Two members of the Florida congressional delegation rounded up more than 70 congressional representatives urging the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) increase access as congressional staffers want to help clear the VA’s backlog.
Trying to catch businessman Donald Trump before Saturday’s South Carolina primary, two U.S. senators running for the Republican presidential nomination--Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida--are increasingly attacking each other.
Conservative leader Pat Mooney is running for Congress, joining a crowded Republican primary in Northeast Florida.
A proposal that would allow people to bring guns into airport terminals, but not through federal security screening, has taken off in the Senate amid turbulence from aviation officials.
The measure (SB 1500), narrowly approved along party lines in the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, would allow people with concealed-weapons licenses to continue carrying sidearms in the areas of airports that are before passengers go through the security-screening process.
Legislation to ban the practice of balance billing continues to weave its way through the Florida Legislature Tuesday, when the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee approved the proposal by a unanimous vote.
Former state Sen. Rod Smith is expected to make a political comeback in 2016 as he sets his sights on returning to Tallahassee.
U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., who is running for the U.S. Senate this year, announced on Tuesday his plan to take a state law helping disabled drivers at gas stations to the national level and he has the support of a former presidential candidate.
Pointing to international concerns about the spread of the Zika virus, U.S. Rep. Curt Clawson, R-Fla., has three proposals to help the U.S. ready for it.
From muck removal to paying for a dolphin pool or beef advertising, the House and Senate have a lot to hash out as they negotiate a roughly $80 billion spending plan for next year.
The Senate last week approved a package (SB 2500) that stands at $80.97 billion, while the House's spending plan (HB 5001) comes in at $79.98 billion.
Republican presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, took off the gloves on Monday and tore into each other.
