Republican lawmakers pushing a series of anti-union bills aren't getting the unanimous tea party support they expected.

Senate Bill 830, sponsored by Sen. John Thrasher, would bar government agencies from making authorized payroll deductions for union dues.

Along with House Bill 1021 by Rep. Chris Dorworth, the measures seek to specifically prohibit state and local agencies "from deducting from employee wages dues, uniform assessments, fines, penalties, or special assessments of employee organization or contributions made for purposes of political activity."

The ACLU is blowing smoke in its opposition to drug-testing of state employees, legal observers say.

Gov. Rick Scott's order to randomly drug-test workers in agencies that report to his office drew immediate fire from the Florida ACLU, which asserted that such screenings have been ruled "unconstitutional."

"They're wrong," Heritage Foundation legal scholar Cully Stimson said of the ACLU. "They're simply dressing up their policy preference in the form of a legal opinion."

UPDATED: A hard-hitting tea party ad is calling out Republican state Sen. Thad Altman and Rep. John Tobia -- and generating a bit of notoriety itself.

The radio spot produced by Tea Party in Action blasts the two Space Coast lawmakers for supporting the controversial high-speed rail project and for pushing an added fee on Miami-based Dosal Tobacco Co.

Marianne Moran, founder of the West Palm Beach-based Tea Party in Action, said, "The issue advocacy ad speaks for itself -- against ObamaRail and against people saying one thing and doing another."