The Senate voted Tuesday to advance President Barack Obama's $858 billion tax package to the House, where it likely will get a final vote Thursday.
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Making a pitch to Florida's Republican congressmen, President Barack Obama today touted the unemployment-benefits package contained in the tax compromise and called for its final passage.
This tax cut plan, while not perfect ... will offer emergency relief to help tide folks over until they find another job," Obama said. (In actuality, the measure does not "cut" taxes, but merely extends the current Bush-era rates.)
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President Barack Obama may be an excellent communicator but he faces a serious challenge in that department from incoming U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, argued a prominent communications expert on Wednesday.
Record-low temperatures took a rising toll on Florida crops Wednesday, as a third night of subfreezing weather blanketed the state.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) sent a clear message to Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson on Wednesday -- he is being targeted.
The NRSC hammered Nelson for seeking to use the final hours of the lame-duck session to ram through a massive $1.1 trillion government spending bill, totaling almost 2,000 pages as they noted in a press release.
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Some $8 billion in earmarks are embedded in the Senate's omnibus budget bill, and Bill Nelson is one of the biggest pork dealers.
Reneging on his vote against earmarks just weeks ago, Florida's senior senator has embedded millions of dollars' worth of personal special projects into the spending plan.
Nelson's continued pork-barreling -- along with that of Florida's lame-duck Democratic congressmen -- was rebuked by Republicans who vow to bottle up the budget bill. The Senate must pass the budget or enact another continuing resolution by Saturday.
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Apparently, Bill Nelson didn't get the memo. Or maybe he just forgot.
A report released Wednesday by AAA shows that the number of Americans traveling during the year-end holidays will increase 3.1 percent over last year.
In 2009, 89.5 million people traveled 50 miles or more from home between Dec. 23 and Jan. 2. AAA expects 92.3 million to do so this year.
About 85.7 million of those travelers -- 93 percent -- will go by car or vehicle, with the rest opting for planes or trains.
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The Florida Chamber Foundation unveiled its study of trade and logistics in the Sunshine State -- and argued that an increased focus on these industries could lead to an additional 143,000 jobs in the state.
The study maintained that Floridas geographic position and the expansion of the Panama Canal expected to be finished in 2014 could lead to increased trade through the Sunshine State, especially if Latin America and the Caribbean rebound.
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The lame ducks in the U.S. Senate are set to work over the weekend to get things done and wrap up the session ahead of the Christmas holiday.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the Senate would work through the weekend, according to Roll Call.
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