A Senate committee Wednesday approved two claims bills that are priorities of Senate President Mike Haridopolos -- but a renewed lobbying battle looms about a proposal to award more than $15 million to a Broward County man.

The Senate Rules Committee voted 9-1 to move forward with SB 4, which calls for the Broward County sheriff's office to pay $15.575 million to Eric Brody, who suffered debilitating injuries in a 1998 car accident with a sheriff's deputy.

Allegations of tragic sexual abuse of children have recently sparked discussions and debates at all levels surrounding this destructive and unfathomable crime.

Now that Occupy Wall Street protesters have been rousted from New York City's Zuccotti Park, they could turn up the heat on Capitol Hill, where some of the other "1 percent" work.

A new book, "Throw Them All Out," details how senators and members of Congress cash in on insider trading, parlaying information gleaned behind closed doors into personal profits.

The election of Barack Obama, we were told, would bring new respect and friendship for America in the world.

Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has been on Washingtons center stage this week, pushing a compromise jobs bill that he is backing with a Democratic senator -- but also lashing out at President Barack Obamas record on the economy.

Rubio joined up with U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., on Tuesday to introduce the American Growth, Recovery, Empowerment and Entrepreneurship Act and they spoke for the measure on the Senate floor on Wednesday.

In an almost miraculous twist to the Republican presidential contest, Mitt Romney is converting Christian conservatives to his side in Florida. It's an eye-popping development since many on the religious right consider Romney neither Christian nor particularly conservative.

Tuesday night, The Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute will team up to host the nations next presidential debate -- this one focused solely on foreign policy and national defense because the next U.S. president in 2013 and beyond is certain to face a slew of deeply significant foreign policy challenges.