U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., went to bat for U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, on Thursday, sending an email to supporters about his Senate allys new book.

Im writing to you about an eye-opening new book by my friend and fellow conservative, Sen. Mike Lee, Rubio wrote. Its called 'Our Lost Constitution and it tells the dramatic behind-the-scenes stories of the heroes who inspired and wrote our Constitution, as well as the villains of history who have defied and ignored so many parts of it.

College students from Florida will now be able to attend the College of Coastal Georgia and receive in-state tuition for the next three academic years as long as they remain continously enrolled. The main campus is in Brunswick.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) continues to showcase former Miami-Dade Democratic Chairwoman Annette Taddeos far-from-stellar start to her campaign against U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla.

On Thursday, the NRCC launched a website full of GIFs, highlighting Taddeos past electoral defeats, living outside the district, canceling a radio appearance due to being tired and claiming to be middle class despite a $1.25 million home and being worth $5.7 million.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is expected to launch a bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday at an event in Miami and, on Thursday, he set up a super-PAC to help his White House ambitions.

Calling it the most important issue I have ever worked on in 30 years of advocacy, John Stemberger, the president of Florida Family Action, rallied social and religious conservatives against a proposal to allow same-sex couples to adopt children in Florida. The Senate is expected to vote on the issue later on Wednesday.

Even as the two chambers of the Florida Legislature struggle to reconcile their budget differences--which are more than $4 billion--Florida TaxWatch released a report on Wednesday looking at some of the tax cut proposals in play. Florida TaxWatch continued to support Gov. Rick Scotts cuts to cell phone and TV service taxes and urged the House to support killing the manufacturing sales tax.

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., one of the leading congressional Republicans on foreign affairs, slammed the Obama administration on Tuesday after national reports that it was going to remove Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism (SST) list.

As expected, on Tuesday, Republican candidates Paul Renner and Cyndi Stevenson easily won open Florida House seats in special elections mandated by former Rep. Travis Hutson and former Rep. Doc Renuart running for an open Florida Senate seat. The two new House members will take their new seats starting on Wednesday, keeping them for the GOP majority.

Im proud to welcome Representatives Renner and Stevenson to the Florida House, said House Speaker Steve Crisafulli, R-Merritt Island. I look forward to the addition of their voices to our already strong Republican majority.

From his perch on the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., applauded the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for raising the Medicare Advantage reimbursement rate from 0.9 percent to 1.25 percent next year.

Americans for Prosperity's (AFP) Florida chapter offered support to Gov. Rick Scott after he expressed major hesitation in accepting federal funds to expand Medicaid.