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Legislators apologize throughout Florida for session âdysfunctionâ
While leaders of the Florida House and Senate continue to clash publicly over redistricting, many rank-and-file legislators are making appearances around the state bearing a red-faced message to voters.
Sorry.
At a recent breakfast meeting in Palm Beach County, Rep. Patrick Rooney, R-Palm Beach Gardens, decried the âdysfunctionâ that has marred this yearâs Legislature.
âIâm hoping this is a one-off, you know, an aberration where we are acting more like they do in Congress than how we usually do in getting things done in Tallahassee,â Rooney told The Palm Beach Post later. âBut we canât keep acting this way. Itâs going to have an adverse impact on all of us at some point.â
Rooney was talking about the 12-day special session on congressional redistricting that collapsed last month.
But it was only the latest turmoil in Tallahassee this year. After a spring consumed by a struggle over a privatized form of Medicaid expansion â backed by the Senate and opposed by the House and Gov. Rick Scott â lawmakers ended the regular session without passing a state budget and had to return in June for a special session to get that job done.
Legislators apologize throughout Florida for session âdysfunctionâ
While leaders of the Florida House and Senate continue to clash publicly over redistricting, many rank-and-file legislators are making appearances around the state bearing a red-faced message to voters.
Sorry.
At a recent breakfast meeting in Palm Beach County, Rep. Patrick Rooney, R-Palm Beach Gardens, decried the âdysfunctionâ that has marred this yearâs Legislature.
âIâm hoping this is a one-off, you know, an aberration where we are acting more like they do in Congress than how we usually do in getting things done in Tallahassee,â Rooney told The Palm Beach Post later. âBut we canât keep acting this way. Itâs going to have an adverse impact on all of us at some point.â
Rooney was talking about the 12-day special session on congressional redistricting that collapsed last month.
But it was only the latest turmoil in Tallahassee this year. After a spring consumed by a struggle over a privatized form of Medicaid expansion â backed by the Senate and opposed by the House and Gov. Rick Scott â lawmakers ended the regular session without passing a state budget and had to return in June for a special session to get that job done.