Bill Nelson implores Senate: ‘move beyond a politics that aims not just to defeat but to destroy’

Author: Steve Contorno / Source: Tampa Bay Times

Say no to off-shore drilling, protect Social Security and Medicare, make it easier to vote and find common ground with each other.

That’s the message Sen. Bill Nelson had Monday for the colleagues he’ll soon leave behind.

Addressing the Senate for the first time since losing his re-election bid to Republican Gov. Rick Scott, the Democratic Senator reiterated much of what he said in a concession message last week to supporters.

But he added a call for the next Senate — and its next Senator — to protect Florida’s environment and its coastline from pollution.

“I have seen the blue brilliance of the Earth from the…

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