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Scott Launches 'Make America Healthy Again Caucus' Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) announced the formation of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Congressional Caucus. This endeavor has the blessing of Health and Human Services (HHS) nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr...READ MORE     Rep. Darren Soto-Democrats & Republicans came together to stop a last minute push to add […]

Trump-Backed Government Spending Bill Shot Down in House of Representatives A second Continuing Resolution spending bill backed by President-elect Donald Trump and introduced and voted upon in the House of Representatives to prevent a government shutdown has failed by a vote count of 174-235. The legislative measure, met the fate of its 1,500-page predecessor, the American Relief Act....READ MORE   […]

New Florida Bill Would Brand 'Zombie Drug' Dealers With First-Degree Felony Possessing, selling, or trafficking Xylazine, the dangerously popular "zombie drug" that can gash users with festering wounds, may become a first-degree felony in Florida. ...READ MORE     Ron DeSantis-The Left finds @elonmusk speaking out against a bloated spending bill to be a big problem… …yet, […]

Luna Assures Constituents They Will Get FEMA Relief After Continuing Resolution Killed The latest continuing resolution (CR) faced vicious criticism from House conservatives, so it was quickly pulled off the floor for a vote, effectively killing it. Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) posted a brief video to X (formerly Twitter) explaining. Republicans killed it...READ MORE     […]

Patronis Says Nixing In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants Would 'Fix' the 'Glitch' He Voted For Jimmy Patronis, Florida's Chief Financial Officer and candidate for Congress would co-sponsor a bill revoking in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants or illegal immigrants...READ MORE   THE FLORIDA COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN Veteran Round Table   Gus Bilirakis-I'm blessed […]

Moskowitz Will not be FEMA Director for Trump Administration Earlier this week, rumors circulated about Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D) possibly leading the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Trump Administration. However, Rep. Moskowitz has taken to social media to shut down the idea...READ MORE     Ron DeSantis-FL’s best-in-the-nation legislation combatting illegal immigration generated the typical array […]

Ashley Moody Emerging as DeSantis's Pick to Replace Rubio With Senator Marco Rubio all but assured of being confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the next Secretary of State, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has been tasked with finding the senior senator’s replacement, the search for the next senator from Florida may start and end in the Cabinet with Attorney […]

Governor Byron Donalds? If Florida wasn’t on the political map already, it definitely took center stage after President-elect Donald Trump (R) won the 2024 presidential election. Florida lawmakers are moving into jobs in the Trump Administration, vacancies must be filled, and political aspirations are coming to light. In a social media post that will surely make headlines, Florida Rep. Anna […]

HUGE: Former DeSantis Supporter From Florida Backs Lara Trump to Replace Sen. Rubio After Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) strongly endorsed former RNC Co-Chair Lara Trump to replace Senator Marco Rubio, three more Republican members of Congress from Florida have expressed their support for Mrs. Trump to replace the soon-to-be former senior senator from the state...MUST READ House Speaker Daniel Perez welcomes ex-Democrat […]

Mast Selected to Lead House Foreign Affairs Committee US Representative Brian Mast (R-FL) has been selected to lead the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee. ....MUST READ House Speaker Daniel Perez welcomes ex-Democrat Valdes to GOP after party switch MIAMI - House Speaker Daniel "Danny" Perez, R-Miami, welcomed Rep. Susan Valdes, R-Tampa, to the Republican Party after […]

Miami-Dade GOP Elects Pro-Israel, Trump Loyalist Kevin Cooper as Chairman There is a new day for Miami Republicans as members of the Republican Party of Miami-Dade County have voted in the youngest chairman in the group’s history. Kevin Cooper, an attorney from Aventura, served as vice chairman under former Chairman, Rep. Alex Rizo....MUST READ   […]

DeSantis Unfit to be Secretary of Defense? President-elect Donald Trump has supposedly considered tapping Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) for Secretary of Defense if current appointee, Fox News host Pete Hegseth, is withdrawn...MUST READ     Gus Bilirakis-Capitol Hill was hopping w. enthusiasm today as my House colleagues & I met with the DOGE DUO to start talking budget cuts. No more […]

Trump is a Threat to Western Hemisphere Dictators In an exclusive interview with The Floridian, Florida Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R) discussed the incoming Trump Administration. Western Hemisphere...MUST READ     Rick Scott-Congratulations to my friend and former colleague, @KLoeffler! I know America’s #smallbiz owners will have a strong fighter and advocate in Kelly as our next SBA Administrator! Diaz-Balart Says Trump […]

Ted Cruz May not Vote to Confirm Marco Rubio as Secretary of State? WASHINGTON— After being tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next Secretary of State, Senator Marco Rubio may have a hard time being confirmed by the U.S. Senate if Texas Senator Ted Cruz decides to withhold his support ...MUST READ     Debbie Wasserman Schultz-RFK […]

Congressional Shake-Up in Florida After President Donald Trump tapped Reps. Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz to lead his incoming administration, the two congressional vacancies that were created threw Florida politics into unchartered political waters, but that stir-up was short-lived because the President-elect endorsed two candidates in those respective districts and ended the drama. But is […]

Trump Attorney General Nominee Pam Bondi Was Ahead of the Fentanyl Crisis President-elect Donald Trump’s (R) appointee for U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi will likely make the drug (fentanyl) epidemic – especially stemming from the southern border...MUST READ     Rick Scott-As a father & a grandfather, I can understand the desire to make life better […]

Tick Tock... Trump's DOGE Caucus in House Forms A new Senate caucus, led by Iowa Senator Joni Ernst (R), aims to collaborate with President Trump's newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to reduce unnecessary government spending. ...MUST READ     Jimmy Patronis-Put me to work, Mr. President! @realDonaldTrump I am here to serve. U.S. Rep. Kathy […]

Pam Bondi to Head, Overhaul DOJ Just as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R) removed his nomination for Attorney General, President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to head and overhaul the Department of Justice...MUST READ     Rick Scott-Ann and I are thrilled for our great friend and our next Attorney General @PamBondi! For 8 years […]