President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that he was ending the federal policy of allowing Cubans who arrive to the U.S. without visas to stay, drawing fire from Florida Republicans in Congress. The “wet-foot/dry-foot” policy has been used by refugees fleeing the Castro regime.
This week, U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., brought back his proposal to increase access for congressional staffers to have access to help clear the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs’ (VA) backlog.
Two congressmen from Florida--Republican Tom Rooney and Democrat Ted Deutch--are bringing back a proposal to protect veterans against fraud that the U.S. House passed without opposition last year.
While he did not win the gavel after former U.S. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., retired, U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., will stay as the vice chairman of the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee.
Kicking open the door to running for governor in 2018, Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine announced on Thursday that this would be his last term in his current post and he was interested in solving problems across the state.
U.S. Rep. Ron DeSanits, R-Fla., rounded up more than 100 fellow members of Congress to send a letter to President-elect Donald Trump urging him to move the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Three freshmen congressional Democrats from Central Florida announced their first committee assignments this week.
Freshman U.S. Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Fla., announced his committee assignments on Wednesday.
On Thursday, former U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., went to bat for former presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson’s bid to be the next secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Martinez served as HUD secretary in President George W. Bush’s first term.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is pushing sanctions on Russia, accusing the Putin regime of “cyber intrusions, aggression, and destabilizing activities here in the United States and around the world,” including attempting to influence the 2016 presidential election.
