Allied Progress continued its efforts to take on  U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's, D-Fla., position on payday lenders this week, targeting her with billboards. 

Two Florida Republicans are teaming up to urge the U.S. Senate Veterans Affairs Committee to move quickly on their bill giving the U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) secretary more power to remove incompetent employees. 

After almost a decade in Congress, Gus Bilirakis could soon be taking a larger role. 

With fellow Florida Republican Jeff Miller heading to the sidelines, Bilirakis has a chance to take over the House Veterans Affairs Committee. Bilirakis is currently the vice chair and has a good shot at replacing Miller though having a Floridian at the helm of the committee for that long might not play well with other states’ delegations. 

Donald Trump is presenting a major dilemma for Adam Putnam as he gears up to run for governor in 2018. 

With the Obama administration pondering allowing banks and other countries to use the American dollar in transactions with Iran, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., are leading the charge against the proposal. 

Currently, the federal government has a ban in place on foreign governments and banks to use American currency in transactions with Iran. But with the White House cutting back on sanctions on Iran as part of its nuclear deal with that country, the administration is considering ending the currency restriction. 

Democrats from Florida and primary rivals pounced on Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump after he opened the door to punishing women if abortion was illegal. 

Speaking to Chris Matthews at a MSNBC media event on Wednesday, Trump was asked if women who have abortions should be punished if the procedure was outlawed.  

“There has to be some form of punishment, yeah,” Trump said. 

Mike Prendergast decided to opt out of a rematch with U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, Fla., choosing instead to run for a county office and leaving the Democratic congresswoman with a much clearer path to another term. 

Members of the Florida delegation split over the U.S. Supreme Court deadlocking over whether public employees who aren’t union members can opt out of paying union fees. 

After the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court had a rare 4-4 tie in its Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association ruling. The decision leaves the Ninth Circuit Court’s ruling in favor of public unions in place, ensuring public employees who aren’t union members will have to pay fees to the unions. 

Even while she’s insisting there’s no deal in place, buzz is growing that Carly Fiorina could wind up on the Republican presidential ticket as the running mate, provided Donald Trump isn’t the presidential nominee. 

Fiorina won applause for some strong debate performances earlier in the election cycle but she didn’t perform well in the early contests. After pulling 2 percent in Iowa and 4 percent in New Hampshire, Fiorina suspended her presidential bid. 

With CEO Bill Johnson announcing he is leaving, Americans for Prosperity’s (AFP) Florida chapter has a simple message for Gov. Rick Scott as he looks to reform Enterprise Florida: audit it. 

AFP played a leading role in defeating Scott’s proposal for an additional $250 million annually in additional funding for Enterprise Florida to help lure businesses to the Sunshine State. Despite Republican majorities in both chambers of the Legislature, no additional funding was provided