Florida's Republican congressional delegation solidly supported a measure Thursday that would prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from ordering any employer to close, relocate or transfer employment.

Spurred by the controversial NLRB sanctions directed at Boeing's new South Carolina plant, HR 2587 was supported by all Florida GOP congressmen except for Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Orlando, who did not vote.

Though eight Democrats joined Republicans in voting aye, all nine of Florida's Democratic lawmakers opposed the bill.

The vote backedthe efforts of Florida manufacturers in favor of the bill, the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act, that would limit the National Labor Relation Boards power to say where a company set up shop and who they hire.

With unemployment at 10.7 percent in Florida, our government should not be creating policies that hurt employers ability to create jobs, Barney Bishop, Associated Industries of Florida president and CEO, stated in a release.

With the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) hosting a straw poll as part of its Presidency 5 meeting next week in Orlando, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas is in solid shape in the Sunshine State.

Perry topped an Insider Advantage/Florida Times Union poll released on Thursday with 29 percent. Former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, who has downplayed the P5 straw poll, placed second with 20 percent.