Charlie Crist's Special Session Washes Out: Senate Adjourns

The Senate just adjourned, ending the special session that Gov. Charlie Crist called to forward a proposed amendment banning oil drilling in state waters to the voters in November.

Backers of the measure in the Senate said they were ready to forward that measure to the voters -- only to have the House adjourn.

We are ready, willing and able to go, said Sen. Alex Villalobos, R-Miami, who sponsored the measure in the Senate.Villalobos said that he had the votes to get the measure through the Senate. The House is not here. I cant prevail because they left.

While some senators expressed support for staying and passing the measure regardless, the Senate voted to adjourn 18-16.