U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Fla., a member of the U.S House Intelligence Committee, ripped President Barack Obamas handling of Islamic State (IS) terrorist forces in the Middle East on Tuesday.

Congress has known for months that IS poses a significant national security threat, and that it needs to be destroyed, Rooney said on Tuesday. If Congress knew that IS was a serious threat, and the media knew, and the American people knew, then why didnt the president? Why did he insist that IS was a JV squad?

Facing a challenge from Democratic challenger Gwen Graham, U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland is getting help from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). On Tuesday, the NFIB unveiled an online election site to help Southerland and began a digital ad campaign on his behalf.

Drawing on his experience as a large-animal veterinarian as well as his perch on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., is asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to freeze importing beef from Brazil.

Earlier this month, Yoho wrote Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Administrator Kevin Shea asking to end beef imported from Brazil until the Government Accountability Office (GAO) studies it.

WFLA and SurveyUSA released a poll late on Tuesday which shows Amendment 2, a proposal to expand medical marijuana use, continuing to struggle to reach 60 percent, the threshold it needs to pass on the November ballot.

The poll shows 52 percent of likely voters support Amendment 2 while 33 percent oppose it and 14 percent remain undecided. Two weeks ago, the WFLA/SurveyUSA showed the measure with 56 percent support to 31 percent opposed. SurveyUSA stressed the poll was taken during Rosh Hashanah which could factor into its results.