Gov. Rick Scott weighed in on Thursday on the fight over the debt ceiling and the federal shutdown. Scott contrasted the record in Washington with his own in Tallahassee.

Washingtons failure to reach a long-term agreement on the debt ceiling confirms our nations leaders have their heads in the sand about our economic future, Scott said. Americas unchecked debt, along with the increase in inflation that follows, will only put us deeper in the hole we have been trying to climb out of since the national economic downturn.

Congress may have come together Wednesday to pass a bill to avoid default and end the government shutdown, but as far as voters are concerned, there isn't too much bipartisanship in Washington, D.C.

Only 21 percent of likely U.S. voters think Republicans are acting on a bipartisan basis these days, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll. Sixty-one percent believe they are acting like partisan Republicans.

Former U.S. Rep. Allen West lashed out at President Barack Obama as a tyrant" on Wednesday night and insisted the federal health-care law is not the law of the land.

West took to Facebook on Wednesday night to rail against the agreement to end the federal shutdown and raise the debt ceiling.