Tom Rooney

Adam Hasner made it official today: he's out of the Republican U.S. Senate race and will run instead for the congressional district being vacated by U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation. West, whose district becomes significantly more Democratic under the...

WASHINGTON — It's only been a few days since former state Rep. Adam Hasner dropped his bid for U.S. Senate to pursue another route to Washington: a South Florida seat in the U.S. House. But the about-face didn't seem to bother the top Republican...

By William Gibson, Washington Bureau House Republicans, including seven from Florida, voted late Thursday to end the ban on drilling along Florida’s west coast. But the bill has almost no chance of becoming law. It would open parts of the eastern...

TALLAHASSEE — Good morning and happy Tuesday. As most of you probably already know, the redistricting maps from the Senate were released. We've got stories on that and more. Here are the top five stories you should be reading this morning. * We'll...

The Florida Senate's Reapportionment Committee released its long-awaited maps drawing new districts for the state Senate and adding two congressional seats to Florida's existing 25.  Eyeballing the congressional maps (available here), there are some major...

By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Florida members were divided – and for once not entirely along party lines – when the U.S. House approved the U.S.-Colombia free-trade agreement on Wednesday. Two Florida Democrats...

Mitt Romney announced his formal Florida campaign team today. And while it's a reprise of the endorsements the Republican presidential candidate has been announcing over the past couple of weeks, it's an impressive array of the state's Establishment heavy...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has set up a network of county chairmen for his campaign in southwest Florida, his campaign announced this morning. They are: Bill Abbatematteo, Charlotte County Chair – member of the Charlotte County Republican Club, member of...

Expectations are understandably low for Congress' “super committee” to reach agreement on its goal of producing a plan to reduce deficits by $1.5 trillion over the next decade. House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch...

By William Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Phone lines to Capitol Hill were flooded on Tuesday when thousands of constituents called and e-mailed Florida members of Congress urging a resolution of debt-reduction talks before the nation...

By William Gibson The House passed a bill Tuesday evening aimed at helping homeless veterans, including provisions promoted by South Florida Reps. Ted Deutch, a Democrat, and Tom Rooney, a Republican. They cite estimates that the number of homeless vets...

The very first amendment offered to HR 1, a continuing resolution to fund government operations from March 5 through Sept. 30, was an itty-bitty cut to the ginormous sum ($516 billion, plus $158 billion for operations in Afghanistan and Iraq)......