equality Act, which would outlaw discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity; King was a leading supporter of LGBT rights.
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Another Repug dick...
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