Two Florida representatives reached across the aisle on Wednesday to urge high schools to offer more civics education, giving seniors the same test the Department of Homeland Security uses for naturalizing citizens.
With 2016 around the corner, the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) will be hosting the Sunshine Summit in Orlando from Nov. 12-Nov. 14 and the stakes will be high. The presidential hopefuls will take most of the spotlight but there’s another important race already taking shape as Rubio has said he will not run for a second Senate term. Florida Republicans Ron DeSantis, David Jolly, Carlos Lopez-Cantera and Todd Wilcox are already off and running and they will be at the Sunshine Summit trying to win support for their Senate bids.
Sen. Charlie Dean's Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation today passed Senate Bill 552, Environmental Resources, which provides for a statewide policy to restore and preserve Florida’s water and natural resources.
With U.S. Rep. Rich Nugent, R-Fla., announcing his retirement this week, U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oreg., the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), sounded confident that the GOP will keep the seat.
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This week a South Florida Republican congressman teamed up with a presidential hopeful as they urged the federal government to recognize the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.
On Tuesday, the U.S. House passed without opposition a measure condemning the rising tide of anti-Semitism in Europe and urging the federal government to work with other countries and Jewish groups to fight against it.
Two members of the Florida delegation--Republican U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Democrat U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch--were original co-sponsors of U.S. Rep. Chris Smith’s, R-NJ, resolution. Smith and the two Florida representatives are co-chairs of the Bipartisan Taskforce for Combating Anti-Semitism.
By a 10-3 vote, campus carry is again inching its way to the Florida Legislature after passing the House Higher Education and Workforce Subcommittee Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Florida TaxWatch released a report showing how the state’s economy would be hurt if the manufacturing sales tax exemption expires.
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What happens when an irresistible force meets an immoveable object?That's one question raised by the 2016 presidential campaign.
