
Rep. Tom Rooney Signals Senate Run to Replace Marco Rubio
With Florida CFO Jeff Atwater abruptly taking his name out of consideration of the 2016 Republican Senate primary race, Senator Rubio’s presumed safe Senate seat is now up for grabs.

With Florida CFO Jeff Atwater abruptly taking his name out of consideration of the 2016 Republican Senate primary race, Senator Rubio’s presumed safe Senate seat is now up for grabs.

MIAMI, Florida — Now that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has officially thrown his hat in the presidential ring, the chatter is heating up about who among the many Republican contenders might run for his Senate seat.

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater says he’s decided not to run for the Senate seat that is expected to be vacated by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL). Rubio will launching a presidential campaign on Monday and Florida law will not allow him to remain on the ballot for both races.

On March 12, House Democrats drafted a letter to the ATF that urges them to revive and implement the ban on the M855 round for AR-15s.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says Congress should finish the job he started by raising the minimum wage to $10.10. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says Americans deserve to know where their representatives stand. He says
Republican leaders in the Florida Legislature have admitted to deleting records pertaining to the 2012 congressional and legislative redistricting maps. Attorneys for the Republican legislature insist that they did not know what the deleted records were, adding that there wasn’t
Congressman Chris Collins (NY) has introduced the Government Shutdown Fairness Act (H.R. 3106), which has bee co-sponsored by Florida Congressman Steve Southerland (R), as well as thirty-one members of the U.S. House of Representatives The Government Shutdown Fairness Act (H.R.
Several members of Congress, including Florida Congressman Tom Rooney (R), have introduced a bill that will give Purple Heart and combat-related benefits to the Little Rock recruiting office and Ft. Hood shooting victims and their families. Just last month, Rooney
Florida Congressman Tom Rooney (R-FL) has called for the elimination of the Internal Revenue Service, as a direct result of the scandal that the IRS has targeted ‘Tea Party’ related non-profit organizations. The IRS has admitted wrongdoing, but now

Freshman Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) has joined six other GOP House members to propose legislation that would place police officers in schools across the nation to help protect children. The legislation would cost $30 million and is called The Protect

The House voted to pass the Senate’s fiscal cliff bill on Tuesday night. Eighty-five Republicans joined 172 Democrats to pass the bill. And the House Republican leadership split down the middle. House Republican leadership members who voted against the Senate “fiscal

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has finally responded to the request by five House Republicans for an investigation into the Islamist links to Clinton’s long-time aide Huma Abedin. Clinton tried to take the moral high ground, saying there is “no
In a deal with several moving parts, Conservative favorite Rep. Allen West will move over and run in Rep. Tom Rooney’s old district, as Rooney moves on to run in a newly created district. Additionally, Adam Hasner will drop his
While Harry Reid may have allowed the energy tax hikes to die on the floor of the Senate, liberals nationwide have continued their attacks on the energy industry. The Gulf oil spill is barely a fond memory of a moratorium