Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a breakout star of the 2010 election and a favorite of the tea party movement, kept a low profile during his first three months in the... Read more »
The tea partyers who helped drive GOP gains in the last election rallied in the city they love to hate Thursday, urging Republican House leaders — Speaker John... Read more »
Congressional negotiators are working on a proposal for around $33 billion in spending cuts over the next six months and Vice President Joe Biden was reporting "good... Read more »
With the clock ticking toward a possible government shutdown, spending-cut talks between Senate Democrats and the Republicans controlling the House have broken off in... Read more »
If there's any place where tea partiers in Congress might hesitate to call for cuts in Social Security and Medicare to shrink the federal debt, Florida's retirement... Read more »
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