House Passes $67.2 Billion Budget

The Florida House held a marathon session to pass the budget on Thursday. Unlike the Senates $69.5 billion budget that passed unanimously on Wednesday, the House passed its $67.2 billion on a 74-44 vote on party lines.

There was four hours of debate on the budget and a future Speaker of the House said he had heard it all before.

This is my third legislative session and I keep hearing the same debate over and over, said Rep. Chris Dorworth, R-Lake Mary. Just like Rep. Esteban Bovo and Rep. Kelly Skidmore, Dorworth could not resist making a movie reference.

Its like Groundhog Day, he said, referring to the 1993 Bill Murray film about a man living one day over and over again.