President Barack Obama signed a nearly 1,000 page rewrite of the expired No Child Left Behind Act into law Thursday, aiming to reduce federal oversight and return power to state and local governments over education.
U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., the ranking Democrat on the House Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, urged President Barack Obama to hold Iran accountable after Iran tested missiles in violation of UN resolutions.
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U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw’s, R-Fla., proposal to create a small business advocate at the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) picked up steam this week as the House Financial Services Committee passed it without opposition.
The committee passed the bill on a 56-0 vote on Wednesday, sending it to the House floor.
More than 30 members of Congress, including ten representatives from Florida, sent a letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) calling for an environmental review of seismic testing in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Members of the Florida congressional delegation urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday to add more protection for Florida panthers, calling on him to create a critical habitat designation for the state animal.
Noting a rising trend of young people attempting suicide, state Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto, R-Ft. Myers, and state Rep. Dane Eagle, R-Cape Coral, filed a bill to provide educators in elementary, middle and high schools two hours of continuing education credits and inservice training on suicide prevention.
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One hundred and fifty years ago, in the midst of a bloody Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln led a courageous Congress to ratify the 13th Amendment and abolish slavery in America. Today, Congress commemorated this significant moment in our nation’s history with a moving ceremony in Emancipation Hall.
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., brought out a bill this week making the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) increase security efforts at airports across the nation and it’s already gaining traction.
Barack Obama wanted 15 minutes of airtime on Sunday night, the most heavily watched night of the week, to speak to the nation about the San Bernardino shooting. It was appropriate for the president to request it, and for the networks to grant it, but everyone knew he would say nothing new of substance. On the matter of Islamic terrorism, he never does.
