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Posted on Friday, 01.27.12

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Capitol Buzz: With Florida primary revving up, lawmakers keep short agenda in Tallahassee

By Dave DeCamp

Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau

TALLAHASSEE -- Fresh off the Thursday night presidential debate, lawmakers slow down on Day 18 of the session. Here’s what we will watch in the House and elsewhere with the Senate out.

• Redistricting: The House Redistricting Committee considers bills that draw new district maps for the Legislature and Congress.

• Prisons: Several lawmakers tour of Hillsborough Correctional Institute, an all-women’s facility that faces closure by the state.

• Voting: A U.S. Senate panel has a hearing in Tampa on Florida’s new election law, which Democrats say will suppress turnout.

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