U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., the chairman of the House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, took to the House floor on Monday night to shepherd $341 million in cuts to the IRS included in the Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill. The House is expected to vote on the proposal later this week.

Crenshaw pointed to recent problems with the IRS as he looks to gut it.

U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., continued to call on the Obama administration on Monday to cut off funding to the Palestinian government as tensions continue to rise in the Middle East.

Former Gov. Charlie Crist has been bending over backward as he tries to woo over his new party and now he is taking a page from two of the leading Democrats of the first half of the 20th century -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt and longtime Gov. Al Smith, D-N.Y., who was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1928. Despite spending most of his political life as a Republican, Crist is the favorite for the Democratic nomination to challenge Gov. Rick Scott in November.

Gov. Rick Scott announced on Monday that Advanced IT Concepts Inc. (AITC) is expanding its headquarters in Seminole County leading to 50 new jobs in the Winter Springs facility over the next five years.

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the chairwoman of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, met Israels Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer at the end of last week. After the meeting, Ros-Lehtinen pledged to continue to support Israel in its fight with Hamas and urged President Barack Obama to do the same.

From his perch on the U.S. House Science, Space and Technology Committee, U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fla., teamed up with U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., to introduce a bill last week to increase opportunities for the private sector to explore and mine asteroids. The two congressmen unveiled the American Space Technology for Exploring Resource Opportunities in Deep Space (ASTEROIDS) Act of 2014 on Thursday.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a possible candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, turned up the heat on former U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton, the leading contender for the Democratic nomination. Appearing on Hugh Hewitts national radio talk show, Rubio insisted he could beat Clinton in 2016 and criticized her record at the State Department.

"Multiple people can beat her, Rubio told Hewitt. Hillary Clinton is not unbeatable.

U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., introduced the Drone Reform Act (DRA) on Friday, teaming up with prominent members of the liberty movement and leading Democrats to back the bill ensuring all authority on armed drones stays with the Department of Defense (DOD).

After winning two NBA titles and losing two finals in four years for the Miami Heat, LeBron James, the best basketball player in the world, is headed back to the Cleveland Cavaliers where he started his career. James talked to Lee Jenkins of Sports Illustrated who has the details.

With James out of the mix, the Heat now have to pick up the pieces, including determining what they do with free agent Chris Bosh who has been flirting with joining the Houston Rockets.