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• Sansom gets love in House farewells

  The members of the House's "senior class" are giving farewell speeches in the final two weeks. Beyond the abhorrent length of the goodbye remarks, it's interesting to note one name that keeps getting mentioned: former Speaker Ray Sansom.

  Sansom, a Destin Republican, resigned earlier this year under the weight of a [...]

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• Rep. Long files complaint vs. Rep. Bogdanoff

  Rep. Janet Long, D-Seminole, filed a complaint with the speaker's office Tuesday accusing Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Fort Lauderdale, of making "threats of harm and retaliation" against her that violate House rules by impugning the reputation of the House.

  Bogdanoff, reached before the complaint was filed, acknowledged she had lost her cool [...]

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• News alert: 2010-11 budget clock began at 2:59 p.m.

  James Nesmith, printer for the Florida House of Representatives Office of Printing Services, staples copies of Florida's 2010-2011 budget, Tuesday. The budget was distributed to lawmakers at 2:59 p.m., in time for the 72-hour clock and a vote on by the end of session [...]
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• House passes renewable energy bill 83-34

  In the end, the close vote didn't happen. The House passed its renewable energy bill 83-34, after a quorum call and a phone call to the offices of two legislators to make sure they showed up for the vote.

  Rep. Steve Precourt asked his colleagues to vote for the [...]

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• Daylight between Jeb and Rubio on immigration

  Former Gov. Jeb Bush is among a group of business, government and religious leaders scheduled to call tomorrow for immigration reform.

  "As tens of thousands of activists plan to march for immigration reform on May 1st, conservative leaders will discuss work that conservatives can engage in to increase pressure on the [...]

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• Bill McCollum's talk-to-the-kids press dodge

  Attorney General and governor candidate Bill McCollum doesn't want to talk too much about corruption and the Republican Party of Florida. [...]
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• Video: Bill McCollum's talk-to-the-kids press dodge

  Attorney General and governor candidate Bill McCollum doesn't want to talk too much about corruption and the Republican Party of Florida. [...]
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• Rubio says AZ immigration law evokes 'police state'

  Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio -- who as the first Cuban-American House Speaker did not herd measures to curb illegal immigration to a vote -- was critical today of a new Arizona law described as the strictest crackdown in the nation.

  The law makes the failure to carry immigration documents a crime. "That's not [...]

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• Bill McCollum on 'far out' immigration law, oil-drill veto threat

  Republican Attorney General Bill McCollum didn't want to talk too much about corruption probes surrounding the Republican Party of Florida or why he decided to file a challenge to ObamaCare in Pensacola federal court rather than the Tallahassee court a few blocks from his office.

  But the candidate for governor was [...]

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• House renewable energy bill remains in limbo

  Does the House have the votes to pass a scaled-back renewable energy bill? That is the question overshadowing a decision Tuesday by House leaders to take up, then postpone, a vote on the bill, HB 7229.

  The House adopted an amendment to lower the cost to customers of its renewable [...]

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