The Jan. 29 primary affects all Pasco County residents, whether or not you're eligible to vote in the presidential primary. ...more

November 28, 2007

President Bush said Saturday that Democratic leaders in Congress should celebrate Veterans Day by finally passing a spending bill covering programs for veterans. ...more

November 11, 2007

President Bush on Friday refused to sign into law a $23 billion national water-projects bill that would authorize tens of millions of dollars for the Tampa Bay area and billions more for other projects in Florida. ...more

November 3, 2007

House Democrats fell 13 votes short Wednesday in trying to overturn President Bush's veto of a $35 billion expansion of the government children's health insurance plan, prompting calls for new negotiations to decide the fate of the 10-year-old program. ...more

October 19, 2007

House Democratic leaders said Sunday that they were working to gather votes to override a veto on a popular children's health program, but pledged to find a way to cover millions without insurance should their effort fail. ...more

October 15, 2007

Howard Dean came to Florida Tuesday to raise money for his party and to make peace with the state's Democrats. He tried to make light of his decision to disenfranchise Democratic voters, calling it a spat between politicians that will be quickly forgotten - an insulting position likely to alienate voters further. ...more

October 11, 2007

Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor says Democrats have betrayed their national defense legacy. ...more

October 10, 2007

Sen. Bill Nelson spent more than a month trying to convince Howard Dean to come up with a plan under which the votes made by Florida's Democrats in the January primary would count for something, but the chairman of the Democratic National Committee rebuffed him at every turn. ...more

October 5, 2007

Cigar manufacturers in the Tampa Bay area and elsewhere got a reprieve Wednesday from a huge tax increase when President Bush refused to sign a bill to renew and expand a children's health insurance program into law. ...more

October 4, 2007

Beleaguered by sanctions because of the state's Jan. 29 primary date, Florida Democrats are casting about for ways to strike back, and revealed a couple of possibilities Saturday. ...more

September 30, 2007