Tom Rooney

Editor's note: Washington Post columnist, David Broder, is currently not writing his column which appears on Fridays in the Petoskey News-Review. We are offering a column this week by Dana Milbank, who writes about political theater in the nation's...

The very first amendment offered to HR 1, a continuing resolution to fund government operations from March 5 through Sept. 30, was an itty-bitty cut to the ginormous sum ($516 billion, plus $158 billion for operations in Afghanistan and Iraq)......

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......

The House debate over HR 1 -- the continuing resolution that would fund the government through Sept. 30 -- has been full of surprises, some of them good ones. Take, for instance, the vote Wednesday to eliminate the back-up engine......

By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — A dozen Florida Republicans led by Congressman Tom Rooney pressured Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson on Wednesday to vote for big spending cutbacks to rein in the federal deficit. They were talking...

By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — National Democrats launched an ad campaign on Tuesday attacking six Florida Republicans who voted for a budget plan that would transform Medicare into something more like a voucher system. The ads...

During last year's campaign, Republicans Dan Webster and Sandy Adams of Orlando were the beneficiary of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of media — mostly TV ads — paid for by the 60-Plus Association, which bills itself as a conservative...

By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Leaders of  the Florida Realtors urged members of Congress on Friday to pressure banks and other lenders to quickly accept “short sales” of homes to help prevent the spread of...

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....