House Majority Leader Carlos Lopez-Cantera, R-Miami, responded to a memo released earlier on Monday from Democratic House Leader Ron Saunders of Key West on budgetary exercises being held in House subcommittees this week.
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By Kevin Derby
Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio reached out across the aisle to file an amendment with Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey to prevent the expansion of direct flights to the four nations that are listed as state sponsors of terrorism -- Iran, Sudan, Syria and Cuba.
By Kevin Derby
Florida Republican U.S. Rep. David Rivera said on Monday that he was opposed to President Barack Obamas proposed $3.7 trillion budget set for FY 2012.
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Rush Limbaugh may have the most plausible explanation for Jeb Bush's dismal showing in a hypothetical race against President Barack Obama.
A new poll from Fox News shows Obama routing the former Florida governor 54-34 in a 2012 matchup. The results puzzled those who assume Bush the Younger could be a strong GOP contender ... if he would only run.
But conservative radio talk-show host Limbaugh dissed Bush on Monday, saying the former governor's squishiness on immigration and social issues doesn't inspire the Republican base.
By Kevin Derby
House Democratic Leader Ron Saunders of Key West sent a memo to his caucus on Monday, arguing that budgetary exercises being launched this week in subcommittees by the Republican majority were premature.
This week, Republican House appropriation subcommittees will call on individual members to identify 15 percent across-the-board spending cuts throughout state agencies. While I urge you to remain active in committee debate, I am skeptical of the exercises and I do not encourage your participation, wrote Saunders.
By Kevin Derby
Two conservatives who are both weighing a run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 took aim at the budget proposed by President Barack Obama on Monday.
The White House finally produced its proposal for the 2012 budget, noted former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Monday. The White Houses plans are more about raising taxes and growing more government than reducing budget shortfalls.
By Kevin Derby
Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson ranks as one of the GOPs top targets come 2012 and the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) is looking to link him to the $3.7 trillion federal budget that President Barack Obama proposed on Monday.
By Kevin Derby
Florida Republican U.S. Tom Rooney took aim at the federal budget proposed by Barack Obama for FY 2012.
By Kevin Derby
On Monday afternoon, Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland ripped into the budget proposed by President Barack Obama.
By Kevin Derby
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will hold a public hearing Tuesday in Tallahassee to hear State Farm's case for raising homeowners' insurance rates nearly 28 percent and commercial multi-peril residential rates nearly 96 percent.
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