Dave Weldon

In a time of war and economic turmoil, the choice of a president could not be more important. But the success of the next resident of the White House may depend on the partners he has at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue in the U.S. Capitol. This is a...

Florida's Main Streets may not feel the earth shaking, but an economic quake is on the horizon that could do much more damage than simply unhinging well-laid political campaigns. As Congressional lawmakers channeled the pocketbook outrage of their...

NASA dodged a meteor this past week when Congress granted the agency permission for U.S. astronauts to fly to the international space station aboard Russian spacecraft. Without that waiver, astronauts might have been grounded for years after the space...

It's hard to say what's a greater threat to the economy right now: the shortage of credit in the U.S. banking system, or the shortage of courage in the U.S. House. House members who voted down the compromise rescue plan for the system Monday put their...

Congressional leaders trying to understand why a $700 billion bailout package failed to pass the U.S. House on Monday could look to the Central Florida delegation. Five of eight local lawmakers rejected the plan, complaining it was too pricey and too...

In today's grab bag, we pull the curtain back on secret salaries, look at the different ways local officials handle different protesters, study why porn and politics don't mix and see how the tax man may have hosed Charlie Gibson. But first, a look at...

During the past month, NASA chief Mike Griffin has pulled out all the stops to get congressional approval to buy Russian spaceships to take U.S. astronauts to the international space station after 2011. Those who vote against it, he has said, will be...

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin on Tuesday won the approval of a key Senate committee in his battle to buy Russian spacecraft as a four-year replacement for the space shuttle. But the fight is far from over. And Griffin has less than two weeks to...

NASA's top achievement in Congress this year boils down to a single sentence -- one line in a huge spending bill that would allow NASA to circumvent an arms-control law and purchase Russian-made Soyuz spacecraft. For NASA Administrator Michael Griffin,...

A working deal to rescue the financial industry has few friends in Central Florida as the region's lawmakers said they were skeptical -- even angry -- about the $700 billion bailout. They blasted it as too costly, too hastily written and a violation of...

Congressman Dave Weldon says he's a big fan of the U.S. space program. So why would the Indialantic Republican fight NASA's plan to keep sending U.S. astronauts to the $100 billion international space station? NASA Administrator Michael Griffin is trying...

The 236-189 roll call Tuesday by which the House voted to allow oil and gas drilling closer to the nation's coasts, except along Florida's Gulf Coast. Y denotes yes; N denotes no. Republicans Gus Bilirakis, Tarpon Springs N Ginny Brown-Waite,...