On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., expressed his opposition to the federal budget deal agreed on by President Barack Obama and the GOP leadership in charge of Congress. 

The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) launched a new Web video on Wednesday, taking aim at former U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton, the favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination. 

Running for the Republican nod to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., cheered Florida’s sanctions against Iran on Tuesday. 

Gov. Rick Scott is calling for almost $23 million in additional funding for the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF).

Pointing to the death of University of Central Florida (UCF) student Chloe Arenas last year, state Sen. Darren Soto, D-Orlando, and state Rep. Rene “Coach P” Plasencia, R-Orlando, filed a bill to mandate the  Florida Department of Transportation create guard rails where state roads border bodies of water where drivers have gone off the road and drowned over the last decade. 

On Tuesday, the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) named a new legislative director.  

While he did not call out former U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton by name, U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., the chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, insisted the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was facing major problems. 

Conservative PAC Maggie’s List endorsed Tallahassee attorney Mary Thomas for the Republican nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, D-Fla.

On Friday, at a U.S. House Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee hearing, U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., highlighted fraud targeting seniors. 

U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., came out swinging at former U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton, the favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination, accusing her of downplaying the problems at the VA when she appeared on MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow's Show” on Friday night.