David Rivera

TALLAHASSEE — Greetings to you and happy Friday. It's the end of a busy week in the capital city and we've got some good morning reads for you today. * The Sun-Sentinel reports that as lawmakers put the finishing touches on a destination casino...

The St. Pete Times caught up with U.S. Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, who said his group as “six prime targets” in Florida for 2012, including U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Winter Garden....

WASHINGTON — The 2012 election is a year away but already national Democrats are targeting U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Winter Garden, as part of a wave of radio ads aimed at 25 potentially vulnerable GOP lawmakers. The ads start Monday, and will run...

WASHINGTON — In a surprise to no one, the impasse over debt negotiations has led to no small amount of politicking. The latest example: the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is launching robo-calls to hit Republicans in 60 districts across...

Florida Delegation The 2010 midterm elections produced a new senator and eight new House members to represent Florida. Only one of the newcomers is a Democrat. Delegation total: 2 senators and 25 House members In 2009/2010: Florida Republicans...

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...

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 –  The Coast Guard has formed contingency plans to protect U.S. waters and beaches in case of a major oil spill from drilling operations off the north coast of Cuba. Cuba has contracted with a...

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...

Roll Call is reporting this morning that D.C. Republicans are hooting at the “paid advertising and grass roots campaign” launched Tuesday against 25 freshman Republican members of Congress — including Dan Webster in Central Florida &#...

By William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The 2012 elections are 21 months away, but Democrats already are attacking newly installed South Florida Republican congressmen Allen West and David Rivera. The Democratic Congressional Campaign...