House Performance Pay Debate Drags into Friday

The House is wrapping up its seventh hour of debate on the teacher perfomance pay bill with no end in sight. House Speaker Larry Cretul, R-Ocala, just announced that there were still 20 speakers wanting to debate the measure and, with each one having as long as 15 minutes to speak on the issue, this will go on for hours.

Will the measure pass?It appears likelydespite at least nine Republicans breaking ranksto vote against it.