From his seat on the U.S. House Rules Committee, U.S. Rep. Curt Clawson, R-Fla., led a coalition of liberals and conservatives to offer an amendment to the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) to cut down on currency manipulation. 

Clawson teamed up with U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., to introduce the amendment ensuring American trade negotiators' future trade deals crack down on currency manipulation with all countries following International Monetary Fund standards, and hoping other countries don’t use their exchange rates to subsidize exports. 

A new poll shows Florida is behind lowering sanctions with Cuba. St. Leo University released a poll on Thursday showing a majority of Floridian s- -63 percent -- support easing restrictions on Cuba while 16 percent want the current sanctions to stay in place and 9 percent call for ending all trade with that communist nation. 

Businessman Paul Spain is running for Congress again but he has set his eyes on a different seat than the one he ran for last time out. 

CNN announced on Wednesday night it will host a debate between the Republican presidential hopefuls in Florida on March 10, five days before the Sunshine State hosts its primary. 

Former Gov. Charlie Crist went to bat for his old running mate Annette Taddeo on Wednesday and Florida Republicans went on the attack against last year’s Democratic gubernatorial ticket. 

Taddeo, the former chairwoman of the Miami-Dade Democrats, is running for the Democratic nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., and Crist is clearly behind his old political partner. 

U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., currently running for the U.S. Senate seat held by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., unveiled a proposal to reduce the federal gas tax on Wednesday. 

DeSantis teamed up with U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, a frequent legislative partner of Rubio’s, to unveil the Transportation Empowerment Act on Wednesday. The proposal would cut the federal gas tax by 14.6cents over a gallon over a five-year period to 3.7 cents and give the states more power on how to spend federal monies for transportation and infrastructure projects. 

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, running for the Democratic nomination to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., doubled down Wednesday on his support for raising the minimum wage, drawing fire from the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF).

“What helps workers, businesses, and the economy as a whole?” Murphy asked on Wednesday. “Raising the minimum wage. That's why I'm sponsoring the Raise the Wage Act in the House. The Raise the Wage Act would raise the federal minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2020, and it would benefit more than 2.2 million Floridians.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released a report Wednesday indicating no changes in citrus from the Sunshine State -- news an official from the Florida Department of Citrus described as “welcome.”

On Tuesday, the U.S. House passed the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (PITFA) on a voice vote, sending the measure to the U.S. Senate, as the Florida delegation rallied behind it. 

A new poll shows a wide-open race to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016 with many voters not familiar with some of the top contenders. Rubio, currently running for the Republican presidential nomination, has said he will not run for a second Senate term. 

St. Leo University released a poll which shows 42 percent of those surveyed intend to vote for the Democrat while 39 percent plan to vote for the Republican. But a plurality of voters in both parties are not sure who they want as their candidate.