Pollster Scott Rasmussen provided insight Monday on Americans' distaste for Congress, with Senate Democrats being judged even worse than House Republicans.

According to Rasmussen, more than half of voters think both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives are doing a poor job, but nearly as many also prefer having them run by different political parties the way Congress is now.

The Florida lottery is having a streak of its own good luck. For the fifth straight week, it has exceeded sales records for its scratch-off tickets.

Scratch-off games topped $74 million last week, besting the previous weeks record by $5.7 million. Florida is one of the few states to have exceeded $70 million in scratch-off sales, behind New York and Massachusetts.

Americans for Prosperity (AFP), which calls itself the nation's premier limited government grassroots organization, has issued a statement condemning last week's decision by Florida's two largest business advocates,the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the Associated Industries of Florida (AIF), to endorse the state's implementation of Obamacare's optional Medicaid expansion.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott today acknowledged Broward Countys public schools that sustained high student performance or demonstrated substantial improvement in student performance by presenting a check totaling more than $15 million in School Recognition Program funding to Superintendent Robert W. Runcie. The check presentation was made before an audience of educators and community leaders at Piper High School in the city of Sunrise.