Remember the IRS scandal? It's gone. Poof. So flaccid has press interest in the story become that President Barack Obama made bold in an interview with Fox News to say there was not a "smidgen of corruption" in the IRS's conduct.
Florida Senate President Pro Tempore Garrett Richter, R-Naples, endorsed Florida Senate Majority Leader Lizbeth Benacquisto, R-Fort Myers, for the Republican nomination in the special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Trey Radel, R-Fla.
After pleading guilty to misdemeanor cocaine possession in November, Radel resigned from Congress at the end of January, leaving a coveted seat in Congress up for grabs.
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Former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, now the chairman of the Campaign for Liberty after his three presidential bids and retiring from Congress, ripped into Janet Yellen, President Barack Obamas new chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, on Tuesday. Yellen testified before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, which Paul served on, on Tuesday.
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The ban on beer growlers and beer tastings is one step closer to being abolished.
On Tuesday, theHouse Business and Professional Regulation Subcommitteeadvanced a proposal that would allow breweries and beer pubs to sell the 64-ounce and 128-ounce size beer growlers, inching one step closer to ending the ban.
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Attorney John Hugh Shannon filed his papers on Monday to run for the House seat currently held by Rep. Seth McKeel, R-Lakeland, who faces term limits. Shannon is running as a Republican in this district which represents all of Polk County.
On Tuesday, Shannon weighed in on why he was running and pointed toward his service in the Marine Corps.
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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., continued his push for higher education reform, appearing on Fox News Americas Newsroom on Tuesday. Rubio offered a major speech on higher education on Monday at Miami-Dade College.
Asked about how to make higher education more affordable, Rubio offered his thoughts.
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Rep. Manny Diaz, R-Hialeah, and Sen. Anitere Flores, R-Miami, filed legislation on Tuesday to allow parents and others to see how well school districts in Florida are using their financial resources to improve student achievement.
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Curt Clawson is billing himself as an outsider in the race for U.S. Rep. Trey Radel's old seat in Congress, but his connections to lobbyists seem to suggest he's not as removed from lobbying groups as he'd like others to believe.
Clawson has been particularly vocal about standing up to lobbyists and special-interest groups since he announced his run in January.
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