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RNC chair candidate Michael Steele’s vocal opposition to treatment of African American voters by the GOP represents both experience and frustration.

A Navy veteran and full-time student at the University of Central Florida, along with the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, has filed a lawsuit against the state of Florida over a law requiring temporary assistance recipients to take a drug test before receiving benefits. Luis Lebron, a 35-year-old Orlando resident and single father, applied for temporary assistance in July 2011 to support his 4-year-old son

Rep. Eric Cantor’s (R-Va.) office passes on a memo titled No-Mentum, making the argument that Democrats are a total of 7 votes down. Cutting against the

The American Lung Association is strongly criticizing Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette for suing the federal government to prevent the implementation of new clean air regulations governing power plant emissions. In a press release the group said: “The decision by Attorney General Bill Schuette and his counterparts in other states to stand up for polluters and to ignore the health of Michigan’s children is quite shocking,” said Peter Iwanowicz, assistant vice president for the American Lung Association

Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Ocala, will host a hearing on a set of federally mandated water pollution rules tomorrow in Orlando. The hearing will examine the economic impact the rules could have on certain industries — like utilities, agriculture and construction. The closed hearing has earned the ire of environmental groups, and a look at the list of those invited to speak reveals why

Well, not no one, but only a quarter of people polled by Rasmussen Reports could correctly identify what cap-and-trade legislation pertained to. Given a

The Republican majority on the state House Judiciary committee voted Thursday to support House Bill 241 , which would render useless local wage theft ordinances that help workers who have been stiffed of their earned wages by dishonest employers. # A statewide construction business coalition , the National Federation for Independent Businesses and the Florida Retail Federation (the latter of which has legally challenged the constitutionality of Miami-Dade County’s wage theft ordinance) support the bill, filed by Rep. Tom Goodson, R-Titusville.

House Democrats, who’d hoped to build momentum for health reform by passing a bill before the August vacation, hit a wall in the form of conservative-leaning

Nicholas Forte has spent the last year with an array of health issues. Headaches

In an effort to influence the debate over Ohio’s union-busting legislation, Senate Bill 5, that voters appear ready to repeal on Nov. 8, conservative activist

The Iowa House will begin formal debate on a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, civil unions and other domestic partnerships at 11 a.m. Tuesday, five hours earlier than originally scheduled. The change was made by Republican leadership, who said an impending winter storm set to hit the Midwest was the motivating factor

With the 2010 census data now on record it’s time for the state to redraw its electoral districts, a process that several Michigan groups believe should be a more transparent process. Last Wednesday several groups testified in front of the Senate Redistricting Committee to voice their concerns about the changing political boundaries and where the voice of Michigan citizens fit into the picture. Jocelyn Benson was first in line to speak before the committee.

So it’s looking like Hamid Karzai stole an election. What now? One option, apparently favored by the United States, is to try and persuade robbed rival Abdullah

GOP Senate candidate Adam Hasner (right), in a 2009 photo (Pic by Meredith Geddings, via myfloridahouse.gov) U.S.

Back in the 1990s, companies like eTrade and the big banks democratized stock investing: Anyone, anywhere could purchase an index fund for a long-term

A poll by the Minnesota House of Representatives at the Minnesota State Fair has become a rally point for both supporters and opponents of a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in the state nearly 17 months before the vote in Nov. 2012. The Minnesota House of Representatives State Fair poll is an annual event where fair-goers can stop by the booth and weigh in on issues facing the state

A Guantanamo Bay detainee who The Washington Post recently outed as a widely used but unreliable informant on his fellow prisoners won a court order for his

Environmentalists woke up to a welcome surprise this morning, as The New York Times and other outlets reported that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- arguably the

Catherine Engelbrecht is just a suburban Houston soccer mom, an accidental activist with a cowboy hat and a dream to help get America back on track. That’s the

Under a provision added to a rulemaking bill that cleared a House panel Wednesday , Gov. Rick Scott and members of the state cabinet may soon be able to bypass normal procedures and repeal hundreds of state agency rules currently under review by using an expedited “summary process.” # When Scott took office, he issued an executive order calling for a review of all agency rules under his purview. Executive agencies are currently reviewing thousands of rules — 11,118 as of Thursday evening. Some 1,423 rules or portions of rules have been recommended for repeal and 1,171 have been recommended for revision

Democratic organizations and candidates are starting to strike back against Americans for Prosperity’s $4.1 million ad buy attacking nearly two dozen Dems in

Earlier this month, a CNN poll found that more Americans oppose the Afghanistan war than support it for (what I think was) the first time since the 2001

Federal agencies have stepped up efforts to crack down on medical marijuana, and while high-profile ATF raids may be more immediately shocking, there is a less