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Adam Hasner Makes U.S. Senate Bid Official

Finally: Florida House, Senate Ready to Conference on Budget, Other Matters

April 25, 2011 - 6:00pm

After reaching an agreement on general appropriations earlier in the day, Senate President Mike Haridopolos and House Speaker Dean Cannon late Tuesday named budget conferees who will spend the next week putting final touches on the state budget.

While there certainly had been tension between the chambers in recent days, the two leaders were all smiles and, in the opening moments of the House session on Tuesday, Haridopolos made a guest appearance to thank House members for their work on the budget.

Make or Break Time for Bills as Session Winds Down

April 25, 2011 - 6:00pm

A legislative session that began with all of the hope of spring training has now arrived at crunch time, as bills that appeared to have early momentum may fall victim to the tight schedule of the last two weeks.

Tuesday was the last day for regularly scheduled committee meetings, but legislators can still get bills through the Senate Rules Committee, which is allowed to meet after the deadline. The Senate Budget Committee will also meet Thursday, but the slate of bills to be taken up during the meeting was not available Tuesday evening.

Ron Paul Launches Attempt at 2012 GOP Presidential Nomination

Scott Still Optimistic on Tax Cuts, But Time's Running Out

Seeking a Money Tree

Ed Stein Cartoon

April 26, 2011 - 6:00pm

Haridopolos: New Gulf Drilling Needed

April 26, 2011 - 6:00pm

Senate President Mike Haridopolos said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that new oil drilling is needed in the Gulf of Mexico, a reversal from last year, when, in the wake of the BP spill, he said Florida was going to turn the page away from drilling.

In an interview with Newsmax TV that was Webcast on Tuesday, Haridopolos, also a candidate for U.S. Senate, said that gas prices have changed the paradigm.

House Readies for Debate and Vote Wednesday on Six Abortion Bills

George LeMieux, Adam Hasner Spar in Teleconferences

April 25, 2011 - 6:00pm

Republican U.S. Senate hopefuls George LeMieux and Adam Hasner traded barbs in back-to-back teleconferences Tuesday, with each attempting to claim the conservative high ground.

"Talk is cheap," LeMieux said of Hasner. "But his years in Tallahassee show he voted for earmarks," which LeMieux called "a form of corruption."

By contrast LeMieux, who served 16 months in the Senate as then-Gov. Charlie Crist's appointee filling the unexpired term of Mel Martinez, touted his "92 percent" rating from the American Conservative Union.

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