I am a young American who, among other things, is both gay and Republican. Like 25 to 30 percent of gay and lesbian Americans, I have voted almost exclusively for Republican candidates for the last 10 years because I believe in limited government, individual rights, personal liberty, individual responsibility, a strong national defense, a free market economy, fiscal responsibility and lower taxes. ...more

October 26, 2009

Are you keeping up with the latest from Washington? ...more

February 13, 2009

When the U.S. Senate today approves its version of a massive economic stimulus package, Republican senator Mel Martinez, like most of his Senate and Florida GOP colleagues, won't be supporting it. ...more

February 10, 2009

President Barack Obama, pressuring lawmakers to urgently approve a massive economic recovery bill, criticized Republicans who have balked at the legislation Monday night and said, "I can't afford to see Congress play the usual political games." ...more

February 10, 2009

Congressional Democrats said Sunday that President-elect Barack Obama probably will have to wait until next month before getting the chance to sign an economic aid bill his team once hoped would be on his desk by his swearing-in Jan. 20. ...more

January 5, 2009

Even as voters in California banned same-sex marriage in a tight referendum, Tuesday's election opened the door for the same debate in New York. ...more

November 8, 2008

Freddie Mac secretly paid a Republican consulting firm $2 million to kill legislation that would have regulated and trimmed the mortgage finance giant and its sister company, Fannie Mae, three years before the government took control to prevent their collapse. ...more

October 20, 2008

John McCain recently tried to underscore his seriousness about pushing through a new energy policy, with a strong focus on more drilling for oil, by telling a motorcycle convention that Congress needed to come back from vacation immediately and do something about America's energy crisis. "Tell them to come back and get to work!" McCain bellowed. ...more

August 15, 2008

Since the ups and downs in the college football polls gave us such pleasure and suspense during the season, we are now being treated to the same in the political arena. ...more

February 1, 2008

The U.S. Senate gave final approval Thursday to the first congressional override of a veto by President Bush, putting into law a $23 billion water-resources bill that authorizes billions for Everglades restoration and tens of millions for Tampa Bay area projects. ...more

November 9, 2007