Cliff Stearns

A House panel voted Thursday to subpoena the White House for documents related to the solar energy company Solyndra. The House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on oversight and investigations voted 14 to 9 in favor of issuing the subpoenas...

This may seem like a surprise to many of our readers, but here in the United States, abortions are legal. In fact, abortions have been legal for almost four decades. Just check your history books for the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade. The...

A congressional investigative committee on Wednesday grilled officials from two agencies that backed a $535-million loan package to failed Northern California solar panel manufacturer Solyndra....

Solyndra: Two Democratic lawmakers want to question Solyndra investors about the solar company's collapse....

Can the Florida members of Congress find a way to get along? After a bruising campaign marked by attack ads and charges of extremism, Sen.-elect Marco Rubio and seven new House members will be sworn into office Wednesday to join a Florida delegation...

Looks like the Net neutrality ball is back in the Federal Communications Commission's court. A draft proposal by Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Beverly Hills) and Rick Boucher (D-Va.) to give the FCC temporary authority to enforce limited neutrality protections...

The investigative journalists at the Center for Public Integrity have produced a fascinating piece of work called “Stimulating Hypocrisy.” It focuses on members of Congress who voted against last year's economic stimulus package,...

WASHINGTON — Veteran lawmaker U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns of Ocala has been picked to lead the delegation of Florida Republicans in the next session of Congress, his office announced Wednesday. The title is mostly honorary, but it certainly doesn't hurt...

Like cats and dogs, Florida politicians from opposing parties rarely play nicely. They scratch, claw and hiss at each other, simply because it's in their DNA. That's why it's strange to see so many ideological opponents embracing each other nowadays. We...

WASHINGTON — Gov. Rick Scott will land tonight in the nation’s capitol for a brief visit that includes a Thursday morning meeting with Florida’s congressional delegation and an appearance before a House panel on prescription drugs; a...

WASHINGTON — High-speed rail may be dead and buried in Florida, but that doesn’t mean it’s forgotten. At a Thursday breakfast meeting of Florida’s congressional delegation — held in honor of a visiting Gov. Rick Scott —...

Today's column is all about debt and deficit-reduction. I've been harping on members of Congress who have raised the debt ceiling for the past five years. In summary: Republicans jacked up deficit spending when they ran the show. Democrats did the same....