Houston Chronicle: “Both as a candidate and as a congressman, Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX)… has failed to make federally required disclosures about business affiliations that stretch from Texas to the British Virgin Islands, and has provided no details about the business he claims as his sole source of income.”

“Stockman returned to office in 2013 after 16 years away from Congress – crediting a low-budget, come-from-behind campaign to which he claimed to have lent more than $100,000 of his own money.”

Carrie Dann:
“It’s not quite a ‘do nothing’ Congress – but it’s not far off. With
only a handful of remaining legislative days on their calendar, this
current Congress is on track to go down as one of the most unproductive
in modern history.  The paltry number of bills Congress has passed into
law this year paints a vivid picture of just how bad the gridlock has
been for lawmakers, whose single-digit approval rating illustrates that
the public is hardly satisfied with their trickle of legislative
activity.”

The Republican Party of Florida called on Rep. Trey Radel (R-FL) to resign, “adding to growing demands the freshman lawmaker step down after pleading guilty to a cocaine charge,” the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Miami Herald: “Fueling the move to call for Radel’s resignation: A sense among some Republicans that his rehabilitation at a pricey Naples facility wasn’t genuine and that he wasn’t honest with them. Two Republicans, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of disclosing private GOP talks, said Radel was reaching out to fellow Republicans to shore up support and talk politics while he was in rehab — instead of focusing on getting well.”