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
WASHINGTON — It's not even 2011, and Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson already has a big target on his back for 2012. Buoyed by November's GOP wave and eager to get a head start in what could be a crowded primary, Republican legislators and congressmen... Read More
Tampabay.com has launched web pages dedicated to tracking Sen.-elect Marco Rubio and Gov.-elect Rick Scott in their new jobs. Here we'll capture stories, blogs, videos, PolitiFact rulings and more as Rubio and Scott take office and shape Florida's fut... Read More
South Florida Business Journal: Washington political consulting firm Devine Mulvey filed suit in Miami on Friday against former Democratic Senate candidate Jeff Greene, alleging he owes $394,000 for last-ditch media efforts to save his campaign. Greene... Read More
A group of conservatives, including Senate President Mike Haridopolos, will gather in Washington this morning to make the case for a constitutional amendment that would allow two-thirds of the states to repeal a federal law. The so-called Repeal Amendm... Read More
He's in the basement, literally, for now. Marco Rubio has a temporary office in the Dirksen Senate Office Building until he is assigned a permanent space. On Tuesday, three staffers worked amid a pile of resumes spread on the floor. Rubio has received ... Read More
Times political editor Adam C. Smith details the early days of Marco Rubio's Senate campaign and the gambles that paid off: In the darkest days of Marco Rubio's quixotic campaign for U.S. Senate, it only made sense that some of Rubio's closest friends ... Read More
He sounds exactly like a candidate but Republican U.S. Sen. George LeMieux is not saying what he’ll do when his 16-month term ends in January. "If I do something, I will probably announce it by the first of the year," LeMieux said Tuesd... Read More
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