Tom Rooney

Democrats and Republicans, political operatives and elected officials, Broward and Palm Beach county residents all agree: In the South Florida battleground of white-hot 2012 election contests, none is hotter than the showdown between two incumbent state...

National Republicans fired a shot at Democratic congressional candidate Lois Frankel on Thursday ??? and the ricochet hit one of their own, U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta. The campaign arm for Republicans in Congress demanded Frankel return a $5,000...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a possible candidate for president, is the keynote speaker for the Palm Beach County Republican Party's Lincoln Day dinner. Gingrich was in Palm Beach County last month. Here's what he did and said. The county's......

U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta, will get a leadership spot as he is sworn in Wednesday for a second term in Congress. He'll be a deputy whip for the majority party -- the only second-term member tapped for one of......

U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta, was on FOX News on Monday discussing Republican spending plans and congressional security in the aftermath of the Arizona shootings that killed six and injured a member of Congress. Here's the interview with FOX host........

To U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton, the spending cuts put forward Tuesday afternoon in Congress are meaningless public relations. To U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta, they're an important step forward. Here are their dueling statements -- in the order....

When George Washington took the oath of the presidency in 1789, each of the 65 members of the inaugural Congress represented roughly 30,000 people. As the population of the country grew, it became necessary to reflect those changes in the representation...

By Dick J. Batchelor First, I have to admit that I know Huma Abedin, and we have met on a number occasions. So yes, guilty as charged of rubbing elbows with the deputy chief of staff and trusted aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It is...

Wondering which members of Congress spend the most of your money running their offices?  Well, USA Today recently crunched all the data  and found that, locally, Democrat Corrine Brown and Republican Cliff Stearns were the big spenders, while...

U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton, launched a vigorous attack during a congressional hearing on the state of Florida's proposed purge of more than 2,600 “non-citizen” voters, saying the list of names sent to 67 county elections supervisors...

TALLAHASSEE — We figure by now that everyone knows that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney beat former U.S. Rep. Newt Gingrich in yesterday's primary. So, we'll focus on other stories in today's morning reads. Here are the top five stories you...

By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — South Florida Congressman Allen West announced on Tuesday that he will run for re-election, not in his current 22nd district but in a newly drawn 18th district farther north. The new proposed 18th...