John Mica

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – Victims of Louisiana’s largest and most disastrous flood since Hurricane Katrina were told by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials that they will not see temporary housing units arrive until 2017.

“The toughest” member of the House freshman class of 2010, according to the New York Times, is back on the campaign trail. Former Congresswoman Sandy Adams (R) has formally announced her candidacy in Florida’s 6th congressional district race.

Representative John Mica (R-FL), a member of the House Oversight Committee said that in addition to the grilling Jonathan Gruber will receive, there will be questions about discrepancies in figures given to the committee on Tuesday’s “Jose Diaz-Balart” on MSNBC.

Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) wants to bring “reform” back to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. “I think the committee has somewhat atrophied on its core mission of government reform,” he said in an interview in his office in

Amtrak’s millions of dollars lost on food and beverage service last year were almost completely due to offering free meals on its long-distance trains. The taxpayer-supported company lost $72 million from food-service last year, according to testimony offered by Inspector

On Wednesday, National Parks Service Director Jonathan Jarvis told a House committee that he had informed the White House of his plans to close war memorials during the government shutdown. Rep. John Mica (R-FL) asked Jarvis, “You said you take

John Mica, running for Congress yet again in Florida, was endorsed by a fake Tea Party group advised by convicted criminal Doug Goetzloe. Mr. Goetzloe was convicted of election law violation. Goetzloe, “adviser” to the fake Tea Party group, recently endorsed

Rep. John Mica has been in Congress for almost 20 years and is currently representing Florida’s 7th district.  He is most well known as the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.  What is less known is that Rep.

Taxpayers lost nearly a billion dollars over the last decade on food and beverages supplied by Amtrak, the Washington Examiner reported.  According to Rep. John Mica (R-FL), it costs passengers $9.50 to buy a cheeseburger and $2.00 for a Pepsi,

The Hill examined the fundraising numbers in the second quarter of candidates in tough August primary races. More often than not, a candidate’s fundraising numbers in these races give a good sense of how the candidate is likely going to fare.

Sarah Palin endorsed Rep. Sandy Adams (R-FL) yesterday in her contentious and contested primary to represent Florida’s newly-drawn 7th Congressional District. Adams is running against establishment Republican and John Boehner ally, Rep. John Mica. The primary is August 14.  Palin

Al Sharpton had Congressman John Mica (R-FL) on “Politics Nation” to discuss the failed gunwalking program “Fast & Furious” and the contempt vote for Attorney General Eric Holder scheduled for tomorrow. Sharpton only got through a few minutes of the

NBC News’ Thomas Roberts accuses Rep. John Mica (R-FL) of “sour grapes” and having “an axe to grind” for requesting Fast and Furious documents that, according to Roberts, Congress is “not entitled to.”

(AP) Congress: GSA violated its gift awards limitsBy LARRY MARGASAKAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe General Services Administration developed an employee awards program that spent more than $438,000 over four years, far exceeding the agency’s per-gift limit of $99, congressional investigators reported Friday. Investigators

(AP) Lawmakers call airport screeners ineffective, rudeBy LARRY MARGASAKAssociated PressWASHINGTONHouse members of both parties on Monday teed off against the agency in charge of airport and port anti-terrorist screening, saying it uses ineffective tactics, wastes money on faulty equipment and

The decennial redistricting process always creates interesting match-ups for congressional seats and 2012 is no exception.  As you look around at the most interesting races resulting from this process, the battle over Florida’s 7th District, which features freshman Republican Sandy Adams against