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Representative Aaron Bean (R-FL) is introducing bipartisan legislation removing an excise tax on alternative fuels for marine vessels. The Maritime Fuel Tax Parity Act (MFTPA) is a response to a longstanding excise tax levied on seafaring vessels using liquefied natural gas (LNG) instead of diesel, which is currently exempt from excise taxes. After all, according […]

Congressman Byron Donalds has already collected a significant number of state endorsements in his bid to become the 47th governor of Florida next November. The backing could be a sign that the Florida GOP is coalescing behind Congressman Donalds as the gubernatorial pick. He was also endorsed by President Donald Trump before he made his […]

Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA), John Kennedy (R-LA), Representative John Rutherford (R-FL), and other U.S. Representatives have introduced the bipartisan Family Notification of Death, Injury, or Illness in Custody Act. When inmates and those in custody suffer a serious change in their health status (illness, injury, death), family members would be notified in a "timely and […]

Florida Rep. John Rutherford (R) praised the passage of the THUD Appropriations bill, citing that it “makes important investments.”

Florida Rep. John Rutherford (R) is making the call for troops who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine to be reinstated.

Urging his congressional colleagues to vote for the bill, Florida Rep. John Rutherford (R) praises it for prioritizing the “safety and security” of the United States.

Florida Rep. John Rutherford (R), who voted in favor of the bill, praised it for bolstering the United States' national security and improving the lives of veterans.

Rep. Rutherford accuses the Department of Justice (DOJ) of failing to enforce the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act in response to attacks aimed at places of worship and pregnancy centers.

Republican Representatives from Florida are almost split down the middle on the recent National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2024. 11 Florida Republicans voted against the bill, and nine voted for it. The bill passed by a tally of 310-118. Representative Cory Mills (R-FL) – an Army combat veteran and Bronze Star recipient – voted […]

Representative John Rutherford (R-FL) joined nearly 100 of his colleagues in Congress to urge President Joe Biden (D) and his administration to lift the pause on civilian firearm exports. As Rep. Rutherford mentioned, a lift of the pause would “allow law-abiding civilians around the world to exercise their freedoms.” The members of Congress began their […]

Among those detractors are a number of Florida lawmakers including Rep. Mario Diaz Balart, who argues that Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise should be House Speaker.

In a bold move, a coalition of 124 U.S. Members of Congress, led by Reps. Kathy Manning, Tom Kean Jr., and Bill Keating, have taken a significant and determined step in the ongoing fight against Iranian and IRGC terrorism. In a letter addressed to Josep Borrell Fontelles, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs […]

Florida Republicans have joined forces to reintroduce the American Shores Protection Act.

Florida Rep. John Rutherford (R) has endorsed Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson (R) in his bid for Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner.

The 2022 midterm election season is well on its way and through the first six months of 2021, all of Florida’s congressional Republicans have raised significant Q2 fundraising numbers, with Reps. Matt Gaetz (R), Byron Donalds (R), Brian Mast (R), and Maria Elvira Salazar (R), all having raised totals north of $1 million. Rep. Gaetz […]

With the “Axis of Evil” and its influence in the Western Hemisphere continuing to swell throughout the region, Republican lawmakers, particularly Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, are attempting to curb the undue intervention of China, Russia, and Iran, and the threats to the U.S. they pose.

While criticism against other lawmakers that voted against Trump have lost steam, the criticism against Cheney has subsisted with her being called "an obstruction to leadership unity."

U.S. soldiers are dying at an alarming rate, not by hostile fire, but by way of suicide. The Department of Veterans Affairs has released findings stating that 17 veterans take their lives every day with “6,139 veteran suicide deaths occurring in 2017” alone, up 129 from the previous year.