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Mitch Perry Report for 4.16.15 — The $2 billion elephant in the Capitol

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For those of you out there less enamored by Florida’s reputation as the “Gunshine State,” there was some positive news out of Tallahassee Wednesday night. That proposal that would give school superintendents the ability to designate a school district employee or volunteer to carry a concealed weapon on a school campus was scheduled on the docket Wednesday in the Senate Education Committee. Committee Chairman John Legg, though, exercised his authority and said it wouldn’t come up again in his committee.…

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Legislators rake in campaign cash before start of session

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It seems lawmakers hit the annual “drink, drop and dash” scene exceptionally hard this year. In the run-up to the legislative session in Tallahassee, when legislators are prohibited from raising campaign funds, statehouse pols pulled in more than $1 million in 11th-hour contributions, much of that coming from lobbyists and business interests who do business with the state and seek to do more. According to recently released donation figures from the Florida Division of Elections, incumbent lawmakers were by far…

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Tom Lee says he’s making plans on how to bring the session in for a landing

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Senate Appropriations Chairman Tom Lee said Thursday night that he is beginning to make plans on how to bring the 2015 session in for a landing if legislators cannot solve the budget impasse between the House and Senate spending plans. Lee said the chambers need to reach some sort of accord by “the middle of next week or thereabouts and then we are out of business.” Then the questions become whether the Legislature extends the regular 2015 session or whether the…

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Could Eric Eisnaugle’s speakership become a casualty of House gay adoption fight?

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As debate over a bill to protect “religious conscience” — the upshot of which is to prevent gay couples from adopting children — raged for hours Wednesday afternoon on the floor of the House, another battle in the Capitol was just beginning: one that might cost staunch social conservative state Rep. Eric Eisnaugle the 2021-22 House speakership. Simply put, a coup is afoot in the House. The immediate cause of the falling-out seems to be a failure on Eisnaugle’s part…

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Senate unveils healthcare train that includes a priority House healthcare bill

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Less than a week after House Appropriations Committee Chairman state Rep. Richard Corcoran complained that the Senate wouldn’t consider any of his chamber’s healthcare proposals, the Senate Health Policy Committee will take up a bill on “direct primary care” when it meets Tuesday. The proposed bill –SB 7084 — incorporates the substance of HB 7047, which was developed by the House Health Innovation Subcommittee after conducting a lengthy workshop on direct primary care and how it works with physician supporters as well…

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Andy Gardiner says Senate will meet with House, Gov ‘anytime’ to ‘discuss a way forward’

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Florida Senate President Andy Gardiner stands committed to expanding Medicaid access even though leaders in the Florida House — and now Gov. Rick Scott — don’t support the efforts. Gardiner issued a statement Monday saying that the Florida Senate will continue to move ahead with its proposal called the Florida Health Insurance Exchange Program –or FHIX–because it’s a conservative, Florida-based free market solution to providing access to health care for 800,000 Floridians who are eligible for a Medicaid expansion under the…

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Epic battle brewing at Capitol as session appears headed to overtime

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Now we have a session — a battle of wills and philosophies in the building of a state budget. The Senate wants to talk. And in the House, the talk is about war. Both chambers have passed a state budget for next year. If you look at the bottom lines the difference is about $4.2 billion. More than numbers separate the two. The chambers may be located in the same Capitol and are controlled by the same party but the…

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