Even as they push for huge spending cuts, 11 freshman GOP senators say the U.S. must continue to provide foreign aid to its strongest ally in the Middle East: Israel. The senators delivered a letter Wednesday to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), reaffirming...
VERO BEACH — An estimated crowd of 5,000 people gathered at the Indian River County fairgrounds Friday evening as part of the third annual Tea Party rally. Last year, 4,500 came out to Holman Stadium for a similar event, protesting what they called "fiscal...
Republican leaders have another Tea Party problem. First-year Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a favorite among tea party activists, said Monday that he won’t back the latest short-term spending bill to keep the government running while party leaders haggle over a...
Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio joined with Republican colleagues on Thursday in calling for a federal balanced budget amendment. “The balanced budget amendment proposed by Republicans today sends a message that Washington can no longer spend more money than it...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's plan to set nutrient pollutant standards for Florida's waters suffered a political setback Tuesday when U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio asked the Senate's Appropriations Committee to defund the federal agency's water criteria for the...
In my two short months in office, it has become clear to me that the spending problem in Washington is far worse than many of us feared. For years, politicians have blindly poured more and more borrowed money into ineffective government programs, leaving us with...