Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi filed to run for a second term on Monday.

Officially filed for re-elect this morning," Bondi posted on Twitter. Looking forward to continuing working hard and serving the people of Florida!

Bondi joins fellow Florida Republicans state CFO Jeff Atwater and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam in filing to run for a second term. So far Bondi is the only candidate in the race.

On Friday, U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., joined up with U.S. Rep. Todd Young, R-Ind., to unveil a bill looking to change the definition of full-time employment under the federal health-care law signed by President Barack Obama. Under the law, employees who work 30 or more hours are eligible for the federal program. Rooneys and Youngs bill would change that definition to 40 hours.

Rooney insisted that many businesses were forced to cut part-time workers hours due to this provision of the law.

Calling the show an American institution, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich wrote supporters over the weekend on CNNs plans to relaunch Crossfire -- with the former Republican presidential candidate as one of the hosts.

On Friday, U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., introduced a bill which would require the FBI to investigate specific groups or individuals and forces the NSA to limit collecting information to groups and people being investigated. Ross made it clear that his bill, which he dubbed the Relevancy Act, was a response to the FBI ordering Verizon to send all its caller information over to the NSA,

U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., who represents much of the Panhandle in Congress, weighed in on the IRS giving out bonuses to employees despite the current scandals swirling around the agency. Miller sent out a message to constituents last week in which he slammed the IRS:

With Vice President Joe Biden presiding over the chamber, the U.S. Senate passed the immigration reform bill backed by the Gang of Eight. Both of Floridas two senators -- Democrat Bill Nelson and Republican Marco Rubio -- supported the bill. The final vote was 68-32.

Om Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott announced SIMTEC will be moving its international headquarters from Madison, Wis., to Miramar.

Former Congressman Allen West has opened the door in recent days to a political comeback in 2016. His Allen West Guardian PAC is having an online straw poll for Republican presidential hopefuls in 2016 but the Florida Republican did not include himself as one of the contenders.

Washington is broken and it's time we said enough is enough, West wrote supporters. The moment to restore our liberty and fight for the principles and values this country was founded on is right now.

Relating his familys history and invoking the Statue of Liberty and the biblical Exodus, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., closed on his immigration reform bill in a speech on the Senate floor on Thursday afternoon.

No one should dispute that, like every sovereign nation, we have a right to control who comes in, Rubio said. But unlike other countries, we are not afraid of people coming in from other places. Instead, inspired by our Judeo-Christian principles, we Americans have seen the stranger and invited them in.

Michael Levi from the Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) will be the keynote speaker at the 2013 Florida Energy Summit, state Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam announced on Thursday.

Michael Levi is a great addition to the lineup for the 2013 Florida Energy Summit, said Putnam. The summit will be an opportunity for Floridas energy stakeholders to hear from this national expert on what the sweeping changes in this countrys energy policies and resources will mean for the future of Florida.