There are rumors flying that U.S. Rep. Bill Young, the dean of House Republicans, will retire and not seek another term in 2012. Despite Young not making an announcement yet, if he will stay in Congress or head back home, a candidate jumped in the race this week -- Christian leader Madeline Vance who will run as a Republican. Vance is active with Mustard Seed Ministries based out of Clearwater.
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With a key straw poll looming next Friday, the field of Republican presidential candidates continued to focus on Iowa this week, the site of the first caucus. On Wednesday, Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann released a television ad running across the Hawkeye State as she looked to solidify her credentials as the leading conservative threat to front-runner Mitt Romney. In the ad, Bachmann takes aim at President Barack Obama on the economy and repeats her opposition to raising the federal debt ceiling.
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Pam Bondi isn't hiding and she's apparently unafraid of the truth.
That was fairly obvious after Tuesday's Cabinet meeting when the Florida attorney general announced she will appoint an inspector general to investigate her dismissal of two foreclosure attorneys in the AG's Broward County office.
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Saying that financial capital goes where it feels most welcome, former state Rep. Tom Grady became Florida's newest commissioner of the Office of Financial Regulation after unanimous approval Tuesday by the governor and Cabinet.
A former state representative from Naples, Grady comes to the post after a career as an investment and financial services lawyer with knowledge of the industry his office will regulate.
You can tell the liberals are really sweating the politics of the debt-ceiling talks when NBC puts on a special "Dateline NBC" devoted to politics.
The weakened U.S. dollar's position as the world's currency is in jeopardy and a financial catastrophe looms. The stimulus has not worked and is producing record deficits and no jobs.
Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., is co-sponsoring a balanced budget amendment to be voted on in the Senate by the end of the year.
Nelson signed on to the Democratic proposal by Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo. A year-end vote on a balanced budget amendment was required as part of the debt deal that was signed into law Tuesday.
The amendment states that federal spending could not exceed revenue, except in special cases, such as when the nation is in a war declared by Congress. And it could be suspended only if three-fifths of the members of the House and Senate agree.??
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President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed the debt and deficit package that gives Congress more time to make the hard decisions.
Easily clearing the Senate 74-26 -- Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson voting in favor and Republican Sen. Marco Rubio voting against -- the measure raises the nation's debt ceiling above $16 trillion and calls for some $2 trillion in budget cuts.
But the spending package lacks specifics, and Obama said it will require both parties to "work together on a larger plan to cut the deficit, which is important for the long-term health of our economy."
