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Mitt Romney Tops the GOP Field in National Poll

While his team is trying to temper expectations for Tuesdays primaries in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, Mitt Romney leads the field of candidates battling it out for the Republican presidential nomination, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national poll of likely GOP primary voters.

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Rep. John Mica's FAA Reform Bill Caps Airline-Ticket Subsidies

February 6, 2012 - 6:00pm

A Federal Aviation Administration bill curbing costly airline-ticket subsidies broke through a four-year legislative logjam and won final congressional approval Monday.

The measure, sponsored by House Transportation Committee Chairman John Mica, was approved by the Senate, 75-20. Sens. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., voted with the majority.

After Democrats failed for four years to pass a long-term bill, this measure, which sets the nations aviation policy and programs and reforms FAA, has finally passed, said Mica, R-Orlando.

U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down California Gay-Marriage Ban

A panel of the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the most overturned court in the country, has ruled 2-1 that a voter-approved law banning gay marriage in California is unconstitutional, the Los Angeles Times is reporting.

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Obama Attacked from All Sides for Allying with Super PACs

February 6, 2012 - 6:00pm

Having condemned the Citizens United decision and having bashed super PACs, President Barack Obama has flipped on the matter as his campaign manager gave a thumbs up to super PACs that will support the Democrat incumbent in the 2012 election.

The stakes are too important to play by two different sets of rules, Jim Messina, Obamas campaign manager, wrote to supporters late on Monday. If we fail to act, we concede this election to a small group of powerful people intent on removing the president at any cost.

Florida Exports at Record High of $65 Billion in 2011

Two years after setting a goal of doubling Florida exports in five years, Florida Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Mark Wilson said Florida is on pace to meet the goal.

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Scott: Florida Needs to be 'Shipping Capital' of America's East Coast

Highlighting the need to expand Floridas port system, Gov. Rick Scott said Florida should be the shipping capital of the East Coast," at the opening of the Florida Chamber of Commerces International Days, Tuesday.

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Corrine Brown, Bill Young Named Among WaPo's Biggest Earmarkers

What do Corrine Brown, Bill Young, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have in common?

Hint: They're not all Democrats.

Hint II: They're not all from Florida.

Hint III: They're not all women.

The Final Jeopardy answer: They're named in a Washington Post story as major earmarkers of federal funds that will have the added benefit of improving the value of personal properties, or benefiting loved ones.

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NFL Coach Dan Reeves Backs Newt Gingrich for President

On Tuesday, less than 48 hours after the Super Bowl, veteran NFL coach Dan Reeves -- who coached three teams and lost all four Super Bowls his teams reached -- backed GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich.

He is the most experienced candidate and the one who can take out Obama, Reeves, who coached the Denver Broncos, New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons, said of Gingrich.

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Leading Democrat Bashes Obama's Hypocrisy on Super PACs

While it is an officially nonpartisan organization, Common Cause, a group that fights for campaign finance reform, has some connections to leading Democrats -- including its chairman former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, its president Bob Edgar, who served as a congressman from Pennsylvania, Pat Schroder who served as a congresswoman from Colorado and made a spectacularly unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination during the 1988 election cycle, and liberal actor Richard Dreyfuss.

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George LeMieux Takes Aim at Connie Mack's 'Spotty' Voting Record

With the GOP presidential primary now in the rearview mirror, Florida Republicans can expect more focus on the contest to see who will emerge with the partys nomination to challenge Democrat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in November.

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