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The four top candidates in the race to become Florida's next U.S. senator vied Monday to show the state's politically powerful Cuban-American community why each would be the best to fight for democracy in Cuba.

Luis Gutierrez, an Illinois Democrat, introduced the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009 to the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday.

Democratic lawmakers, led by Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., on Tuesday filed the first comprehensive immigration reform bill in the current Congress, giving renewed hope to millions of undocumented immigrants in South Florida and around the country.

FL Poll: 55% Job Approval for Obama >> From the Miami Herald : Democratic lawmakers, led by Rep.

Measures aimed at keeping state lawmakers from crafting politically gerrymandered districts could become enmeshed in racial politics, with legislators questioning whether Florida could comply both with the proposed state constitutional amendments and the federal Voting Rights Act.

On first glance it seems a little strange that despite the fact Florida is a classic swing-state that currently actually has more registered Democrats than Republicans, that the GOP controls both houses of the state legislative by large majorities and sends more Republicans to the House in DC.

WASHINGTON HME providers on Wednesday made about 5,000 phone calls in one afternoon as part of The VGM Group's "Shutdown the Switchboard" event.

A frequent wonder observed in Florida's Everglades. Healthy coastal ecosystems benefit the economy and so it's imperative that these systems be protected.

Share + Dec 4, 2009 12:05 am US/Eastern A CBS4 I-Team and 60 Minutes joint investigation into Medicare fraud is now prompting calls for action.

On the afternoon of June 9, 2008, Camila Hornung's life changed forever. Hornung and her parents were pulled over two blocks from their Miami home by undercover U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and were taken to an immigrant detention center in Broward County.

Florida voters may get a chance next year to shake up their government, but it won't have anything to do with who goes to the governor's mansion.

As Senate Democrats vow to push through a health care reform bill with or without Republican support, a Republican senator who will be voting on the bill visited South Florida Tuesday.

Share + Nov 24, 2009 12:10 am US/Eastern It's no secret that many times the federal government can spend your tax dollars in ways that might leave you scratching your head or even make you angry.

Two Florida congressional members are raising red flags over proposed constitutional amendmentsproposed for next year's ballotthat could place tighter control over politicians when they re-draw the lines of their legislative districts.

Havana, Nov 17 About $11 million have been paid to US lawmakers, including republicans and democrats, to support the aggressive policy against Cuba in their country''s Congress, Granma newspaper reported Tuesday.

Republican Rep. Sam Graves, a farmer from a rural northwest Missouri congressional district, was once a consistent supporter of easing trade and travel restrictions on Cuba.

Supporters of the U.S. embargo against Cuba have contributed nearly $11 million to members of Congress since 2004 in a largely successful effort to block efforts to weaken sanctions against the island, a new report shows.

AAFP President Lori Heim, M.D., of Vass, N.C., returned to Capitol Hill on Nov. 5, meeting with lawmakers and their staff members for the second time in less than two weeks to re-emphasize the importance of primary care and family medicine in any health care reform bill passed by Congress.

The measure passed in the House 220-215. Sunday, November 8, 2009 The House has acted.

November 5, 2009 - The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America supports legislation under consideration by the House Transportation Committee that would encourage the adoption and enforcement of statewide building codes throughout the nation.