'No Labels' Gets the Backing of Three Florida Congressmen

More than 70 members of Congress will be wearing orange lapel pins on Tuesday night when President Barack Obama offers his State of the Union address. The pins indicate support of No Labels, a group trying to push bipartisan solutions in Washington.

No Labels calls for political leaders from both parties coming together to develop goals for America that Republicans, Democrats and independents can agree on which will form the basis for a national strategic agenda -- a shared vision for the country that is a crucial step in finally breaking the cycle of gridlock and inaction in Washington and bringing about sustainable growth and prosperity.

Three congressmen from Florida -- Republican Dennis Ross and Democrats Joe Garcia and Patrick Murphy -- will be sporting the orange pins on Tuesday night. Garcia and Murphy are expected to face competitive Republican challengers in November.

"In recent years, presidents have talked about being ?uniters, not dividers,? but have never been able to deliver on that promise or told us how," said former Gov. Jon Huntsman of Utah, a co-chairman of No Labels, on Monday. Huntsman ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. "This campaign is a roadmap for how to bring a divided nation together. And it begins with political leaders like Representatives Ross, Murphy and Garcia, who are committed to working with colleagues across the aisle to look for areas of agreement."

"This is a bold call for nothing less than transforming American politics, and we're so appreciative that Representatives Ross, Murphy and Garcia have shown the courage and the leadership to help us launch this new effort," said U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., who is also co-chairing No Labels. "We believe that if both sides of the political divide can get together and develop a shared vision for this country, the hard work of policymaking will be much smoother."