House Rules Council Moves Health-Care Battle to Thursday

Republicans in the House plan to continue the push against the new federal health-care laws that President Barack Obama signed into law last month. They just did not want to do it on Monday night.

The House Rules Policy Council met on Monday night, after a marathon 8 hour session of the House Education Policy Committee. They were supposed to tackle a resolution that would take the healthcare issue to the ballot in November, giving Floridians a chance to amend the constitution in light of the new federal laws.

But something got in the way and the council quickly adjourned. Maybe the legislators wanted to watch the NCAA mens basketball championship. Maybe they were drained from the earlier meeting. Maybe they wanted to enjoy the sights of Winnebagos and have barbeque with Speaker Pro Tempore Ron Reagan, R-Bradenton, who skipped out on the meeting to attend the RV Caucus cookout.

Theyll meet again on Thursday morning at 10:45 to take up the health-care amendment.