U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., the chairman of the House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, met with Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen on Thursday and urged him to continue to investigate the IRS targeting conservative and tea party groups.

A poll released on Thursday finds former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dominating the Democratic side while former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas leads the GOP pack in Iowa, home of the first presidential caucus.

Alongside possible Republican presidential contender Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., Gov. Rick Scott, R-Fla., continued his focus on Florida ports -- and attacking the Democrat he is most likely to face in November -- on Thursday.

U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., scored two wins on Thursday with his amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) included in the bill which passed with 325 votes.

Ross launched two amendments, one ensuring military commissaries remain open and the other ensuring federal funds arent used for recreational facilities for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. Ross noted back in 2012 that reports emerged of $750,000 being used to build a soccer field for prisoners there.

Even as former Gov. Charlie Crists team demands a debate with him, Gov. Rick Scott struck back with a new website, counting the days since Crist refused to debate Democratic primary rival former Florida Senate Minority Leader Nan Rich. Scotts team released a new site on Thursday and called for Crist to debate Rich, adding the governor will debate whoever wins the Democratic primary winner in the fall.

The Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), which passed the U.S. House earlier this week and is expected to pass the U.S. Senate in the days to come, allows the expansion of Port Everglades if the Army Corps of Engineers gives the green light. To that end, Floridas two U.S. senators -- Democrat Bill Nelson and Republican Marco Rubio -- along with two South Florida Democratic congresswomen -- Lois Frankel and Debbie Wasserman Schultz -- met with Jo-Ellen Darcy, the assistant secretary of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday to talk about Port Everglades.

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., the only Florida congressman sitting on the Ways and Means Committee, called for more government accountability on Wednesday -- and he says he is not getting it from the Obama administration.

Gov. Rick Scotts team pounced on former Gov. Charlie Crist for a comment he made at the Tiger Bay Club of Central Florida on Wednesday.

You recently said that anyone who continues to support the Cuban embargo has their head in the sand, a member of the audience told Crist.

No, I didnt say that, Crist insisted.

As the other gubernatorial candidates accept and decline attending a candidate forum in Coral Gables hosted by the Florida Press Association and theFlorida Society of News Editors in early July, Libertarian nominee Adrian Wyllie said on Wednesday he would attend it if hes invited.

With Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, a woman who is 8 months pregnant, facing the death penalty in Sudan for marrying a Christian and leaving Islam to embrace her husbands faith, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., joined senators from both parties in launching a measure to condemn her pending execution.