The House comes off a one-week recess period to resume the Department of Defense appropriations bill when members reconvene on Wednesday, July 6.
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As President Bush prepared to invade Iraq in September 2002, the head of his economic policy council, Lawrence Lindsey, publicly estimated such a war could cost $100 billion to $200 billion.
"The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons." -- Emerson
Branded the Great Divider by Florida's mainstream media, Gov. Rick Scott is now the Great Uniter. Everyone is mad at him.
"The opponents (of same-sex marriage) have no case other than ignorance and misconception and prejudice."
What's the fair way to run a large organization? That's a question that is squarely, and interestingly, raised by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's dissenting opinion in Wal-Mart v. Dukes, a Supreme Court case decided last week.
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Florida Democratic Party Chair Allison Tant sank her teeth into Gov. Rick Scott after Tony Bennett resigned as commissioner of education on Thursday.
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Jeb Bush weighed in on Tony Bennett's accomplishments after Bennett resigned from his position as the commissioner of education on Thursday, giving him high praise for his work on the education system in Indiana.
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Commissioner of Education Tony Bennett officially resigned from his position on Thursday after reports this week broke that he changed the grade of a charter school in Indiana as a result of political influence.
Bennett called the reports from the media "malicious" and "unfounded" and said they were politically motivated. He also said he believed there should be no distractions to Gov. Rick Scott, Florida's teachers and students, which is why he decided to resign.
By Kevin Derby
On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., teamed up with U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Ariz., to introduce an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
DeSantis and Salmons proposed 28th amendment would stop Congress from making any law that exempts members of Congress from its operation and both congressmen argued on Thursday about why it was needed.
By Kevin Derby
Former U.S. Rep. Allen West, a favorite of the tea party movement, ripped into Congress on Thursday, attacking the Democratic Senate and the Republican House for going into recess in August. West has opened the door to a political comeback in 2016.
By Kevin Derby
On Thursday, Rep. Jake Raburn, R-Valrico, became the 11th state legislator to back Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) Vice Chair Blaise Ingoglias bid for the Florida House.
"Blaise Ingoglia has been a leader in Hernando and throughout our state advocating for lower taxes, less government, more personal responsibility and personal freedom," Raburn said in a statement on Thursday. "I also appreciate Blaise's strong commitment to strengthening Florida's education system, so each and every child has an opportunity to succeed.
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Commissioner of Education Tony Bennett is expected to resign Thursday from his position after he cameunder fire for changing the grades of a charter school in his home state of Indiana that was run by Christel DeHaan, a big time Republican Party donor. He has only held the position as commissioner of education since last January.
By Kevin Derby
With Floridians getting ready for the sales tax holiday on back-to-school shopping starting Friday, Dominic Calabro, the president and CEO of Florida TaxWatch, said the state can miss out on the revenue due to the Legislature being fiscally responsible
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Rep. Mike Hill, R-Pensacola, is speaking out on the comments Rev. Jesse Jackson has made about the state of Florida. Hill, who has joined various other lawmakers and even Gov. Rick Scott himself, is calling Jackson out for his comments where he called Florida an "apartheid state" and likened Scott to famous segregationist George Wallace.
Hill's statement read:
By Kevin Derby
With the House Armed Services Committee getting a classified briefing on Wednesday on the attack that killed four Americans in Benghazi, U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., called for a congressional investigation of how the Obama administration handled it.
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