Pointing to a study from the Manhattan Institute, U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart said on Thursday that President Barack Obamas federal health-care law has hurt Florida.
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May's job numbers and unemployment rate will be released on Friday.
In April, Florida had an unemployment rate of 6.2 percent, which is below the national unemployment rate of 6.3 percent.
Florida gained 34,000 jobs in April, putting it in third place for the highest number of jobs created behind Texas and California.
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Republicans in the U.S. House caucused on Thursday and chose U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., to replace U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., as House majority leader. They also selected U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., to replace McCarthy as GOP whip.
U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., weighed in on Thursday after the vote and said he backed U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Ind., over McCarthy but did back Scalise. Yoho also tried unsuccessfully to move the vote back a week.
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WASHINGTON -- Yes, it is true that there was no al-Qaida in Iraq when George W. Bush took office. But it is equally true that there was essentially no al-Qaida in Iraq remaining when Barack Obama took office.
The Republican Party of Florida filed its third ethics complaint against former Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday, this time alleging that Crist tapped a partner at Morgan & Morgan to the Judicial Nominating Committee (JNC) in an apparent exchange for a position at the Orlando-based law firm.
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