Howard Troxler's annual colmun: Up at the Courthouse Up at the courthouse, quick, quick, quick, the district court was really slick, To steal dough for its Taj Mahal, mahogany and granite, y'all! Ho, ho, ho! Who wouldn't go? Ho, ho, ho! Now they'll go,... Read More
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has reached out to Sen. George LeMiuex as part of the Obama administration's push to override Republican opposition to the New Start arms treaty with Russia. LeMieux was previously targeted as "persuadable" ... Read More
Two Republicans. Two potential candidates for U.S. Senate. And two similar complaints but two different votes on President Obama's $858 billion tax cut deal. Sen. George LeMieux voted yes. Rep. Connie Mack voted no. Here's what each of them had to... Read More
U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Palm Harbor, has been named chairman of the Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response. It's a good spot considering Florida constantly being under threat of n... Read More
WASHINGTON — Florida may pick up as many as two seats in the U.S. House — further boosting the state's influence in Congress and making it an even bigger prize in the race for the White House. Though the actual increase in seats won't be... Read More
UPDATE: The repeal has passed 65-31. ... The U.S. Senate today is poised to pass a repeal of the "Don't ask, Don't tell" policy barring gays from serving openly in the military. The vote was assured when a procedural hurdle was cleared earl... Read More
Florida Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen were among the 15 Republicans who voted for the repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy barring gay and lesbian soliders from serving openly. The rest of Florida's dele... Read More
The U.S. Senate just approved the $858 billion tax cut deal that includes an extension of the Bush-era tax cuts, for all income levels, for at least two years and scores of other incentives aimed at the middle class and other taxpayers. While neither R... Read More
Senate Democrats today unveiled a $1.1 trillion spending plan that contains $8 billion in earmarks. The budget was cast by Beltway observers as the last stand of the old guard, and some longtime Republicans joined in the feeding frenzy, including Sen. ... Read More
Howard Troxler: Look. Everything about me is supposed to be in favor of this train. I am a tree-huggin', urban-plannin', save-the-planet, transit-lovin' guy. And yet, the idea of blowing $2.6 billion on an 85-mile "high-speed" train betwee... Read More
