The 115th Congress will launch in the new year and there will be major changes in the Florida delegation. 

U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., one of the co-chairs of the South Sudan Caucus, has been doubling down on his efforts to ensure a weapons ban on that African nation. 

Getting ready to start his second term next month, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., announced on Monday that he will bring in a new chief of staff. 

U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla., will be one of the two new co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues when the 115th Congress launches next month. 

The unemployment rate rose in Florida in November, moving up from 4.8 percent to 4.9 percent even as Gov. Rick Scott announced the creation of 31,600 new private sector jobs. 

U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., has a simple message for retiring U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., if he wants a rematch in 2018: bring it on. 

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., scored a win this week as Congress sent his bill to ensure the State Department does more to protect religious liberty across the globe to President Barack Obama. 

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., the first woman to ever chair the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee and currently the chairwoman of the U.S. House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, scored a victory this week as Congress sent the “United States-Caribbean Strategic Engagement Act of 2016” to President Barack Obama’s desk. 

On Tuesday, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera was named as part of the leadership team of the Republican Lieutenant Governors Association (RLGA).

From his perch on the U.S. Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., came out swinging against President-elect Donald Trump nominating ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to serve as secretary of State.