Deep divisions over healthcare funding in Florida's Republican-dominated statehouse brought a dramatic end to the legislative session on Tuesday, with the state senate vowing to keep working even as the other chamber's members were leaving town with no budget passed.
With the 60-day legislative session scheduled to conclude on Friday, the state House of Representatives called it quits three days early...
...Dozens of bills instantly became political casualties of the session’s demise, including Republican Governor Rick Scott's plan to pass $690 million in tax cuts....
...Moderate Senate Republicans want to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, accepting more than $50 billion in federal funding to cover some 800,000 Floridians.
The more conservative state House remains staunchly opposed.
