With Wednesday being Tax Day, U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., is using the occasion to gather support for a simplified tax code, gathering online petitions to streamline federal taxes. Filing taxes is a confusing and burdensome process that we must comply with each year, Curbelo insisted on Wednesday. Too much of our time and hard-earned money is spent just on filing our tax returns. Its time we did away with this headache and simplify the tax code.

Gov. Rick Scott might not be taking sides in the race for the Republican presidential nomination but he is inviting some of the top contenders to Orlando to share their views on the economy. On Tuesday, Scotts Lets Get to Work PAC announced it would host an "Economic Growth Summit in Orlando on June 2 and some of the leading candidates for the Republican nod plan to be at the event.

The Florida Cabinet backed state CFO Jeff Atwaters proposal to recognize this week as Days of Remembrance to honor victims of Nazi Germany with Thursday as Holocaust Remembrance Day,also called Yom HaShoah. In memory of the victims of the Holocaust, in honor of its survivors, and in utmost gratitude for the risks taken by rescuers and liberators, Floridians are encouraged to use this as an occasion to rededicate themselves to the principles of human dignity and respecting individual freedoms, Atwater said.

U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., is looking to put a check on executive power with a resolution returning Article 1 powers to Congress and looking to include executive usurpation as grounds for impeachment. Despite being a fierce critic of President Barack Obama, Yoho said his proposal was not directed against the president.

On Tuesday, from his perch as chairman of the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, which oversees the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw noted federal income taxes were due on Wednesday and stressed his support of the FairTax proposal.

Conservatives at the national level cheered U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., announcing that he is considering running for the U.S. Senate in 2016 to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who is running for president.

Former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., came out swinging on Tuesday against President Barack Obamas executive action on immigration which keeps millions of illegals in the country without fear of being deported. Huckabee moved to Florida after his 2008 presidential bid and is looking at running again in 2016. On Tuesday, Huckabee released a Web video on the topic.

On Tuesday, a day after U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., announced he would run for president in 2016, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis said he is thinking about replacing him in the U.S. Senate.

Martin County School Board member Rebecca Negron announced on Tuesday that she is running for the congressional seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., who is running for the U.S. Senate.

U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, the chairman of the U.S. House National Security Subcommittee, will be leading his fellow post-9/11 congressional veterans in opposition to President Barack Obamas policies with Iran.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., threw his hat in the ring on Monday, announcing that he will run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Rubio made it official on Monday, telling George Stephanopoulos from ABC News that he was entering the presidential race.

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphys, D-Fla., team weighed in on Monday after reports emerged that U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., would announce on Monday night that he was running for president and not a second term in the Senate. Murphy announced last month he was running for the Senate regardless of what Rubio did. Sen. Marco Rubio just announced hes running for president, Josh Wolf, Murphys campaign manager, emailed supporters on Monday. That means he wont be running against Patrick Murphy for United States Senate in 2016!

Republican presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, offered kind words for U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., as the senator from Florida enters the primaries.

With U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., expected to launch a presidential bid at an event at the Freedom Tower in Miami on Monday night, conservatives and liberals from across the nation are starting to have their say on his impending campaign. Erick Erickson over at Red State urged his fellow conservatives not to underestimate Rubio, especially when compared to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who are already off and running for the Republican presidential nomination.

Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., came out swinging at former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday as she officially launched her presidential campaign. Santorum is looking at making a second try for the Republican nomination.